Movies like Finding Emily (2026)

Name: Finding Emily
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after Finding Emily, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.

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Pitch Perfect (2012)

Fit 59%

Shares Comedy and Romance with Finding Emily.

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
2

Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

Fit 50%

Shares Comedy and Romance with Finding Emily.

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.
3

Clueless (1995)

Fit 49%

Shares Comedy and Romance with Finding Emily.

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
4

Kissing Is the Easy Part (2026)

Fit 48%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

Sean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.
5

The House Bunny (2008)

Fit 46%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.
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Sidelined 2: Intercepted (2025)

Fit 41%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

Freshman star quarterback Drayton struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas begins to question the future she thought she wanted. As their high school relationship begins to unravel under the pressures of distance and self-discovery, they’ll learn that the bravest versions of themselves emerge when they let life redirect them.
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)

Fit 40%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
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The Wrong Paris (2025)

Fit 38%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.
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Career Opportunities (1991)

Fit 37%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

After falling asleep in a Target dressing room, an unhappy heiress wakes up locked inside the store overnight with a local slacker and notorious liar, leading the two unlikely companions to bond over their shared desire to escape their lives.
10

Yoh! Bestie (2026)

Fit 36%

Shares Romance and Comedy with Finding Emily.

Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.