20 movies like Dear Mr. Prohack, ordered by similarity : Carry on Henry VIII(1971), Phantom Thread(2017), Maudie(2016), Let the Sunshine In(2017), The Broken Hearts Gallery(2020), The Bounceback(2013), Masters of Love(2019), Free and Easy(1941), Night Owls(2015), La belle époque(2019), Jane Austen's Emma(1996), Metal Heart(2018) ...
Romance
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Cecil Parker Glynis Johns Hermione Baddeley Dirk Bogarde Sheila Sim Heather Thatcher Frances Waring Charles Goldner Elwyn Brook-Jones Campbell Cotts Denholm Elliott
treasury agent civil servant amusing lighthearted engaging offbeat treasury department united kingdom inheritance money morality wretched excess 20th century
Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy
UK
1971
89 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Barbara Windsor Terry Scott Kenneth Connor Julian Holloway Peter Gilmore Julian Orchard David Davenport
henry viii king queen husband wife amusing charming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic offbeat court castle kingdom bedroom chamber marriage love affair plot
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
USA|UK
2017
130 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Vicky Krieps Lesley Manville Camilla Rutherford Gina McKee Brian Gleeson Harriet Sansom Harris Lujza Richter Julia Davis Jane Perry
fashion designer sister bachelor muse model heiress creative intense confident emotional passionate tense united kingdom london restaurant coast studio mansion fashion art
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Canada|Ireland
2016
115 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Ethan Hawke Kari Matchett Gabrielle Rose Zachary Bennett Billy MacLellan Marthe Bernard David Feehan
artist housekeeper painter fisherman family love interest emotional endearing heartwarming gripping engaging nova scotia farmhouse room rural community illness violence against women independence art abusive relationship
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Romance
France|Belgium
2017
95 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Xavier Beauvois Philippe Katerine Josiane Balasko Sandrine Dumas Nicolas Duvauchelle Alex Descas Laurent Grévill Bruno Podalydès Paul Blain Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
lover love interest frenchman frenchwoman mother divorcée artist lighthearted engaging playful paris france eiffel tower apartment love dating city life art sexual conquests heartbreak
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
Romance
USA|Canada
2020
110 Minutes
Geraldine Viswanathan Dacre Montgomery Utkarsh Ambudkar Molly Gordon Phillipa Soo Suki Waterhouse Arturo Castro Ego Nwodim Taylor Hill Bernadette Peters
art gallerist young woman ex-boyfriend friend amusing charming creative emotional melancholy offbeat positive quirky new york city united states romance relationships art growing up love growing up
After a break-up, a young woman decides to start a gallery where people can leave trinkets from past relationships.
Romance
USA
2013
92 Minutes
Ashley Bell Zach Cregger Sara Paxton Michael Stahl-David Addison Timlin Marshall Allman Justin Arnold Kelli Bland
girlfriend boyfriend ex-girlfriend ex-boyfriend jealous person best friend amusing charming hilarious engaging emotional lighthearted austin austin, texas plane bedroom flat relationships attraction jealousy
'Godfather of hipsterdom' Gavin McInnes goes on a stand-up comedy tour with his best friend from high school and things go from bad to worse to downright catastrophic.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
2019
85 Minutes
Rosalind Adler Bekka Bowling Ciaran Dowd Amy Downham Beattie Edmondson Eleanor Fanyinka Rose Johnson Heather Long James McNicholas Sarah Ovens Mario Bob
fiancé fiancée brother friend amusing cheeky engaging hilarious offbeat melancholy touching witty united kingdom dating love relationships modern life love growing up 2020s
Emmy (Sarah Oven) struggles with her impending marriage to Samantha (Eleanor Fanyinka). Her brother Josh (Owen Roberts) is reeling from the revelation that his girlfriend of five years has ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Bob Cummings Ruth Hussey Judith Anderson C. Aubrey Smith Nigel Bruce Reginald Owen Tom Conway Forrester Harvey Charles Coleman Theresa Maxwell Conover Frederick Worlock
father son swindler heiress widow wealthy man amusing melodramatic outlandish concert hall mansion party racetrack marrying for money father/son relationship morality love triangle high society debt transformation
Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha... See full summary »
Romance
USA
2015
91 Minutes
workaholic drunk mistress boss doctor troubled woman amusing witty engaging touching offbeat quirky america one-night stand unlikely romance sleep suicide attempt race against time humor discovery
Workaholic Kevin goes home with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline for a drunken one night stand, but he's horrified to discover she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress.
Romance
France|Belgium
2019
115 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Guillaume Canet Doria Tillier Pierre Arditi Fanny Ardant Denis Podalydès Michaël Cohen Jeanne Arènes Bertrand Poncet Bruno Raffaelli Lizzie Brocheré
husband wife actress director son amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted quirky tender town france nostalgia love at first sight rekindled romance marriage
A couple in crisis. He, disillusioned, sees his life upset the day an entrepreneur offers him to plunge back into the time of his choice.
Romance
1996
107 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Mark Strong Samantha Morton Bernard Hepton Prunella Scales Raymond Coulthard Olivia Williams Dominic Rowan Lucy Robinson
young woman matchmaker lover love interest vicar friend engaging amusing emotional lighthearted melodramatic heartwarming england small town london matchmaking love interest relationships attraction family
While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th-century Englishwoman (Kate Beckinsale) nearly misses her own chance at love.
Romance
Ireland
2018
90 Minutes
Jordanne Jones Leah McNamara Moe Dunford Sean Doyle Aaron Heffernan Yasmine Akram Ali Hardiman Lucy Parker Byrne Sorcha Fahy Jane Brennan Shashi Rami
twin sister teen girl amusing cheeky hilarious engaging lighthearted winsome family home ireland sibling rivalry family musicians growing up adventure 2010s
There is much rivalry between twin sisters Emma and Chantal, quite different in just about every way, when their mysterious young neighbour moves back in.
Romance, Action
UK
2015
82 Minutes
Brett Goldstein Catherine Tate Natalia Tena Laura Haddock Ruth Sheen Camilla Beeput Christian Contreras Ricky Grover
young man superhero date love interest witty amusing uplifting lighthearted united kingdom great britain superheroes dating romance love interest comedy action figures love 2010s
Robert Kenner is a lonely man looking for love. Today, if he can actually get his boss to give him some time off, he is going on his first date for 6 years. Oh, and he is also the world's only SuperHero.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Spain|USA
2008
96 Minutes
Javier Bardem Patricia Clarkson Penélope Cruz Kevin Dunn Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Chris Messina Carrie Preston Pablo Schreiber Zak Orth Abel Folk
ladies' man american painter tourist ex-wife amusing playful emotional barcelona, spain apartment love triangle party art forbidden love temptation 2000s
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Romance, Comedy, War
2006
118 Minutes
Ivan Barnev Oldrich Kaiser Julia Jentsch Martin Huba Marián Labuda Milan Lasica Zuzana Fialova Josef Abrham Jirí Lábus Jaromír Dulava
waiter professor nazi prostitute beautiful woman engaging charming hedonistic prague hotel central europe czechoslovakia money ambition social change world war ii sex fall wretched excess transformation
During World War II an opportunistic Czech waiter (Ivan Barnev) climbs the ladder of success and becomes involved with an idealistic Nazi (Julia Jentsch).
Romance
2011
95 Minutes
Sara Rue Elliott Gould Haaz Sleiman Johann Urb Sophie Monk Hayley Marie Norman Scott Wilson Keri Lynn Pratt Catherine Hicks Jonathan Chase Kelen Coleman
young woman single woman love interest family cat neighbor engaging amusing emotional lighthearted hilarious witty los angeles apartment single life attraction opposites attract family struggle money
A young woman (Sara Rue) gets an opportunity to transform her messy life when she volunteers to cat-sit at an unrequited love's downtown Los Angeles loft.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
2009
98 Minutes
Jim Carrey John Requa Ewan McGregor Leslie Mann Rodrigo Santoro Michael Mandel Antoni Corone Brennan Brown Annie Golden
gay man boyfriend wife inmate guard con artist amusing engaging miami virginia prison con game love interest money family homosexuality infidelity forbidden love transformation escape
A former police officer (Jim Carrey) comes out of the closet, becomes a con artist, lands in jail, and meets the love (Ewan McGregor) of his life.
Romance
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Astrid Allwyn Marie Prevost Ruth Donnelly
manicurist wealthy man love interest heiress lighthearted endearing amusing new york city hotel apartment marrying for money the great depression schemes unlikely romance quest discovery 1930s
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Romance, Fantasy
USA
2019
88 Minutes
Rebel Wilson Liam Hemsworth Adam Devine Priyanka Chopra Betty Gilpin Brandon Scott Jones Jennifer Saunders Alexandra Kis Big Jay Oakerson Rao Rampilla Marcus Choi
architect mugger love interest doctor friend co-worker amusing hilarious offbeat quirky lighthearted new york city office apartment subway hospital romance comedy alternate reality love
A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.
Drama, Romance
USA
1923
96 Minutes
Mary Pickford Holbrook Blinn Irene Rich George Walsh Charles Belcher Frank Leigh Mathilde Comont George Periolat Bert Sprotte Snitz Edwards Madame De Bodamere
young woman singer king spanish woman boyfriend mother amusing emotional seville, spain kingdom jail family home redemption poverty class distinctions love triangle protest courtship quest love
Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.