Movies like Heaven Can Wait: 20 to watch next
If you loved Heaven Can Wait (1978) — a fantasy, comedy and romance film directed by Buck Henry and Warren Beatty — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Heaven Can Wait most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like infidelity, sports and afterlife. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Sidelined: The QB and Me 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Dallas, a burdened but headstrong dancer, is determined to get into the best dance school in the country—her late mother’s alma mater. However, that dream is suddenly derailed when the cheeky yet secretly grieving football star, Drayton, crashes into her life with a unique story of his own. Will the two of them be able to grow into their dreams together, or will their dreams be sidelined?
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Love on the Sidelines 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A down-on-her-luck young woman who falls into a job as a personal assistant to a star quarterback sidelined with an injury. He's never had a female assistant before and she knows nothing about football.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Date with an Angel 1987★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Woman in Red 1984★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Electric Dreams 1984★ 6.4
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Miles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things begin getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with beautiful neighbor Madeline Robistat.
Stream in India on Plex
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Yoh! Bestie 2026★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Just Like Heaven 2005★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Relationship Goals 2026★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy
When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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She's Funny That Way 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wrong Paris 2025★ 6.7
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Sidelined 2: Intercepted 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Freshman star quarterback Drayton struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas begins to question the future she thought she wanted. As their high school relationship begins to unravel under the pressures of distance and self-discovery, they’ll learn that the bravest versions of themselves emerge when they let life redirect them.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Hollywood Stargirl 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Fantasy
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chasing Papi 2003★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kiss Me Goodbye 1982★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Two of a Kind 1983★ 6.1
Shares: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lonely Guy 1984★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now