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Movies Like The Smart Set-Up

If you liked The Smart Set-Up (1931), a romance and comedy movie directed by Roy Mack, 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. 1White Christmas

    White Christmas (1954)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and music

    Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister…

  2. 2Starstruck

    Starstruck (2010)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Pop 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…

  3. 3She's the Man

    She's the Man (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves…

  4. 4High School Musical

    High School Musical (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

  5. 5Another Cinderella Story

    Another Cinderella Story (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also music and comedy

    A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime…

  6. 6Royal Wedding

    Royal Wedding (1951)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music and comedy

    A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

  7. 7How 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.

  8. 8Girls Just Want to Have Fun

    Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music

    Janey is new in town. She soon meets Lynne, a classmate who shares her passion for the local show 'Dance TV'. When a competition is announced to find new Dance TV performers, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition…

  9. 9Easter Parade

    Easter Parade (1948)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and music

    On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires…

  10. 10A Cinderella Story

    A Cinderella Story (2004)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

  11. 11Let'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.

  12. 12Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms (1939)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music

    Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as…

  13. 13High Society

    High Society (1956)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and comedy

    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.

  14. 14Victor/Victoria

    Victor/Victoria (1982)

    ★ 7.3/10Also music and comedy

    A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

  15. 15The 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…

  16. 16G.I. Blues

    G.I. Blues (1960)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music and comedy

    Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open a nightclub once he's discharged. Although he may lack the capital for such a venture, a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager…

  17. 17Silk Stockings

    Silk Stockings (1957)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    After 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…

  18. 18What's Love Got to Do with It?

    What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Two 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.

  19. 19Kiss Me Kate

    Kiss Me Kate (1953)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music and comedy

    A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together…

  20. 20A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

    A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and music

    A contemporary musical version of the classic Cinderella story in which the servant step daughter hope to compete in a musical competition for a famous pop star.

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