20 movies like Lili, ordered by similarity : Grease(1978), Bear's Kiss(2002), The Greatest Showman(2017), The First of May(1998), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964), Bronco Billy(1980), Mystic Pizza(1988), The New Romantic(2018), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II(2002), Love, Simon(2018), Fireworks(2017), The Broken Hearts Gallery(2020) ...
Musical, Romance
1953
81 Minutes
Leslie Caron Mel Ferrer Jean-Pierre Aumont Zsa Zsa Gabor Kurt Kaszner Amanda Blake Alex Gerry Ralph Dumke Wilton Graff George Baxter
teen girl magician puppeteer assistant amusing emotional small town circus france love triangle circus friendship puppetry young love growing up transformation 1950s
A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer).
Musical, Romance
USA
1978
110 Minutes
John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing Jeff Conaway Didi Conn Eve Arden Sid Caesar Joan Blondell Edd Byrnes Alice Ghostley Dody Goodman
greaser foreign exchange student friend teenager amusing playful high school california beach household carnival love friendship competition teen angst song and dance performance love transformation growing up
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Fantasy
Germany|Sweden|Russia|Spain|France|Italy
2002
99 Minutes
Rebecka Liljeberg Joachim Król Sergei Bodrov Jr. Keith Allen Maurizio Donadoni Anne-Marie Pisani Ariadna Gil Silvio Orlando
young woman young man bear circus owner circus performer airy amusing emotional melodramatic intense circus circus ring cage animal adoption human-animal friendship supernatural magic love transformation adventure
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human.
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Drama
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Dan Byrd Julie Harris Charles Nelson Reilly Robin O'Dell Tom Nowicki Mickey Rooney Gerard Christopher
orphan old woman circus owner circus performer clown audience airy amusing cheery heartwarming foster home circus nursing home road town loneliness unusual friendship circus running away show business
Eleven-year-old Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten.
Musical, Romance
France|West Germany
1964
91 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo Anne Vernon Marc Michel Ellen Farner Mireille Perrey Jean Champion P. Caden J.P. Dorat
pretty woman mechanic businessperson husband wife emotional melodramatic moving france small town cherbourg, france social standing love triangle small-town life love growing up discovery 1960s
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Romance
USA
1980
116 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Scatman Crothers Bill McKinney Geoffrey Lewis Sam Bottoms Dan Vadis Sierra Pecheur
cowboy entertainer heiress assistant husband ex-convict amusing quirky endearing united states circus city hall bar mental institution love circus business fortune crime redemption
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Romance
USA
1988
102 Minutes
Julia Roberts Annabeth Gish Lili Taylor Vincent D'Onofrio William R. Moses Adam Storke Conchata Ferrell Joanna Merlin Geraldine Leer Porscha Radcliffe
teenager waitress friend boyfriend fiancé mother emotional heartwarming quirky amusing restaurant new england house small town connecticut home love commitment teen angst class conflict
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.
Romance
Canada
2018
82 Minutes
Jessica Barden Hayley Law Brett Dier Timm Sharp Avan Jogia Camila Mendes Vinnie Bennett Annie Clark Darren Eisnor Greg Hovanessian Kamilla Kowal
journalist college student friend sex columist older man uneasy emotional amusing hilarious offbeat house college classroom pool party arrangement sex dating growing up love
Frustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
2002
68 Minutes
quasimodo cartoon character villain magician magician's assistant love interest amusing witty suspenseful shocking heartwarming cathedral france animation love circus magic greed thievery love at first sight
An attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Romance, Anime, Drama
Japan
2017
90 Minutes
teen boy teen girl runaway friend parent classmate emotional cheeky suspenseful touching japan pool school classroom train coast time travel growing up love friendship
Schoolchildren Norimichi, Yûsuke and Jun'ichi want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They make a plan to find the answer at a fireworks display, while Nazuna schemes to... See full summary »
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
2014
96 Minutes
Ashley Judd Patrick Wilson Whoopi Goldberg John Benjamin Hickey Jane Krakowski Anthony LaPaglia Jenna Elfman Judith Ivey Chris Sarandon Jasmine Guy James Hampton
eccentric spinster pharmacist young woman friend family celebrity airy amusing moving lighthearted appalachia virginia mountain small town small-town life eccentricity love celebration wedding
A long-buried family secret disrupts the quiet life of a single, middle-aged woman (Ashley Judd) in 1978 Virginia.
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
115 Minutes
Ann Blyth Howard Keel Fernando Lamas Bert Lahr Marjorie Main Joan Taylor Ray Collins
orphan love interest trapper native american chief ward mountie amusing airy uplifting playful melodramatic canada wilderness saloon love triangle murder rivalry love opposites attract adventure
Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone, falls in love with him, and he with her. But when she goes to "learn to be a lady", she meets outlaw trapper James ... See full summary »
Romance
2013
102 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Zoe Kazan Megan Park Adam Driver Mackenzie Davis Jemima Rooper Rafe Spall Meghan Heffern Jonathan Cherry Oona Chaplin
friend best friend love interest medical student boyfriend girlfriend college dropout true love animator amusing endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted positive united states apartment city office love
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK|Australia|Canada
2019
112 Minutes
Colin Farrell Michael Keaton Danny DeVito Eva Green Alan Arkin Nico Parker Finley Hobbins Roshan Seth Lars Eidinger Deobia Oparei Joseph Gatt
elephant circus performer child performer circus owner mouse endearing charming playful sad emotional amusing circus stable train theme park courage elephants flying friendship
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
UK
2013
100 Minutes
Paul Brannigan Jason Flemyng Peter Mullan Antonia Thomas George MacKay Jane Horrocks Freya Mavor Kevin Guthrie Emma Hartley-Miller Sara Vickers Elaine M. Ellis
young man young woman love interest boyfriend girlfriend family uplifting lighthearted moving charming scotland musicals growing up moving love relationships romance growing up adventure love
Two soldiers return home to Edinburgh to resume their romantic and family lives.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Canada|UK|USA
2018
95 Minutes
Angourie Rice Justice Smith Jeni Ross Lucas Jade Zumann Rory McDonald Katie Douglas Jacob Batalon Ian Alexander Colin Ford Jake Sim Nicole Law
teen girl spirit couple girlfriend teen boy boyfriend emotional mushy charming heartwarming tender endearing lake docks beach love relationships sacrifice romance young love
A shy teenager falls for a spirit who wakes up in the body of a different person every morning.