Movies like Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) is a comedy movie directed by Bharat Nalluri. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. La La Land (2016)
★ 7.9 · 18,607 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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2. Love Actually (2003)
★ 7.1 · 7,615 votes · Comedy, Romance, Drama
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
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3. Emma (1996)
★ 6.6 · 690 votes · Romance, Comedy, Drama
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
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4. Phantom Thread (2017)
★ 7.3 · 3,893 votes · Drama, Romance
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
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5. The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
★ 7.3 · 684 votes · Drama, Romance
A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
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6. The Great Gatsby (2013)
★ 7.3 · 13,243 votes · Drama, Romance
Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy. Soon, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. Bearing witness to this new world, Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and unforgettable tragedy -- mirroring our own times and struggles.
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7. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
★ 7.4 · 1,432 votes · Romance, Drama, History
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
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8. The Secret Scripture (2017)
★ 7.2 · 334 votes · Drama, Romance
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
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9. A Place in the Sun (1951)
★ 7.3 · 431 votes · Drama, Romance, Crime
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
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10. About a Boy (2002)
★ 6.7 · 2,486 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
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11. Northanger Abbey (2007)
★ 6.8 · 321 votes · Romance, Drama, TV Movie
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
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12. 5 to 7 (2014)
★ 7.1 · 425 votes · Comedy, Romance
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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