20 movies like A Woman of Distinction, ordered by similarity : The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953), My Father, the Hero(1994), Love Meet Hope(2016), Two Is a Family(2016), Family for Christmas(2015), Zelig(1983), Stuck in Love(2012), You Can't Take It With You(1938), Someone Else(2006), Starter for 10(2006), College(1927), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek(1944) ...
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
dean professor father publicist love interest amusing madcap new england college academia publicity single life unlikely romance matchmaking love transformation 1950s
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Bobby Van Hans Conried Lurene Tuttle Bob Fosse Barbara Ruick Hanley Stafford Charles Lane Archer MacDonald Kathleen Freeman Almira Sessions
student girlfriend roommate love interest father professor charming amusing heartwarming madcap university midwest new york city college young love disapproval long-distance relationship dance plagiarism love
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Katherine Heigl Dalton James Lauren Hutton Faith Prince Stephen Tobolowsky Ann Hearn Robyn Peterson Frank Renzulli
father daughter love interest boyfriend lover ex-wife amusing hilarious cheeky cheery emotional heartwarming united states new york city paris bahamas vacation relationships coming-of-age father/daughter relationship
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Amanda Markowitz Bradley Fowler Ed Asner Peter Mackenzie Tim Joyce Ken Garr Victoria Matlock Cassandra Federman
divorcée young woman love interest grandfather author uplifting moving emotional endearing engaging united states california love hope romance love interest love letters family love growing up
A grandfather's love stories enlighten a jaded man and a moonstruck girl about the realities of love.
Comedy, Drama
2016
118 Minutes
Omar Sy Clémence Poésy Gloria Colston Antoine Bertrand Ashley Walters Clémentine Célarié Anna Cottis Raphael Von Blumenthal
man love child love interest mother single father daughter emotional engaging endearing witty moving amusing paris france london england beach flat abandoned baby abandonment
A man's life is turned upside down when an old flame leaves a child on his doorstep, claiming it is his. He moves to London and raises the child by himself.
Other, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
2015
82 Minutes
Lacey Chabert Tyron Leitso Milli Wilkinson Audrey Smallman Brittney Wilson Keith MacKechnie Jill Morrison Matthew Kevin Anderson James Kirk Sean Tyson Michael St. John Smith
woman college sweetheart santa claus mother husband loved one love interest daughter amusing heartwarming lighthearted suburb home canada christmas love romance family family life motherhood
A band goes into the woods looking for inspiration and get picked off one by one.
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Jennifer Connelly Lily Collins Logan Lerman Nat Wolff Patrick Schwarzenegger Liana Liberato Kristen Bell Michael Goodwin
author child parent father daughter son neighbor love interest romantic interest ex-wife engaging lighthearted inspiring playful mushy positive united states house beach bar
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.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Comedy
UK
2006
78 Minutes
Lara Belmont Chris Coghill Shaun Dingwall Lydia Fox Bridget Fry John Henshaw Susan Lynch Stephen Mangan Frank Perozo Lydia Piechowiak Isobel Pravda
young man love interest girlfriend ex-girlfriend confident cool charming witty amusing london england united kingdom love romance breakup single life love growing up 21st century
David (Stephen Mangan) constantly stresses over his love life and feels a choice must be made, stay with his too-agreeable girlfriend, Lisa (Susan Lynch), or go after exciting and tricky Nina (Lara Belmont).
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2006
96 Minutes
James McAvoy Alice Eve Rebecca Hall Simon Woods Catherine Tate Dominic Cooper Benedict Cumberbatch James Corden Charles Dance Lindsay Duncan
young man college student teammate young woman love interest host amusing engaging england university television studio bristol, england college life game show class conflict romance knowledge underdog love discovery
Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Comedy
1927
65 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anne Cornwall Flora Bramley Harold Goodwin Grant Withers Buddy Mason Snitz Edwards Carl Harbaugh Sam Crawford Florence Turner Lee Barnes
scholar pretty woman jock dean coach mother madcap hilarious endearing playful college los angeles coliseum restaurant soda shop dorm river college life love triangle sports unrequited love
To impress his sweetheart (Anne Cornwall), a bookworm (Buster Keaton) goes out for baseball and crew.
Comedy
USA
1944
99 Minutes
Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton William Demarest Diana Lynn Brian Donlevy Akim Tamiroff Porter Hall Almira Sessions Jimmy Conlin
pregnant woman daughter father soldier suitor amusing madcap hilarious america small town household pregnancy marriage romance love father/daughter relationship world war ii pursuit love adventure
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
128 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Shruti Haasan Gautam Gulati Darshan Jariwala Ninad Kamat Ranjeet
young man young woman neighbor love interest friend indian amusing charming playful lighthearted engaging cheeky india neighborhood love interest young love first love expedition tradition family
Gattu (Rajkummar Rao) has a problem, he loves Binny (Shruti Haasan) who lives in their neighborhood. But everyone says that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated as own sister or ... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance
Italy|Spain|USA|UK|Sweden
2015
87 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Raoul Bova Claudia Cardinale Rosie Day Paz Vega Chiara Bassermann Marco Bonini Barney Harris
single mother teacher woman mother daughter teen girl former lover romantic interest couple love interest man lighthearted positive emotional endearing airy amusing charming rome italy
Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Comedy
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Lynne Overman Eddie Bracken Clarence Kolb Paul Hurst Ferike Boros Phyllis Ruth Irving Bacon Arthur Loft Edgar Dearing
movie star coward love interest colonel father assistant madcap lighthearted amusing tender movie set army camp airplane house countryside hospital military draft deception engagement mishaps
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Comedy, Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Cobie Smulders Noel Clarke Laura Patch Holli Dempsey Emily Atack Jessica Hynes Richard Elis Ian Smith
rock star college student band member friend love interest amusing endearing lighthearted mushy quirky united kingdom university dorm party city crisis second chance education new experiences life lessons
Romance, Comedy
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Hugh Grant Marisa Tomei Bella Heathcote Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Chris Elliott Aja Naomi King Annie Q Andrew Keenan-Bolger Karen Pittman Maggie Geha
teacher screenwriter single mother student amusing heartwarming passionate college new york college campus home romance teaching college new job new love change transformation quest love
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.