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Movies Like Sylvia Scarlett

If you liked Sylvia Scarlett (1935), a comedy and drama movie directed by George Cukor, 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. 1You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…

  2. 2Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and comedy

    Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

  3. 3Kajillionaire

    Kajillionaire (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their…

  4. 4Love 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.

  5. 5What'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.

  6. 6Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky (1943)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

  7. 7The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  8. 8Persuasion

    Persuasion (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne…

  9. 9Sahara

    Sahara (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara…

  10. 10The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor (1942)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a…

  11. 11An Autumn Romance

    An Autumn Romance (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and drama

    When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who…

  12. 12Limelight

    Limelight (1952)

    ★ 7.9/10Also romance and drama

    A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

  13. 13Picture Perfect

    Picture Perfect (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

  14. 14Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  15. 15Let'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.

  16. 16Bad Girl

    Bad Girl (1931)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

  17. 17L.A. Without a Map

    L.A. Without a Map (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…

  18. 18The Other Sister

    The Other Sister (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

  19. 19Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

  20. 20Housesitter

    Housesitter (1992)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.

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