Movies Like King of the Islands

If you liked King of the Islands (1936), a comedy and romance movie directed by Ralph Staub, 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
The Pirate (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also music and romance
A 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.
2
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he…
3
South Pacific (1958)
★ 6.1/10Also music and romance
Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair?…
4
Blue Hawaii (1961)
★ 6/10Also music and comedy
Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
5
Enchanted (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new…
6
Yellow Submarine (1968)
★ 7.2/10Also music and comedy
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
7
Irish Wish (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.
8
Fairy Tales (1978)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
9
Hollywood Stargirl (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.
10
Music Land (1935)
★ 6.9/10Also music and romance
Musical instruments are the stars of a romantic fable set in the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz, two islands separated by the Sea of Discord. The violin princess and the saxophone prince fall in love, but must…
11
The Merry Widow (1934)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
12
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves…
13
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also music and comedy
When Canterlot Highschool goes on a trip to Camp Everfree, they’re surprised to find a magical force is causing strange things to happen around camp. With the help of the Mane 6 and especially Sunset Shimmer, Twilight…
14
Road to Morocco (1942)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and music
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
15
Just Go with It (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance
While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies…
16
Fool's Gold (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also romance and comedy
Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's…
17
Resort to Love (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedy
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
18
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.
19
Donovan's Reef (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.
20
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also music and comedy
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is…