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Movies Like The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

If you liked The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), a comedy and music movie directed by Don Weis, 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. 1Pitch Perfect

    Pitch Perfect (2012)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and music

    College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca…

  2. 2Dames

    Dames (1934)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and music

    A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

  3. 3The Wrong Paris

    The Wrong Paris (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedy

    Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.

  4. 4Silk 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…

  5. 5Let'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.

  6. 6Hollywood Stargirl

    Hollywood Stargirl (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.

  7. 7How I Got Into College

    How I Got Into College (1989)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It…

  8. 8Cover Girl

    Cover Girl (1944)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music and comedy

    A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

  9. 9Little Italy

    Little Italy (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

  10. 10The Fighting Temptations

    The Fighting Temptations (2003)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music

    Darrin 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…

  11. 11Players

    Players (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing…

  12. 12¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

    ¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

    ★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

  13. 13The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Teenager 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…

  14. 14Finding Emily

    Finding Emily (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and comedy

    When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and…

  15. 15Sex Appeal

    Sex Appeal (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.

  16. 16The Kissing Booth 3

    The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    It's the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to…

  17. 17Speedway

    Speedway (1968)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and music

    A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.

  18. 18Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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.

  19. 19Music and Lyrics

    Music and Lyrics (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    A 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…

  20. 20Dinner in America

    Dinner in America (2022)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance and comedy

    An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.

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