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Movies Like Curtain Call

If you liked Curtain Call (1940), a comedy movie directed by Frank Woodruff, 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. 1The Mouse That Roared

    The Mouse That Roared (1959)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…

  2. 2Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

  3. 3Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  4. 4The Honey Pot

    The Honey Pot (1967)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

  5. 5Room Service

    Room Service (1938)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.

  6. 6Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  7. 7Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff

    Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A ratings hit! Amy Schumer debuts her one-hour special in front of a live audience at the Historic Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco. Nothing is off limits as Schumer airs every hilarious, messed up detail of her…

  8. 8The Trouble with Angels

    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…

  9. 9Broadway Danny Rose

    Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New…

  10. 10Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  11. 11Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

    Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

  12. 12Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy

    Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy (2007)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy

    Gabriel Iglesias is one of the fastest-rising comics today! With his unique brand of humor, lovable stage presence and wide range of voices and impressions, it's no wonder that he already has a huge fan following. Now…

  13. 13Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

    Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre.

  14. 14The Out-of-Towners

    The Out-of-Towners (1970)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A trip to New York for a job interview turns into a trip to hell for a small town couple.

  15. 15Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

  16. 16Mistress America

    Mistress America (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    A college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.

  17. 17Rookie of the Year

    Rookie of the Year (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.

  18. 18Hollywood or Bust

    Hollywood or Bust (1956)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the…

  19. 19The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man (1961)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…

  20. 20The Fixer Uppers

    The Fixer Uppers (1935)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

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