MOVIEPAD
Search icon

Movies Like P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

If you liked P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro (1984), a comedy and music movie, 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. 1Love 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.

  2. 2A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born (1948)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want…

  3. 3Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    A 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.

  4. 4Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  5. 5The 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.

  6. 6The Mouse That Roared

    The Mouse That Roared (1959)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…

  7. 7Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms (1939)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music

    Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as…

  8. 8Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and music

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

  9. 9Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

    Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

  10. 10A Day at the Races

    A Day at the Races (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music

    Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…

  11. 11The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music

    A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

  12. 12Help!

    Help! (1965)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and music

    An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…

  13. 13Animalympics

    Animalympics (1980)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.

  14. 14Wayne's World

    Wayne's World (1992)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and music

    The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention…

  15. 15Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the…

  16. 16And Now for Something Completely Different

    And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

  17. 17Buck Privates

    Buck Privates (1941)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only…

  18. 18The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

    The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

  19. 19Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and comedy

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  20. 20Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".

← Back to P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro