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Movies Like Manhattan Moon

If you liked Manhattan Moon (1935), a romance and comedy movie directed by Stuart Walker, 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. 1The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Teenager 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…

  2. 2The Pirate

    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.

  3. 3Marry 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.

  4. 4Music and Lyrics

    Music and Lyrics (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    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…

  5. 5Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for…

  6. 6How to Marry a Millionaire

    How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

  7. 7Let'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.

  8. 8G.I. Blues

    G.I. Blues (1960)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music and comedy

    Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open a nightclub once he's discharged. Although he may lack the capital for such a venture, a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager…

  9. 9Anchors Aweigh

    Anchors Aweigh (1945)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and comedy

    Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

  10. 10The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

  11. 11Easy 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.

  12. 12Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  13. 13What'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.

  14. 14Les Girls

    Les Girls (1957)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music

    After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points…

  15. 15Pillow Talk

    Pillow Talk (1959)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a…

  16. 16Resort to Love

    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.

  17. 17Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon (1957)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.

  18. 18Champagne Problems

    Champagne Problems (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.

  19. 19Silk Stockings

    Silk Stockings (1957)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    After 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…

  20. 20The Merry Widow

    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.

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