How I Met Your Mother is a sitcom which aired on CBS for nine seasons, from 2005 to 2014. The series stars Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Colbie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, and Neil Patrick Harris, as a group of friends growing into adulthood together in New York City.
The story is told in flashbacks as Josh Radnor's character, Ted, tells his children the story of how he met their mother. This show's brilliant storytelling device and witty humor made it one of the most successful sitcoms in recent years. It's available to binge on Hulu, but if anyone is in the mood for something new, here are a few films that fans might also enjoy.
Hitch
Fans of How I Met Your Mother love a good rom-com, especially one with a few twists and turns.
They also love watching the guy fall for the girl and win her over against all odds, which pretty much describes the premise to 2005's hit romantic comedy, Hitch, starring Will Smith as a dating guru who finds himself in need of his own services when he meets the girl of his dreams and just can't seem to keep his cool around her.
Friends With Benefits
There's a lot of "will they or won't they" that happens over the course of the nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother. This series has that fact in common with another romantic comedy, Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.
Timberlake and Kunis play Dylan and Jamie, two friends who think they can sleep together without catching feelings, but are proven to be very wrong when they do fall in love.
Definitely, Maybe
This movie follows a very similar formula to How I Met Your Mother. Ryan Reynolds plays Will Hayes, who picks his daughter, Maya, played by Abigail Breslin, up from school because it's his night with her.
Will and Maya's mother divorced recently, and Maya asks her dad to tell her the story of how he and her mom fell in love. Will agrees and tells Maya three different love stories, leaving her and viewers to guess which woman in which story is her mom.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jason Segel has been a working actor for years, but became a big time star following the success of this series. Jason Segel fans who loved watching him play Marshall in the hit series will really love the actor in the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
In this movie, Jason plays Peter, who has been dating his girlfriend Sarah for years until she blindsides him with a breakup, and in a desperate move, Peter follows his ex to Hawaii where she's vacationing with her new boyfriend.
American Pie
Alyson Hannigan is another actor on this series who had been working for years before this series began airing.
Hannigan is probably best known for two of her roles, the first being Willow Rosenberg in the supernatural hit teen series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the second being Michelle in the provocative teen comedy franchise, American Pie. Alyson's work in this film is surprising and hilarious, to say the least.
Safe Haven
Cobie Smulders shines in How I Met Your Mother as Robin, an ass kicking journalist who immigrated to the United States from Canada, which is often used against her for laughs amongst her friends. Robin's good looks and quick wit is extremely charming, so it's understandable that both Barney and Ted fall for her at some point in the series.
For fans of the actress looking to see her softer side, her role as Jo in the Nicholas Sparks' movie, Safe Haven, definitely delivers.
Gone Girl
Neil Patrick Harris was a child star when he burst onto the scene starring as the title character in the hit show, Doogie Howser, M.D.
Neil Patrick Harris is an extremely versatile actor who can play just about any kind of role and he proves that with his performance as Desi Collings in the thriller, Gone Girl. In this film, Desi is a long lost love of Amy's, played by Rosamund Pike, and is later used as a pawn in Amy's retaliation against her husband.
The Big Sick
Everyone loves seeing how two people meet and fall in love, and all of the ups and downs that come with a new relationship. Part of the fun of this series was watching the origin love story, first between Ted and his first wife, and then again between Ted and Robin.
2017's The Big Sick is based on the true love story of actor Kumail Nanjiani and his now wife, Emily V. Gordon.
The Notebook
There are some epic love triangles throughout the nine seasons of this series. For fans who love a good love triangle, the romantic drama, The Notebook, starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, delivers one of the most epic love triangles in cinematic history.
This film, like How I Met Your Mother, will also make viewers believe in love again and reminisce about their own first loves.
Palm Springs
Fans anxiously awaited the big reveal of who "the mother" would be in How I Met Your Mother. In the series finale, it was revealed that the mother was Tracy McConnell, played by Cristin Milioti.
If anyone loved this reveal and this actress' role, then they'll love her in the new, quirky romantic comedy, Palm Springs, also starring funny man Andy Samberg. This film is available to stream now on Hulu.