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Movies that feel likeGentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

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.

If you loved Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the closest films we have are Bringing Up Baby (1938), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and His Girl Friday (1940). All three share Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Palm Beach Story (1942).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Howard Hawkswittyplayfulromantic
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Bringing Up Baby
1938 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 97%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Howard Hawks directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

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

Common ground: musical

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

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His Girl Friday
1940 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 99%★ 7.8comedy · romance · crime

The same hand behind both of them: Howard Hawks

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Gentlemen Prefer Blondes does

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

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

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

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

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

Both lean on wit more than on romance

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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The Palm Beach Story
1942 · dir. Preston Sturges
🍅 94%★ 7.5comedy · romance

Comedy built on play, twice over

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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Horse Feathers
1932 · dir. Norman Z. McLeod
🍅 97%★ 7.5comedy · romance

Romantic romance in both cases

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1930s show

Quincy 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 Philadelphia Story
1940 · dir. George Cukor
🍅 100%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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The Awful Truth
1937 · dir. Leo McCarey
🍅 94%★ 7.6comedy · romance

Playful romance in both cases

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

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Seven Chances
1925 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 94%★ 7.8comedy · romance

The same preoccupation in both: millionaire

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

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