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Movies that feel like Charade (1963)

If you loved Charade, the closest films we have are Two for the Road (1967), Bedazzled (1967) and Grease (1978). All three share Charade's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, YouTube TV and FlixFling and others, checked against today's data.

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Stanley Donenwittyplayfultwistyromantictendermelancholy

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If Charade hit the spot, these will too

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

The same hand behind both of them: Stanley Donen

The difference: Not nearly as twisty as Charade

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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Bedazzled
1967 Β· dir. Stanley Donen
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· comedy Β· romance

Stanley Donen working the same nerve twice

The difference: None of the twists that defines Charade

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

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Grease
1978 Β· dir. Randal Kleiser
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.2romance Β· comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance

Train is the engine of both

The difference: A 1940s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

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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His Girl Friday
1940 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Both trade on wit more than on being comedy

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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Bringing Up Baby
1938 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Playful romance in both cases

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

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The Awful Truth
1937 Β· dir. Leo McCarey
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· romance

Romantic mystery, 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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American Pie
1999 Β· dir. Paul Weitz
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Comedy with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

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Pretty Woman
1990 Β· dir. Garry Marshall
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.1romance Β· comedy

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!

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Sullivan's Travels
1941 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· romance Β· adventure

Melancholy mystery in both cases

The difference: Leans adventure where Charade does not

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

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Coming to America
1988 Β· dir. John Landis
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

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