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Movies that feel likeThe Seven Year Itch (1955)

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

If you loved The Seven Year Itch, the closest films we have are Adam's Rib (1949), Sabrina (1954) and The Awful Truth (1937). All three share The Seven Year Itch'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).

🍅 84% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Billy Wilderwittyplayfulromantic
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Adam's Rib
1949 · dir. George Cukor
🍅 96%★ 7.4comedy · romance

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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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Sabrina
1954 · dir. Billy Wilder
🍅 89%★ 7.6comedy · romance · drama

The same hand behind both of them: Billy Wilder

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Seven Year Itch does

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

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

Both are built on the same subject: neighbor

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

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

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

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

Romance built on wit, twice over

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

Both lean on play more than on comedy

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

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

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

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Some Like It Hot
1959 · dir. Billy Wilder
🍅 95%★ 8.2comedy · romance · crime

Both are Billy Wilder's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Seven Year Itch does

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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

Witty comedy in both cases

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

Playful romance, 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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Bringing Up Baby
1938 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 97%★ 7.8comedy · romance

A streak of romance through both

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

The same comedy instincts

The difference: 23 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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