Movies Like The Band Wagon
If you liked The Band Wagon (1953), a comedy and romance movie directed by Vincente Minnelli, 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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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceTwo sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
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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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She's Funny That Way (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceOn the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and romanceCecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'…
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyAfter young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a…
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Victor/Victoria (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
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Hello, Dolly! (1969)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceDolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's…
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On the Town (1949)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceThree sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
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Hollywood or Bust (1956)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyThe 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…
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Little Italy (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceFormer 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?
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Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA 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.
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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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Kiss Me Kate (1953)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceA 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…
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The Other End of the Line (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceAn employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
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Another Cinderella Story (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceA 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…
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The Lonely Guy (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceA writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
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Avanti! (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceA successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
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Indiscreet (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceAnna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart…
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceA New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
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When in Rome (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceDisillusioned with romance, Beth, an ambitious New Yorker, travels to Rome for her sister's wedding, where she plucks magic coins from a special fountain of love. The coins attract unwanted attention from an assortment…