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Movies that feel like A Night at the Opera (1935)

If you loved A Night at the Opera, the closest films we have are Three Little Pigs (1933), Animal Crackers (1930) and Sons of the Desert (1933). All three share A Night at the Opera's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sam Woodwittyplayfulstylishwhimsical
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If A Night at the Opera hit the spot, these will too

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Three Little Pigs
1933 Β· dir. Burt Gillett
β˜… 7.5music Β· animation Β· comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Sits closer to animation than A Night at the Opera does

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

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Animal Crackers
1930 Β· dir. Victor Heerman
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· music

Comedy built on style, twice over

The difference: Missing the whimsy of A Night at the Opera

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

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Sons of the Desert
1933 Β· dir. William A. Seiter
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5comedy

Two things both keep coming back to: farcical and ridiculous

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

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Steamboat Willie
1928 Β· dir. Walt Disney
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4animation Β· comedy

Whimsical music in both cases

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

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Top Hat
1935 Β· dir. Mark Sandrich
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7music Β· comedy Β· romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

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The Court Jester
1955 Β· dir. Norman Panama
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8music Β· adventure Β· comedy

Music with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

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A Cat in Paris
2010 Β· dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.9animation Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: whimsical

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.

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Waiting for Guffman
1997 Β· dir. Christopher Guest
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· music

Both lean on style more than on comedy

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

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A Mighty Wind
2003 Β· dir. Christopher Guest
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· music

Music with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

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The Skeleton Dance
1929 Β· dir. Walt Disney
β˜… 7.6animation Β· family Β· music

The shared currency is play

The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.

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Saludos Amigos
1942 Β· dir. Wilfred Jackson
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6animation Β· adventure Β· music

Both sit in the same whimsical register

A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.

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White Christmas
1954 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· music Β· romance

Both run stylish where it counts

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

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