Movies like Shortcomings: 20 to watch next
If you loved Shortcomings (2023) — a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Randall Park — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Shortcomings most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like new york city, friendship and narcissism. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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200 Cigarettes 1999★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Big Sick 2017★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Anything Else 2003★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Isn't It Romantic 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Half of It 2020★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Carrie Pilby 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Author! Author! 1982★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
While facing the stress of his original play being produced on Broadway, playwright Ivan Travalian deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love 1995★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Spectacular Now 2013★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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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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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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10 Things I Hate About You 1999★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
After discovering his high school crush can't date until her brash older sister does, a lovesick teen enlists a bad-boy classmate to woo her.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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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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Sabrina 1954★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Something Borrowed 2011★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Though Rachel is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy. Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan, Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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A Lot Like Love 2005★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to... lovers?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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New York, I Love You 2008★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sun Is Also a Star 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Romance, Drama
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Laggies 2014★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Much Ado About Nothing 1993★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel