Movies like The Love Hypothesis (2026)

Name: The Love Hypothesis
Released: 2026

9 films to watch after The Love Hypothesis, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

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Set It Up (2018)

Fit 73%

Shares Romance and Comedy with The Love Hypothesis.

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
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My Fake Boyfriend (2022)

Fit 62%

Shares Comedy and Romance with The Love Hypothesis.

A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Fit 47%

Shares Comedy and Romance with The Love Hypothesis.

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.
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The Perfect Date (2019)

Fit 45%

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No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.
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Someone Like You... (2001)

Fit 43%

Shares Comedy and Romance with The Love Hypothesis.

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
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Players (2024)

Fit 42%

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New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.
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What's Your Number? (2011)

Fit 39%

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Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.
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French Girl (2024)

Fit 36%

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Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back. But their future is thrown into limbo when she interviews for an executive chef position in her hometown of Quebec City. To Gordon’s dismay her future boss also happens to be her former lover, a celebrity Chef with oceanic eyes and a hit TV show. Good luck Gordon.
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Puppy Love (2023)

Fit 36%

Shares Comedy and Romance with The Love Hypothesis.

After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched Nicole and Max are forced to become responsible co-parents, but may end up finding love themselves.