It Happened on Fifth Avenue

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Comedy, Romance, Music

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Everyone Says I Love You

Everyone Says I Love You

1996 ★ 6.5

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

Housesitter

Housesitter

1992 ★ 6.1

Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988 ★ 6.9

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945 ★ 6.8

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

2015 ★ 5.9

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

Jingle Bell Heist

Jingle Bell Heist

2025 ★ 6.1

Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

2025 ★ 6.3

Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

1969 ★ 7.0

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

12 Dates of Christmas

12 Dates of Christmas

2011 ★ 6.1

In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend Jack on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles, a handsome guy she's been set up with. In a strange twist of fate, Kate is magically given the chance to re-live Christmas Eve twelve times!

Cousins

Cousins

1989 ★ 6.0

When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.

Just Friends

Just Friends

2005 ★ 6.2

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

Lez Bomb

Lez Bomb

2018 ★ 6.7

A closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming-out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.

Indiscreet

Indiscreet

1958 ★ 6.6

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007 ★ 6.1

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.

Whatever Works

Whatever Works

2009 ★ 7.1

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park

1967 ★ 7.1

In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.

Happy Together

Happy Together

1989 ★ 5.9

Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills

Happiest Season

Happiest Season

2020 ★ 7.1

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 2

2020 ★ 7.6

With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.

Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue

2008 ★ 6.4

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.

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