Movies Like On the Avenue
If you liked On the Avenue (1937), a music and comedy movie directed by Roy Del Ruth, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Let's Make Love (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceWhen billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and musicThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyA fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
★ 7.3/10Also music and comedyOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also music and comedy13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a…
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The Merry Widow (1934)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and musicA prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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The Tender Trap (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also music and comedyA young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
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Victor/Victoria (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also music and comedyA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
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Blue Hawaii (1961)
★ 6/10Also music and comedyJust discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
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Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romancePaolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day…
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That Touch of Mink (1962)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceCathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a…
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceOne year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…
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Starstruck (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedyPop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's…
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Silk Stockings (1957)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceAfter three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out…
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceTeenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…
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Good Advice (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceAn investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
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High Society (1956)
★ 6.8/10Also music and comedyWith socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and musicA washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written…
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The Fighting Temptations (2003)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and musicDarrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his…