Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "single"

1. The Lobster (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman

Votes: 299,188 | Gross: $8.70M

2. Girls (2012–2017)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20s.

Stars: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Adam Driver

Votes: 78,081

3. How to Be Single (2016)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City.

Director: Christian Ditter | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alison Brie

Votes: 94,732 | Gross: $46.84M

4. Under the Skin (I) (2013)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell

Votes: 158,898 | Gross: $2.61M

5. St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez

Votes: 46,606 | Gross: $37.80M

6. Eraserhead (1977)

Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 128,060 | Gross: $7.00M

7. He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily

Votes: 182,794 | Gross: $93.95M

8. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones

Votes: 264,798 | Gross: $71.54M

9. High Fidelity (2000)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black

Votes: 190,307 | Gross: $27.29M

10. Crashing (2016)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.

Stars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Louise Ford

Votes: 26,339

11. Coupling (2000–2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.

Stars: Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt

Votes: 47,817

12. Singles (1992)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A group of twenty-something friends search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Sheila Kelley

Votes: 32,775 | Gross: $18.47M

13. Survival of the Thickest (2023– )

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy

Black, plus-size and newly single, Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life after putting all her eggs in one man's basket, but she's determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family.

Stars: Michelle Buteau, Tone Bell, Marouane Zotti, Anissa Felix

Votes: 4,723

14. Too Hot to Handle (2020– )

TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Game-Show, Reality-TV

On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there's a twist. To win a $100,000 grand prize, they'll have to give up sex.

Stars: Desiree Burch, Carly Lawrence, Emily Miller, Cam Holmes

Votes: 14,905

15. Love Is Blind (2020– )

TV-MA | 48 min | Reality-TV, Romance

Singles who want to be loved for who they are, rather than what they look like, have signed up for a less-conventional approach to modern dating.

Stars: Nick Lachey, Vanessa Lachey, Micah Lussier, Chelsea Griffin

Votes: 11,526

16. Barton Fink (1991)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner

Votes: 129,254 | Gross: $6.15M

17. Five Bedrooms (2019– )

44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After meeting on the singles table at a wedding, five humans down on their luck in both love and life jokingly arrive at a solution to their real estate angst as solo flyers: they could pitch in and buy a house together.

Stars: Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Doris Younane, Katie Robertson

Votes: 2,255

18. Sea of Love (1989)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker

Votes: 45,029 | Gross: $58.57M

19. The Rewrite (2014)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Hugh Grant, Whit Baldwin, Vanessa Wasche, Enid Graham

Votes: 22,357

20. Shag (1988)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.

Director: Zelda Barron | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Scott Coffey, Annabeth Gish

Votes: 4,923 | Gross: $6.96M

21. Baby Mama (2008)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

Director: Michael McCullers | Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 47,576 | Gross: $60.49M

22. Couple to Throuple (2024– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Reality-TV

Four curious couples exploring polyamory as they date additional partners and decide whether to commit as a throuple.

Stars: Scott Evans, Rebecca Calb, Darrien Seqqoya, Jonathan Intriago

Votes: 245

23. Keeping the Faith (2000)

PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.

Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft

Votes: 53,293 | Gross: $37.05M

24. Hurlyburly (1998)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama

Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.

Director: Anthony Drazan | Stars: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Robin Wright

Votes: 10,479 | Gross: $1.80M

25. Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.

Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts

Votes: 33,889 | Gross: $3.09M

26. No Good Deed (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.

Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo

Votes: 22,081 | Gross: $52.54M

27. The Chair (2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.

Stars: Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah

Votes: 19,022

28. Single All the Way (2021)

TV-PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Desperate to avoid his family's judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they're now in a relationship.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke Macfarlane, Barry Bostwick

Votes: 19,632

29. Hum Tum (2004)

Not Rated | 143 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A novel look at the eternal battle of the sexes and the trials and tribulations of Karan and Rhea and their attempts to understand each other.

Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher, Rati Agnihotri

Votes: 15,150 | Gross: $0.35M

30. Best Friends Recycled (2016)

Drama, Romance

Tony and Jackson have been best friends since the Vietnam War. When Jackson lines up Tony with an attractive widow, he doesn't consider that the dynamics of his friendship with Tony could be drastically altered.

Director: Donald James Parker | Stars: Diana Schmitt, Diana Lenska, Royce Henry, Donald James Parker

Votes: 41

31. Ishq Vishk (2003)

134 min | Comedy, Romance

A collegian (Shahid Kapoor) woos a beautiful girl, then falls in love with his childhood friend (Amrita Rao).

Director: Ken Ghosh | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Shenaz Treasury, Vishal Malhotra

Votes: 4,579

32. The Lonely Guy (1984)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence

Votes: 7,756 | Gross: $5.72M

33. Lazy Susan (2020)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

A slice-of-life comedy about a woman on the edge with nowhere to go but over, Lazy Susan is a story about a spectacularly unmotivated woman for whom doing nothing is exhausting.

Director: Nick Peet | Stars: Sean Hayes, Maria Shriver, Leah Huebner, Dominick LaRuffa Jr.

Votes: 1,022

34. Duet (1987–1989)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

It's love at first sight when mystery writer Ben Coleman meets caterer Laura Kelly. The ups and downs of their romance form the basis of this series.

Stars: Matthew Laurance, Mary Page Keller, Chris Lemmon, Alison La Placa

Votes: 206

35. Love Is Blind: Sweden (2024– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV, Romance

The unique dating experiment lands in Sweden as local singles seek true love and propose marriage, all before seeing each other in person.

Stars: Meira Omar, Lucas Gustavsson, Rasmus Hedenstedt, Krissy Kuldkepp

Votes: 598

36. Ally (1999–2000)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In this half hour version of the FOX top rated show Ally McBeal, David E. Kelley adds un-aired scenes of the original show. Plus, he cut all the court stories, making the show about Ally's personal stories only.

Stars: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski

Votes: 251

37. The Singles Ward (2002)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his divorce, a Mormon stand-up comedian moves to loosen the ties to the Church and its singles ward. When a woman from his new church calls, he responds rudely; when he meets her in person, he notices that she's nice and cute.

Director: Kurt Hale | Stars: Will Swenson, Connie Young, Daryn Tufts, Kirby Heyborne

Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $1.25M

38. Love Is Blind: Habibi

TV-MA | 50 min | Reality-TV, Romance | Filming

Single men and women dating in pods where they hear but can't see each other. If couples connect over 10 days and mutually decide to get engaged then they meet on holiday. And finally decide compatibility before potential wedding.

Stars: Elham Ali, Khalid Al-Saqer

39. Can't Hurry Love (1995–1996)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

In New York City, friends Annie, Roger, and Elliot work in a personnel agency. Divorcee Didi offers dating advice to the love-seeking Annie and the others.

Stars: Nancy McKeon, Mariska Hargitay, Louis Mandylor, Kevin Crowley

Votes: 81

40. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott

Votes: 1,455

41. Big Shots (2007–2008)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

An inside look into the life of a CEO.

Stars: Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus, Joshua Malina, Paige Turco

Votes: 1,544

42. Missed Connections (II) (2023)

TV-14 | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

After an unforgettable encounter, a hopeless romantic turns to an app to seek out a man she just met - but is he really what she's looking for?

Director: Jelise Chung | Stars: Miles Ocampo, Kelvin Miranda, JC Santos, Chienna Filomeno

Votes: 244

43. S1ngles (2004–2008)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Theories are introduced, and eventually verified, from the events that occur in a company of young men and women.

Stars: Maria Solomou, Sunny Hatziargyri, Antonis Fragakis, Maximos Moumouris

Votes: 1,836

44. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter

Votes: 5,918

45. The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)

R | 92 min | Comedy

Part documentary, part narrative, part instructional format, this film aims to teach young inexperienced youth about all things involved with "getting down", while also pointing out some of the pitfalls associated with the party lifestyle.

Director: Paul Sapiano | Stars: Cricket Leigh, Kat Turner, John McGarr, Natalie Taylor

Votes: 2,549

46. A Mother Betrayed (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Thriller

Newlywed Monica is committed to a mental hospital for hallucinations, but soon finds out that her husband has a devious plan to steal her life, including her daughter.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Lynn Collins, Adam Kaufman, Bree Williamson, Joanna Cassidy

Votes: 368

47. Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)

PG | 113 min | Comedy

The traumas confronting a young Jewish girl in search of life, happiness and a husband in the big city.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Jeannie Berlin, Roy Scheider, Rebecca Dianna Smith, Janet Brandt

Votes: 326

48. Srugim (2008–2012)

TV-14 | 35 min | Drama

"Srugim" is a dramady series that deals with the life of single Modern Orthodox people from Jerusalem. The series offers a glance into the lives of intelligent and educated young people who... See full summary »

Stars: Maayan Weinstock, Yael Sharoni, Ohad Knoller, Tali Sharon

Votes: 454

49. The Bachelor Australia (2013–2023)

Reality-TV

A single bachelor dates multiple women over several weeks, narrowing them down to hopefully find his true love.

Stars: Osher Günsberg, Blake Garvey, Sam Frost, Mary O'Neill

Votes: 239

50. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999– )

24 min | Comedy, Romance

Since moving out of her parents' housing-estate flat, 24-year-old Lucy Sullivan has landed an apartment in trendy West London and a job in the city. Now she is on the lookout for love.

Stars: Cameron Jack, Sam Loggin, Frances Tomelty, Debbie Chazen

Votes: 137