20 movies like Benny & Joon, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), Jane Austen's Emma(1996), About Adam(2000), I Do... Until I Don't(2017), Free State(2016), Kareeb(1998), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor(1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), Scents and Sensibility(2011), Some Kind of Beautiful(2014), Hampstead(2017) ...
Romance
USA
1993
98 Minutes
Johnny Depp Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn Julianne Moore Oliver Platt CCH Pounder Dan Hedaya Joe Grifasi William H. Macy Eileen Ryan
repairman mentally challenged loner waitress brother sister endearing offbeat amusing small town family home hospital mental illness romance nonconformity love rescue 1990s
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
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|UK|USA
2000
105 Minutes
Stuart Townsend Kate Hudson Frances O'Connor Charlotte Bradley Rosaleen Linehan Tommy Tiernan Alan Maher Brendan Dempsey Cathleen Bradley Roger Gregg
sister lover waitress fiancé fiancée mistress lighthearted amusing endearing pub ireland dublin bedroom seduction affair relationships sex sisterhood infidelity love
A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
Romance
USA
2017
103 Minutes
Lake Bell Ed Helms Mary Steenburgen Paul Reiser Dolly Wells Amber Heard Connie Shin Wyatt Cenac Chace Crawford Chauntae Pink Rae Gray
couple filmmaker sister husband wife amusing cheeky hilarious offbeat quirky small town united states home family home love marriage midlife crisis family family relationships hard decisions
An ensemble comedy about the meaning of matrimony.
Drama, Romance
South Africa|India
2016
98 Minutes
Nicola Breytenbach Andrew Govender Leleti Khumalo Deon Lotz Terwadkar Rajiv Rolanda Marais Quentin Krog Paul Eilers Bobby Van Jaarsveld
woman indian man love interest family rival police officers major terrorist disheartening disturbing emotional gripping moving powerful south africa town hometown love forbidden love
A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.
Romance
India
1998
160 Minutes
Bobby Deol Neha Shammi Kapoor Johnny Lever Saurabh Shukla Abhay Chopra Moushumi Chatterjee
young man young woman lover love interest thief emotional endearing heartwarming moving india house bungalow hospital first love forbidden love domineering father father/son relationship love forbidden love sacrifice
Birju is a young man who lives with his mom, dad, elder brother, Bhabhi and nephew in an upper middle class home. His father would like him to work as well as accept some responsibility, ... See full summary »
Musical, Drama, Romance
India
1992
160 Minutes
Prithvi Divya Bharti Sanam Suresh Oberoi
beautiful woman brother singer love interest poet sister melodramatic heartwarming india household stage college romance music poetry love triangle brother/sister relationship wealth love discovery
Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time activity, she meets her fellow collegian an ... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1994
116 Minutes
Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow Rowan Atkinson James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman David Bower Corin Redgrave Kenneth Griffith
friend lover brother english gentleman sexy woman priest amusing charming endearing moving heartwarming london scotland wedding funeral funeral home church love friendship unrequited love
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
80 Minutes
Ashley Williams Marla Sokoloff Nick Zano Brad Johnson Sean Bott Jason Celaya Jaclyn Hales Danielle Chuchran
sister poor person young woman love interest colleague family endearing heartwarming moving winsome united states spa family home town love life family relationships wealth discovery
Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Romance
USA|UK
2014
99 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Jessica Alba Malcolm McDowell Marlee Matlin Ivan Sergei Merrin Dungey Juliet Mills Ben McKenzie
professor love interest sister woman college professor bachelor airy amusing moving emotional engaging endearing los angeles united states classroom big city home love settling down relationships
A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.
Romance
2017
103 Minutes
Diane Keaton Brendan Gleeson Lesley Manville Jason Watkins James Norton Hugh Skinner Simon Callow Alistair Petrie Rosalind Ayres Brian Protheroe
widow woman man loner neighbor love interest amusing engaging heartwarming touching hilarious emotional hampstead heath park hampstead, england apartment shack river woods eviction love
An American widow living in the London suburb of Hampstead and a man who lives on the Heath form an unlikely alliance against unscrupulous property developers in the neighborhood.
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 »
Romance
USA
1993
104 Minutes
Tom Hanks Meg Ryan Bill Pullman Ross Mallinger Rosie O'Donnell Rob Reiner Gaby Hoffmann Victor Garber Rita Wilson Barbara Garrick Carey Lowell
widower young boy reporter manager sister tender endearing amusing melodramatic charming seattle baltimore new york city family home romance love father/son relationship grief discovery love
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Romance, Fantasy
1990
106 Minutes
Mia Farrow Joe Mantegna William Hurt Alec Baldwin Blythe Danner Judy Davis Keye Luke Bernadette Peters Cybill Shepherd Gwen Verdon Julie Kavner
housewife stockbroker musician doctor ghost sister quirky amusing dreamy new york city chinatown apartment office calcutta, india love infidelity magic romance family love
A pampered Manhattan housewife embarks upon a mystical odyssey of self-discovery following a visit to a Chinatown healer.
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.
Romance
Argentina
1996
108 Minutes
Norma Aleandro Federico Luppi Jorge Luz Cecilia Rossetto Roberto Carnaghi Gabriela Acher Erasmo Olivera Nicolás Goldschmidt
jewish woman love interest brother charming emotional passionate amusing buenos aires, argentina bedroom city unlikely romance middle age religious differences brother/sister relationship dating love transformation 1990s
Clara Goldstein is a Jewish woman who, because of a visit from her brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith.
Romance
USA
2014
83 Minutes
Paul Rudd Amy Poehler Cobie Smulders Christopher Meloni Max Greenfield Bill Hader Ellie Kemper Jason Mantzoukas Melanie Lynskey Ed Helms Michael Ian Black
small-business owner love interest friend ex-lover young person corporate stooge amusing charming cheery endearing hilarious lighthearted city home office candy store united states romance second chance relationships
Molly owns a quaint little sweet shop. Joel works for a gigantic candy company threatening to shut her down. How they meet, fall in love, break up and get back together is hilariously recounted in this rom-com spoof.
Romance
Canada
2000
92 Minutes
Andrew Tarbet Laia Marull Dino Tavaraone Stephanie Morgenstern Sheena Larkin Harry Standjofski Dorothée Berryman Sam Stone Renee Girard Griffith Brewer Jacklin Webb
man love interest woman immigrant neighbor brother passionate endearing amusing montreal video store coffee shop apartment romance immigration loneliness difficult decision relationships love discovery
Malcolm's (28) new love, Alicia (25), an illegal Chilean refugee, will be short-lived if he does not make the right choice.
Romance
USA
2007
98 Minutes
Steve Carell Juliette Binoche Dane Cook Alison Pill Dianne Wiest John Mahoney Emily Blunt Britt Robertson Marlene Lawston Norbert Leo Butz Amy Ryan
advice columnist beautiful woman brother widower mother father amusing endearing charming rhode island family home bookstore bowling alley home family forbidden love loss serendipity relationships romantic dilemma
A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.