The Best Feel-Good Romantic Comedies to Watch After Netflix’s ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’
If you've been obsessing over Netflix's 'Voicemails for Isabelle,' these films are the perfect follow-up!
Key Takeaways
- 'Voicemails for Isabelle' is now on Netflix, starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson.
- 'Set It Up', 'You’ve Got Mail' and 'Love Again' are the perfect follow-up films.
- Enjoy these feel-good romantic comedies after 'Voicemails for Isabelle.'
If you haven’t spent your weekend watching and re-watching the feel-good Netflix rom com, Voicemails for Isabelle, well then it should be at the top of your to-do list.
What’s being called one of the best rom coms in recent years is an emotional story about Jill (Zoey Deutch), an aspiring baker, who is trying to cope with her sister’s death by leaving voicemails to her old phone. But what she doesn’t know is that her sister’s number has already been reassigned to Wes, who begins listening to the messages and eventually falls for Jill.
When Wes seeks Jill out, the two develop a close relationship and start spending all of their time together. The only problem is that Jill has no idea that Wes is the one listening to her voicemails on the other end of the line.
The film has received raving reviews from audiences, eliciting thousands of reaction videos on TikTok. The film has made viewers laugh and cry and feel so many other emotions throughout and it’s that feel-good romantic comedy that the world has been craving.
Now, with Voicemails for Isabelle, that ask has been answered. So, if you’ve been looking for something to fill the hole left by the adorable movie, we have a few fun recommendations that will make you feel all the feels.
‘Set It Up’
If you’ve been obsessing over Zoey Deutch and her character, Jill, in Voicemails for Isabelle, we have just the recommendation for you. Set It Up (2018) is another feel-good romantic comedy starring Deutch as Harper, an underpaid and under-appreciated assistant. When she meets another fellow emotionally drained assistant in Charlie (Glen Powell), the two of them decide to set up their demanding bosses to get them off their backs.
What starts as a plot to get their bosses out of the office ends with a blossoming relationship between Harper and Charlie, who spend more and more time together for the mission. But when feelings begin to blur the line between what’s right and wrong, things get a bit messy.
Starring Deutch, Powell, Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs, Set It Up is a must-watch and perfect follow-up to Voicemails for Isabelle.
Watch Set It Up on Netflix now!
‘You’ve Got Mail’
With several references to the film in Voicemails for Isabelle, the 1998 classic, You’ve Got Mail, is the perfect follow-up to the Netflix film. Starring Meg Ryan as struggling bookseller Kathleen Kelly, You’ve Got Mail follows the anonymous Internet relationship between Kathleen and her Joe Fox, owner of the corporate chain bookstore, Foxbooks, and her business rival. But when they chat online, neither of them knowing the other’s true identity, their feelings for one another grow.
You’ve Got Mail is an iconic romantic comedy that is already a must-watch, but if you’re looking for something to watch after Voicemails for Isabelle, this Meg Ryan flick is an ideal choice.
Watch You’ve Got Mail on Prime Video now!
Love Again
This 2023 film follows a very similar story as Voicemails for Isabelle and is just what you need to watch next. Love Again stars Priyanka Chopra as Mira, a woman reeling from the death of her fiancé who tries to cope by sending texts to his phone.
What she doesn’t know is that the number has already been reassigned to journalist Rob Burns, who is moved by her texts. Rob soon enlists the help of Celine Dion, the subject of his next interview, to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
Watch Love Again on Hulu now!
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