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Movies Like Spur of the Moment

If you liked Spur of the Moment (1931), a movie directed by A.R. Harwood, 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. 1Someone to Watch Over Me

    Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.

  2. 2Kitty Foyle

    Kitty Foyle (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

  3. 3Cover Girl

    Cover Girl (1944)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

  4. 4The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the…

  5. 5Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  6. 6Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge! (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…

  7. 7Step Up

    Step Up (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

  8. 8How to Be Single

    How to Be Single (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…

  9. 9Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    ★ 7/10

    A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

  10. 10Funny Face

    Funny Face (1957)

    ★ 7/10

    A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

  11. 11Avanti!

    Avanti! (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

  12. 12Sweet and Lowdown

    Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

  13. 13Limelight

    Limelight (1952)

    ★ 7.9/10

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

  14. 14Top Hat

    Top Hat (1935)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes…

  15. 15Scandal

    Scandal (1989)

    ★ 6/10

    An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of…

  16. 16Petulia

    Petulia (1968)

    ★ 6/10

    Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…

  17. 17A Good Woman

    A Good Woman (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy…

  18. 18Delirious

    Delirious (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved…

  19. 19Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10

    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.

  20. 20Saturday Night Fever

    Saturday Night Fever (1977)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

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