Movies like Skin Deep: 20 to watch next
If you loved Skin Deep (1989) — a romance, comedy and drama film directed by Blake Edwards — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Skin Deep most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like alcohol, condom and writer's block. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Not Another Happy Ending 2013★ 5.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Enemies, a Love Story 1989★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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She Came to Me 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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People, Places, Things 2015★ 6.5
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lonely Planet 2024★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Stream in India on Netflix
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In the Land of Women 2007★ 5.9
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heartburn 1986★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stuck in Love 2013★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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After Everything 2023★ 6.9
Shares: Romance, Drama
Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa, Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa, he realizes he needs to change his ways before he can make the ultimate commitment.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Playing It Cool 2014★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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¿Quieres ser mi hijo? 2023★ 8.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Incredible Jessica James 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Manhattan 1979★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love & Sex 2000★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Top Five 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Petulia 1968★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Invite 2026★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
Stream in India on Zee5
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You Hurt My Feelings 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Just Before I Go 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. But life is tricky. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason to live.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Someone Like You... 2001★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now