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Movies Like False Pretenses

If you liked False Pretenses (1935), a comedy and romance movie directed by Charles Lamont, 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. 1This Little Love of Mine

    This Little Love of Mine (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s…

  2. 2That Touch of Mink

    That Touch of Mink (1962)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    Cathy 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…

  3. 3Let'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.

  4. 4Good Advice

    Good Advice (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.

  5. 5Love, 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.

  6. 6What'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.

  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. 8Easy 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.

  9. 9The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house…

  10. 10What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go! (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

  11. 11Out to Sea

    Out to Sea (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and…

  12. 12Champagne Problems

    Champagne Problems (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.

  13. 13A Hollywood Christmas

    A Hollywood Christmas (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest…

  14. 14For Love or Money

    For Love or Money (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees…

  15. 15The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

    The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    One 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…

  16. 16Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for…

  17. 17Love Is in the Air

    Love Is in the Air (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

  18. 18Gidget

    Gidget (1959)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    Due 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…

  19. 19Christmas with You

    Christmas with You (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also romance and comedy

    Feeling career burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.

  20. 20Watching the Detectives

    Watching the Detectives (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Neil, 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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