Movies like Love on a Diet: 20 to watch next
If you loved Love on a Diet (2001) — a drama, comedy and romance film directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Love on a Diet most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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L.A. Without a Map 1999★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chéri 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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He Said, She Said 1991★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Met a Girl 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Romance, Drama, Comedy
An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his long-suffering brother to chase after him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A California Christmas: City Lights 2021★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Which Brings Me to You 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love in Taipei 2023★ 6.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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A California Christmas 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Baltimorons 2025★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sidewalks of New York 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding 2011★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Coyote Ugly 2000★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Not Easily Broken 2009★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blind 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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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King of Comedy 1999★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Other Sister 1999★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The God of Cookery 1996★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now