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From opposites-attract best friends to taking annual summer trips together, People We Meet on Vacation takes the perfect pacing of what it's like to grow and reunite with strangers you've met away from familiar lands.
As common as vacation romance movies are, here are our top 8 recommended movies that are sure to tickle the same feeling that People We Meet on Vacation unlocked on your binge.
The Map That Leads To You (2025)
If it's travel romance you want, The Map That Leads To You delivers just that. The film follows post-college grad Heather (Madelyn Cline), whose plan to take a trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when she meets the charming Jack (KJ Apa) on a train, leading them to follow his grandfather's journal, instead.
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This Time Next Year (2024)
Minnie Cooper and Quinn Hamilton, who were born minutes apart on New Year's Eve, believe their lives were shaped by the childhood mix-up where Quinn got the name Minnie was meant to have, leading to her birthday streaks of bad luck. That is, until their lives intertwine in their adulthood. Perhaps it's not time to bow out just yet.
Streaming Platform: Roku Channel
The Wrong Paris (2025)
While The Wrong Paris is no vacation romance, Dawn's (Miranda Cosgrove) dream to get into one of Europe's top art schools leads her to join a reality dating show with the wrong impression. Wouldn't you know, the same hunky cowboy bachelor she met at a bar once happened to join the same casting show?
Streaming Platform: Netflix
The Holiday (2006)
Dumped and depressed when it comes to love, English Iris agrees to swap homes with her fellow unlucky-in-love Californian, Amanda, for their own breaks. While Iris found herself a Hollywood mansion, Amanda adjusts to the picture-perfect English village. Little did they know that this swap would lead them to bump into their perfect romantic men.
Purchase or Rent: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
What If (2014)
A little break from the usual vacation romance, What If is for the fans of People We Meet on Vacation who are seeking similar chaotic friendship duos who end up falling for each other, just like how Poppy and Alex's journey unfolded.
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Love, Rosie (2014)
Best friends Rosie and Alex, who grew up together from childhood to adulthood, constantly miss their chance at romance due to timing, distance, and the hindrances of being in new relationships. Love, Rosie shows their realistic progression from typical childhood besties to becoming the couple they've always dreamed of.
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Anyone But You (2023)
Anyone But You follows Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell), who have a disastrous first date, only to find themselves forced to pretend to be a couple at a destination wedding in Australia for the bride and groom. Inspired by Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Bea and Ben eventually unmask their true feelings.
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Plus One (2019)
Longtime single friends, Ben and Alice, end up facing a summer packed with weddings and decide to be each other's dates for all ten events. Who would've thought that through navigating these destination weddings, they would end up realizing their complicated mutual feelings for one another?
Streaming Platform: Hulu
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