Movies Like Three for the Show
If you liked Three for the Show (1955), a music and comedy movie directed by H. C. Potter, 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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High Society (1956)
★ 6.8/10Also music and comedyWith 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.
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Phffft (1954)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceRobert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of…
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The Grass Is Greener (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceVictor 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…
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Move Over, Darling (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romanceThree years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to…
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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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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceAmerican multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy…
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About Last Night (2014)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romanceBernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to…
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My Favorite Wife (1940)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceYears after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and musicA 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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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceA happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
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The Wrong Paris (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedyDawn 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.
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Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyThando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
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Victor/Victoria (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also music and comedyA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
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The Boy Friend (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also music and comedyWhen the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.
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His Girl Friday (1940)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and romanceWalter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but…
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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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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceA New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
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Starting Over (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceAfter divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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Barefoot in the Park (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceIn this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a…
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It's Love I'm After (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceAn infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.