Movies Like Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

Prelude to a Kiss is a 1992 comedy, drama, romance film from Norman René with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with All of Me and Freakier Friday.

Comedy Drama Romance

All of Me

1984

Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.

6.5

MagicScore

Freakier Friday

2025

Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike twice.

6.8

MagicScore

Freaky Friday

2003

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

6.6

MagicScore

The Change-Up

2011

Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

6.2

MagicScore

Freaky Friday

1976

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.

6.1

MagicScore

Our 30-Minute Sessions

2020

College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki's girlfriend Kana's face.

7.6

MagicScore

Jack

1996

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.

6.3

MagicScore

Miss Granny

2014

An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth.

7.3

MagicScore

Little

2019

Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Oh! Baby

2019

A 70-year-old woman transforms into her 24-year-old self after she's photographed at a studio, changing her life and those of the people around her forever.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

The Cobbler

2014

Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Sam

2015

The journey of young, handsome New York City playboy Sam Wellman - man’s man and professional woman hater – and his relationship with Doc, his best (and only!) friend. One strange, drunken night Sam stumbles into an Old Curiosity Shop, where the elderly proprietor offers him tea along with sage advice on treasuring “the female of the species”. Sam awakens the next morning to find himself transformed into a woman.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

The Beauty Inside

2015

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

The Nobodies

2015

One morning, Lily and Ben wake up side by side in bodies that are not theirs. And Magalie, a little girl in the body of a tall, bearded, awaits them in the guest room. This is the beginning of an incredible adventure, sometimes initiatory, where the bodies and identities will be reversed at the option of a simple hug.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Every Day

2018

16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.

7.3

MagicScore

#16

Big

1988

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

¿Quién es quién?

2024

The Fuentes are not the best family in the world. But what family is it? Work, school and routine have plunged them into a spiral of disconnection that seems impossible to stop. However, everything changes when the youngest of the group, Valentina, makes a wish for her ninth birthday. The next day, all the members of the family wake up with their bodies swapped: The father is in his wife's body, the girl is trapped in the grandmother's body, the teenage twins are not themselves... Chaos takes over. the family and, desperate, they ask themselves: Who is who? While the family faces crazy situations and hilarious circumstances, the Fuentes must learn to get under each other's skin and trust each other to turn the situation around. Will they be able to return to their original bodies and get their lives back?

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Nine Lives

2016

A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Howl's Moving Castle

2004

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

8.4

MagicScore

#20

Xchange

2001

In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables instantaneous travel by swapping bodies with someone at the destination. A member of the privileged corporate class ("Corpie") Xchanging for the first time unwittingly switches bodies with a terrorist. Forced to hide in a limited life span cloned body with just 2 days remaining, he races against time to stop the terrorist and regain his body.

5.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Prelude to a Kiss?

The top films similar to Prelude to a Kiss by MovieMagicScore are All of Me (6.5), Freakier Friday (6.8), Freaky Friday (6.6). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Prelude to a Kiss worth watching?

Prelude to a Kiss holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 123 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Prelude to a Kiss?

Prelude to a Kiss (1992) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Norman René, starring Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Kathy Bates.

Where can I find more recommendations like Prelude to a Kiss?

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About movies like Prelude to a Kiss

This ranked list pairs Prelude to a Kiss (1992), a comedy and drama and romance film from Norman René, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Alec Baldwin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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