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Movies that feel likeWhat's Up, Doc? (1972)

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

If you loved What's Up, Doc?, the closest films we have are Wheels on Meals (1984), His Girl Friday (1940) and Trouble in Paradise (1932). All three share What's Up, Doc?'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 Cold Comfort Farm (1995).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Bogdanovichwittyplayfulgrittyromantic
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If What's Up, Doc? hit the spot, these will too

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Wheels on Meals
1984 · dir. Sammo Hung
★ 7romance · action · comedyPrime Video

One thread runs through both: the chase

The difference: Sits closer to action than What's Up, Doc? does

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.

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

The same preoccupation in both: screwball comedy

The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1940s show

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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Trouble in Paradise
1932 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 90%★ 7.9comedy · crime · romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

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

Both land grit and romance at once

The difference: Leans harder into drama than What's Up, Doc? 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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Some Like It Hot
1959 · dir. Billy Wilder
🍅 95%★ 8.2comedy · romance · crime

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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

Both lean on play more than on romance

The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than What's Up, Doc? does

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

Common ground: screwball comedy

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

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

Comedy built on grit, twice over

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

Witty romance, and it commits to that

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

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

Playful crime, and it commits to that

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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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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