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Movies Like No Time for Comedy

If you liked No Time for Comedy (1940), a romance and comedy movie directed by William Keighley, 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.

  1. 1Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    When 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.

  2. 2Barefoot in the Park

    Barefoot in the Park (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a…

  3. 3The Tender Trap

    The Tender Trap (1955)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

  4. 4L.A. Without a Map

    L.A. Without a Map (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…

  5. 5The Proposal

    The Proposal (2009)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

  6. 6Same Time, Next Year

    Same Time, Next Year (1978)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree…

  7. 7Funny Girl

    Funny Girl (1968)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

  8. 8How to Marry a Millionaire

    How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

  9. 9Madame

    Madame (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid…

  10. 10Feel the Beat

    Feel the Beat (2020)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

  11. 11You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…

  12. 12The Goodbye Girl

    The Goodbye Girl (1977)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

  13. 13Hitch

    Hitch (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques…

  14. 14The Barkleys of Broadway

    The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she…

  15. 15A Good Woman

    A Good Woman (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy…

  16. 16The Golden Coach

    The Golden Coach (1952)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru.

  17. 17High Society

    High Society (1956)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    With 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.

  18. 18Raising Helen

    Raising Helen (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedy

    Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must choose between the life she's always loved…

  19. 19Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

    Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.

  20. 20The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

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