20 movies like Permission, ordered by similarity : The Boy Downstairs(2017), What If(2013), Carol(2015), It Happened in L.A.(2017), Entanglement(2017), Mistrust(2018), Lucky Girl(2015), The Bounceback(2013), Keep the Change(2017), Isn't It Romantic(2019), Key Exchange(1985), Crazy Rich Asians(2018) ...
Romance
USA|Canada
2017
96 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Dan Stevens Gina Gershon François Arnaud Morgan Spector David Joseph Craig Jason Sudeikis Bridget Everett Sarah Steele Raúl Castillo
boyfriend girlfriend lover friend family member fiancé emotional intense intricate offbeat amusing new york city restaurant central park apartment gallery polyamory sex exploration relationships
A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.
Romance
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Zosia Mamet Matthew Shear Deirdre O'Connell Sarah Ramos Diana Irvine Arliss Howard Deborah Offner David Wohl Jeff Ward Theo Stockman Liz Larsen
writer ex-boyfriend girlfriend friend neighbor love interest amusing quirky emotional charming cool endearing new york city apartment brooklyn cab restaurant central park love friendship
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex-boyfriend's apartment building.
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.
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
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Michelle Morgan Jorma Taccone Dree Hemingway Kentucker Audley Margarita Levieva Adam Shapiro Angela Trimbur Robert Schwartzman Nora Zehetner Tate Donovan Andre Hyland
boyfriend girlfriend best friend friend cheeky witty emotional quirky lighthearted offbeat los angeles house bedroom movie set apartment car relationships dating marriage love
In this classically styled comedy of manners set in Los Angeles, sophisticated thirtysomethings try to determine whether ideal happiness exists in coupledom or if the perfectly suited couple is actually just an urban myth.
Romance
Canada
2017
85 Minutes
Thomas Middleditch Jess Weixler Diana Bang Randal Edwards Marilyn Norry Johannah Newmarch Nicole LaPlaca
suicidal person love interest family member friend girlfriend adopted daughter cheeky charming emotional intricate quirky offbeat doctor's office bathroom apartment pharmacy park suicide life adoption
While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layton accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Jane Seymour Nia Peeples Parker Stevenson William Shockley Ellen Travolta Joel Brooks Patrick Bristow Parker Croft Jack Bannon Dan Shaked
woman mistress love interest lover best friend friend amusing engaging charming passionate emotional relationships friendship passion attraction sexual conquests sexual identity adventure discovery love
Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.
Romance
USA
2015
90 Minutes
Columbus Short LeToya Luckett Serayah Jackie Christie Malik Yoba Parker McKenna Posey Ella Joyce Shanti Lowry Hawthorne James
bride bride-to-be groom ex-boyfriend lover love interest family parent friend mother father fiancé emotional heartwarming intense house beach beach house marriage love
On the day of her wedding, as Selena Jackson comes to terms with the long-lost love she's never quite gotten over, many of her guests, including her best friends and her own mother, also ... See full summary »
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.
Romance
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Brandon Polansky Samantha Elisofon Jessica Walter Tibor Feldman Christina Brucato Jennifer Brito Sondra James Johnathan Tchaikovsky Macy Cassera Tommy Beardmore Alex Emanuel
autistic person disabled person filmmaker friend group leader mother amusing endearing charming offbeat quirky uplifting new york city community center street brooklyn bridge restaurant cab relationships love
A New York City romantic comedy, Keep the Change is the unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group.
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.
Romance
USA
1985
90 Minutes
Ben Masters Brooke Adams Daniel Stern Danny Aiello Nancy Mette Tony Roberts
writer lawyer producer boyfriend girlfriend friend offbeat amusing new york city central park apartment relationships infidelity settling down romance love love temptation discovery 1980s
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.
Romance
USA
2018
120 Minutes
Constance Wu Henry Golding Michelle Yeoh Gemma Chan Lisa Lu Awkwafina Harry Shum Jr. Ken Jeong Sonoya Mizuno Chris Pang Jimmy O. Yang
boyfriend wealthy man girlfriend mother bachelor family member amusing tense emotional quirky singapore shop wedding secret identity secret life love relationships wealth culture discovery
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
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
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Diane Keaton Jane Fonda Candice Bergen Mary Steenburgen Craig T. Nelson Richard Dreyfuss Alicia Silverstone Katie Aselton Ed Begley Jr. Wallace Shawn Andy Garcia
widow friend lover husband boyfriend older woman amusing hilarious endearing charming sultry touching house restaurant office coast airplane california book lifestyle changes
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Drama, Romance
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Yara Shahidi Charles Melton Anais Lee John Alberto Leguizamo Gbenga Akinnagbe Miriam A. Hyman Jordan Williams Jake Choi Keong Sim Cathy Shim Shamika Cotton
college student young man young woman family member friend student amusing charming emotional cool heartwarming tense new york city café subway park office jamaica love immigration
A hopeless romantic ambivalent about his future in medical school falls for a hard-luck young woman who doesn't believe in love.
Romance, Drama
France
2017
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Marion Cotillard Charlotte Gainsbourg Louis Garrel Alba Rohrwacher Laszlo Szabo Hippolyte Girardot Jacques Nolot Catherine Mouchet Samir Guesmi
filmmaker girlfriend former lover wife missing wife husband emotional tense intricate sultry passionate france beach house beach office filmmaker going home love relationships marriage
The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
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
UK
2017
105 Minutes
Freya Mavor Josh Whitehouse Tom Riley Ian Hart Jessie Cave Will Merrick Matt Milne Daisy Bevan Sorcha Cusack Steven Mackintosh
friend partner musician boyfriend girlfriend band member endearing emotional touching tense passionate london record store bar apartment stage basement love breakup music
Boy meets girl in CD store. They like the same music. He's a guitarist in a band of 3 and she works in the City of London and is the breadwinner. Is love of the same music enough to keep them together years later?
Romance
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Fran Kranz Odette Yustman Colleen Camp Miles Fisher Mary Elizabeth Ellis Chris Diamantopoulos Adam David Thompson Laura Kightlinger Carson Elrod
mother friend unemployed person love interest amusing cheeky emotional hilarious apartment office woods restaurant bar lie false identity love relationships loss of job love discovery
Gilby finds himself in a tangled web of lies when the truth proves to be too much to admit and even harder to accept.