Movies Like Petticoat Fever
If you liked Petticoat Fever (1936), a comedy and romance movie directed by George Fitzmaurice, 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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Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyA fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
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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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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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What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyTwo childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
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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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I Love You Again (1940)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceBoring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyAn engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
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Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceNeil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…
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The Other End of the Line (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceAn employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA 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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Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
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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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Mr. Lucky (1943)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceA conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
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Champagne Problems (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyA driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.
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Prom Pact (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceIt's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…
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North to Alaska (1960)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceAfter striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally…
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Gidget (1959)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romanceDue to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf…
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Winter Castle (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyWhen Jenny attends her sister’s winter wedding at an ice hotel, her heart melts over the best man, the problem is he unexpectedly brings a “plus one,” seemingly dashing her hopes for a wintery romance.
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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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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceRoger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just…