Movies Like Love Is a Funny Thing (1969)

Love Is a Funny Thing is a 1969 drama, romance film from Claude Lelouch with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Rifkin’s Festival and Green Book.

Drama Romance

Rifkin’s Festival

2020

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.

6.1

MagicScore

Green Book

2018

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

8.2

MagicScore

Thelma & Louise

1991

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

7.6

MagicScore

Wristcutters: A Love Story

2007

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip to find her.

7.0

MagicScore

Mississippi Grind

2015

Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.

6.0

MagicScore

Breakin' All the Rules

2004

After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.

6.0

MagicScore

The Tarnished Angels

1957

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

6.7

MagicScore

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

6.0

MagicScore

The Long Dumb Road

2018

Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

Beautiful Minds

2022

Two men, with vastly different life stories and personalities, embark on a hearse heading to the South of France. During their journey they realize that, however unlikely, they're not so different in the end.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

1994

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Friends with Benefits

2011

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Bottom of the World

2017

On their road trip through the southwestern desert, Alex and his girlfriend Scarlett arrive in a town in the middle of nowhere and take a room in a mysterious hotel so that Scarlett, who is feeling increasingly ill, can get some rest.

5.3

MagicScore

#15

Y Tu Mamá También

2001

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Galveston

2018

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

6.1

MagicScore

#17

The Return

2003

The relationships among two pre-pubescent brothers and their estranged father are tested on a trip into the Russian wilderness.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Harry and Tonto

1974

Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

Faces Places

2017

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

A Love You

2015

After a drunken evening and an unforgettable night with a total stranger, Manu wakes up alone to find a message on his arm giving him an appointment in Avignon. Convinced that the appointment is with the dreamy woman from the night before, he is ready to do anything to find her again.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Love Is a Funny Thing?

The top films similar to Love Is a Funny Thing by MovieMagicScore are Rifkin’s Festival (6.1), Green Book (8.2), Thelma & Louise (7.6). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Love Is a Funny Thing worth watching?

Love Is a Funny Thing holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 49 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Love Is a Funny Thing?

Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) is a drama, romance film directed by Claude Lelouch, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Maria Pia Conte.

Where can I find more recommendations like Love Is a Funny Thing?

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

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About movies like Love Is a Funny Thing

This ranked list pairs Love Is a Funny Thing (1969), a drama and romance film from Claude Lelouch, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jean-Paul Belmondo 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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