Movies Like The Melomaniac
If you liked The Melomaniac (1903), a comedy and music movie directed by Georges Méliès, 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.
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A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyBy accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
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Footlight Parade (1933)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and musicA fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and musicThree eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyTom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
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My Wife's Relations (1922)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyBuster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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The Olympic Champ (1942)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
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The Tramp (1915)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyThe Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life…
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Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and musicThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
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Mike's New Car (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyMike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't…
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Soul Men (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and musicTwo former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…
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The Bank (1915)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
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Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyDonald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyTrixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.
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Our Wife (1931)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyOliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to…
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The Railrodder (1965)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyAfter literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.
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Perfect Day (1929)
★ 7/10Also comedyTwo families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…
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The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyThe Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also comedySpike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
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All Wet (1927)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyOswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.