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Movies that feel like An American in Paris (1951)

If you loved An American in Paris, the closest films we have are Funny Face (1957), Top Hat (1935) and White Christmas (1954). All three share An American in Paris' stylish and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Vincente Minnellistylishromantictenderwittyplayful

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Funny Face
1957 Β· dir. Stanley Donen
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7music Β· comedy Β· romance

Both rooted in Paris

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

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

Two things both keep coming back to: musical and singing

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

The same preoccupation in both: musical

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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Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 Β· dir. Vincente Minnelli
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Vincente Minnelli working the same nerve twice

The difference: None of the style An American in Paris is built on

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 Β· dir. Jean Negulesco
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance

Romantic and tender in the same breath

The difference: Missing the style of An American in Paris

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

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Limelight
1952 Β· dir. Charlie Chaplin
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8romance Β· drama Β· music

The same mix in both: style, then wit

The difference: Sits closer to drama than An American in Paris does

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

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My Fair Lady
1964 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· romance Β· music

Both lean on play more than on music

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

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Adam's Rib
1949 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· romance

Common ground: singing

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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· romance

Romantic romance in both cases

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

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, 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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Animal Crackers
1930 Β· dir. Victor Heerman
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· music

Music built on style, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: new year's eve

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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