Movies Like The Male Animal
If you liked The Male Animal (1942), a comedy and romance movie directed by Elliott Nugent, 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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Horse Feathers (1932)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceQuincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
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The Rewrite (2014)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyAn Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
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The Freshman (1925)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceAn unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
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Teacher's Pet (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceThe rugged editor of a city newspaper poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceOne year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…
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Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA 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.
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Vivacious Lady (1938)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCollege town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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Let's Make Love (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceWhen 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.
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What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyTwo 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.
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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceSix Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are…
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John Tucker Must Die (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceAfter discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart…
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyA fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
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Prom Pact (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceIt's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…
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Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceNeil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…
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Teen Wolf (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceWhen a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
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Tin Cup (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyA washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
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The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romanceAfter leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
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She's the Man (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceViola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves…
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The Waterboy (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyBobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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The Thrill of It All (1963)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceA housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.