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Movies that feel likeAmerican Graffiti (1973)

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

If you loved American Graffiti, the closest films we have are Johnny Stecchino (1991), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). All three share American Graffiti's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cold Comfort Farm (1995).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. George Lucaswittyplayfulcontemplativeromantic
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Johnny Stecchino
1991 · dir. Roberto Benigni
🍅 46%★ 7.2comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 88%★ 7.1comedy · romance

The same preoccupation in both: robbery

The difference: Easier on the stillness than American Graffiti

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.

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Smiles of a Summer Night
1955 · dir. Ingmar Bergman
🍅 100%★ 7.7comedy · romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to romance than American Graffiti does

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

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The Seven Year Itch
1955 · dir. Billy Wilder
🍅 84%★ 7comedy · romancePrime Video

Drama built on wit, twice over

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 2000s show

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Playful drama, and it commits to that

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · dir. Jean Negulesco
🍅 81%★ 6.8comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

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Adam's Rib
1949 · dir. George Cukor
🍅 96%★ 7.4comedy · romance

Both lean on wit more than on drama

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

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On the Town
1949 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

Both work the same play

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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Igby Goes Down
2002 · dir. Burr Steers
🍅 75%★ 6.8comedy · dramaPrime Video

The shared currency is stillness

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Grease
1978 · dir. Randal Kleiser
🍅 65%★ 7.2romance · comedy

Common ground: california

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

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The In-Laws
1979 · dir. Arthur Hiller
🍅 89%★ 7.3comedy · adventure

Both sit in the same romantic register

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.

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