Movies Like The Lady Eve
If you liked The Lady Eve (1941), a comedy and romance movie directed by Preston Sturges, 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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The Hustle (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyTwo female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
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Mr. Lucky (1943)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceA conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
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Overboard (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceHeiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees…
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyCon artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow…
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Queenpins (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyBored and frustrated suburban homemaker Connie and her best pal JoJo, a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million-dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box…
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Heartbreakers (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceMax and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then…
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Criminal (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyNeeding a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William…
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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10Also comedyA Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
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Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyA fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romanceA revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceLorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a…
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Overboard (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedyA spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
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Mad Money (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyThree female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
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How to Steal a Million (1966)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romanceA woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
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Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyAn engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceA female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
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The Invention of Lying (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceSet in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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Beat the Devil (1953)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyA group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
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The Ladykillers (1955)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.