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Movies Like The Smiling Lieutenant

If you liked The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), a comedy and romance movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, 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. 1What's Love Got to Do with It?

    What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Two 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.

  2. 2Love Is in the Air

    Love Is in the Air (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

  3. 3Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    When 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.

  4. 4Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde (1931)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He…

  5. 5A Hollywood Christmas

    A Hollywood Christmas (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest…

  6. 6The Royal Treatment

    The Royal Treatment (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedy

    Isabella runs her own salon and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, while Prince Thomas runs his own country and is about to marry for duty rather than love. When Izzy and her fellow stylists get the opportunity of a…

  7. 7The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow (1934)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

  8. 8This Little Love of Mine

    This Little Love of Mine (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Laura 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…

  9. 9Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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.

  10. 10Wedding Season

    Wedding Season (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are…

  11. 11Marry Me

    Marry Me (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy

    After 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.

  12. 12The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

    The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…

  13. 13Music and Lyrics

    Music and Lyrics (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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…

  14. 14The Other End of the Line

    The Other End of the Line (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.

  15. 15Made of Honor

    Made of Honor (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets…

  16. 16Date with Love

    Date with Love (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    When 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.

  17. 17Bride Wars

    Bride Wars (2009)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

  18. 18The Prince & Me

    The Prince & Me (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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…

  19. 19Winter Castle

    Winter Castle (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    When Jenny attends her sister’s winter wedding at an ice hotel, her heart melts over the best man, the problem is he unexpectedly brings a “plus one,” seemingly dashing her hopes for a wintery romance.

  20. 20Man's Favorite Sport?

    Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just…

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