Movies Like Mr Wong's Adventures with the Unruly Girl
If you liked Mr Wong's Adventures with the Unruly Girl (1959), a comedy and music movie directed by Hok Sing Wong, 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 Song Is Born (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and musicThe 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…
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Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)
★ 8/10Also comedy and musicCombining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles…
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Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and musicAdam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.
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Back to the Beach (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and musicA former beach boy and his wife go to California to visit their daughter and become part of the new beach scene.
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The Ladies Man (1961)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAfter his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…
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The Big Store (1941)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and musicA detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
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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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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and musicA group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
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A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and musicKevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.
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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyMonty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and musicBo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special, shot live in his home town of Boston.
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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 After Party (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and musicWhen an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.
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How to Irritate People (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyA pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.
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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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Bo Burnham: What. (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and musicLeft brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering…
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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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Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyEddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
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Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAdam Sandler hits the stage for a thrillingly unpredictable comedy special featuring songs, jokes, party-crashing dogs and plenty of love.