
Movies that feel likeNinotchka (1939)
If you loved Ninotchka, the closest films we have are The Rules of the Game (1939), A New Leaf (1971) and I'm All Right Jack (1959). All three share Ninotchka'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 The Ruling Class (1972).
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If Ninotchka hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: satire
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ninotchka does

Witty and playful in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Common ground: satire
The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than Ninotchka does

Ernst Lubitsch working the same nerve twice
The difference: Trades the dark humor of Ninotchka for an angle of its own



Both lean on romance more than on comedy
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Ninotchka does

Ernst Lubitsch directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The same preoccupation in both: capitalism
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

Darkly funny romance in both cases
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