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Movies that feel likeSingin' in the Rain (1952)

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.

If you loved Singin' in the Rain, the closest films we have are On the Town (1949), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Charade (1963). All three share Singin' in the Rain'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 Palm Beach Story (1942).

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stanley Donenwittyplayfulromantic
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On the Town
1949 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

Stanley Donen working the same nerve twice

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

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

One thread runs through both: musical

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

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

Stanley Donen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Singin' in the Rain does

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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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 89%★ 7.3comedy · drama · western

The same preoccupation in both: musical

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Singin' in the Rain does

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

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

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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

Both lean on romance more than on comedy

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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

Witty romance, and it commits to that

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

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

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

Romantic romance in both cases

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

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

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

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

Both work the same romance

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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