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Movies that feel likeSeven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

If you loved Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, the closest films we have are On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Two for the Road (1967). All three share Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stanley Donenwittyplayfulcontemplativegrittyromantic
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On the Town
1949 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

The same hand behind both of them: Stanley Donen

The difference: Goes its own way on the stillness

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

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Singin' in the Rain
1952 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 100%★ 8.3comedy · romanceMax

Both are Stanley Donen's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Played as romance first

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

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Two for the Road
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 82%★ 7.3drama · romance · comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans further into romance

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

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Bedazzled
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 74%★ 6.7fantasy · comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

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What's Up, Doc?
1972 · dir. Peter Bogdanovich
🍅 88%★ 7.6comedy · crime · romance

Both lean on grit more than on drama

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

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

The same preoccupation in both: musical

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

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Funny Face
1957 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 85%★ 7music · comedy · romance

Both are built on the same subject: 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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Trouble in Paradise
1932 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 90%★ 7.9comedy · crime · romance

Witty western, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

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

Comedy built on play, twice over

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

Romantic drama 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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Charade
1963 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 95%★ 7.8comedy · mystery · romancePrime Video

Witty western in both cases

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 · dir. Burt Kennedy
🍅 80%★ 7.4comedy · western

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

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