Movies Like The Switch (2010)

The Switch is a 2010 comedy, drama, romance film from Josh Gordon with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Back-Up Plan and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

Comedy Drama Romance

The Back-Up Plan

2010

When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

6.1

MagicScore

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

6.8

MagicScore

The Babymakers

2012

After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.

5.0

MagicScore

Starbuck

2011

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck," the pseudonym he used when donating his sperm. To make matters worse, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child, but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.

6.9

MagicScore

Delivery Man

2013

An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.

6.2

MagicScore

Fonzy

2013

Set in Paris, a man working in fish delivery becomes involved in a legal battle with his sperm donations.

5.2

MagicScore

It's Complicated

2009

Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.

6.5

MagicScore

Your Place or Mine

2023

When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.

6.3

MagicScore

Pixels

2015

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

Home Alone

1990

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Home Alone 3

1997

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Home Alone 4

2002

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion.

4.5

MagicScore

#13

The Goodbye Girl

1977

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

When the Bough Breaks

2016

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Failure to Launch

2006

At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.

5.8

MagicScore

#16

Holiday Affair

1949

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Carry On Matron

1972

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Shelter

2007

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

The Perfect Holiday

2007

Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a nice compliment would make her day. Sensing her sadness, Nancy's little girl, Emily, has a plan to make her mom happy again. She shares her Mommy's wish with shopping mall Santa, Benjamin Armstrong. And Benjamin, who is also a struggling songwriter, knows exactly the right words to say.

5.2

MagicScore

#20

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Switch?

The top films similar to The Switch by MovieMagicScore are The Back-Up Plan (6.1), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (6.8), The Babymakers (5.0). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Switch worth watching?

The Switch holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 1,963 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Switch?

The Switch (2010) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Josh Gordon, starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Switch?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Switch

This ranked list pairs The Switch (2010), a comedy and drama and romance film from Josh Gordon, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jennifer Aniston 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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