
Movies that feel likeYou Can't Take It with You (1938)
If you loved You Can't Take It with You, the closest films we have are It Happened One Night (1934), Mon Oncle (1958) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). All three share You Can't Take It with You'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).
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If You Can't Take It with You hit the spot, these will too

Frank Capra working the same nerve twice
The difference: Less whimsical, more its own thing

The same mix in both: wit, then play
The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1950s show

Frank Capra directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans further into drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that


Romance with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Whimsical comedy in both cases
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

Both lean on play more than on romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

The same preoccupation in both: secretary
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