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Movies that feel likeAn American in Paris (1951)

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

If you loved An American in Paris, the closest films we have are Funny Face (1957), Top Hat (1935) and White Christmas (1954). All three share An American in Paris' stylish and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Court Jester (1955).

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Vincente Minnellistylishromanticwittyplayful
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If An American in Paris hit the spot, these will too

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Funny Face
1957 Β· dir. Stanley Donen
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7music Β· comedy Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: musical

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

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Top Hat
1935 Β· dir. Mark Sandrich
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7music Β· comedy Β· romance

One thread runs through both: singing

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

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White Christmas
1954 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· music Β· romancePrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

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Animal Crackers
1930 Β· dir. Victor Heerman
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· musicPrime Video

Stylish and witty in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the romance than An American in Paris

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

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You, the Living
2007 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4drama Β· comedy Β· music

The same mix in both: romance, then play

The difference: Leans harder into drama than An American in Paris does

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

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The Court Jester
1955 Β· dir. Melvin Frank
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8music Β· adventure Β· comedy

Stylish music in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than An American in Paris does

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

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My Fair Lady
1964 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· music Β· drama

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

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A Mighty Wind
2003 Β· dir. Christopher Guest
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· music

Romance built on play, twice over

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Three 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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Waiting for Guffman
1997 Β· dir. Christopher Guest
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· music

Stylish music, and it commits to that

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 Β· dir. Jean Negulesco
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance

Romance 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 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· romance

Common ground: singing

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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A Night at the Opera
1935 Β· dir. Sam Wood
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· music

Witty comedy in both cases

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

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