Movies Like Local Boy Makes Good
If you liked Local Boy Makes Good (1931), a romance and comedy movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy, 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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Finding Emily (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedyWhen 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…
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In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and musicTwo co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
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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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What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyTwo 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.
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Marry Me (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedyAfter finding out about her fiancé's cheating ways, a pop superstar impulsively marries a total stranger. They must soon decide if two people from such different worlds can find true love.
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The Prince & Me (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceA fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige…
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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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Starstruck (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedyPop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's…
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Vivacious Lady (1938)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCollege town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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This Little Love of Mine (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyLaura 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…
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceTeenager 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…
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John Tucker Must Die (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceAfter discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart…
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She's the Man (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceViola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves…
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Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also music and romanceA new adventure dawns for Zed and Addison when their summer road trip takes an unexpected detour, landing them in the middle of yet another monster rivalry: Daywalkers vs. Vampires. Tensions flare when Zed and Addison…
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The Pirate (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also music and romanceA girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
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Silk Stockings (1957)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceAfter 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…
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Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceNeil, 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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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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Prom Pact (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceIt's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…
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Date with Love (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceWhen a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher.