Movies like Woman of the Year: 20 to watch next
If you loved Woman of the Year (1942) — a comedy, romance and drama film directed by George Stevens — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Woman of the Year most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like new york city, journalist and refugee. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Is This Thing On? 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
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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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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One Night Only 2026★ 6.4
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Broadcast News 1987★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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His Girl Friday 1940★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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My Sassy Girl 2008★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Drama 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Players 2024★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Down with Love 2003★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Someone Great 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Best You Can 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reunites Bacon and Sedgwick on screen for the first time in 20 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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Girl on a Bicycle 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
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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Annie Hall 1977★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Love Accidentally 2022★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Alexa and Jason are competing for a position at an advertising firm when their partners break up with them. Alexa mistakenly texts Jason, and they start a phone-only relationship. When they meet and the truth comes out, will true love prevail?
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
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Delirious 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.
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