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Movies that feel like Adam's Rib (1949)

If you loved Adam's Rib, the closest films we have are Holiday (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). All three share Adam's Rib's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and Brew and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. George Cukorwittyplayfulromantictender

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Holiday
1938 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· romance Β· drama

The same hand behind both of them: George Cukor

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Adam's Rib does

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams β€” Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire β€” and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancΓ©e has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

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The Philadelphia Story
1940 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Both are George Cukor's work, and they rhyme

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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Smiles of a Summer Night
1955 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· romance

One thread runs through both: lawyer

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 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: marriage

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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Two for the Road
1967 Β· dir. Stanley Donen
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romance Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: husband wife relationship

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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On the Town
1949 Β· dir. Gene Kelly
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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 Β· dir. Leo McCarey
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· romance

Common ground: husband wife relationship

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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The Seven Year Itch
1955 Β· dir. Billy Wilder
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Romantic and tender in the same breath

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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I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 Β· dir. Michael Powell
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

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Sissi
1955 Β· dir. Ernst Marischka
β˜… 7comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Playful romance in both cases

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister NΓ©nΓ© to Austria where NΓ©nΓ© will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 Β· dir. Jean Negulesco
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· 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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Meet John Doe
1941 Β· dir. Frank Capra
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.6drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

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