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Movies that feel likeCharade (1963)

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.

If you loved Charade, the closest films we have are The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) and Singin' in the Rain (1952). All three share Charade'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 Two for the Road (1967).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stanley Donenwittyplayfultwistyromantic
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The Trouble with Harry
1955 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 88%★ 7comedy · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: whodunit

In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

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🍅 67%★ 7.2comedy · mystery

One thread runs through both: espionage

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

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Singin' in the Rain
1952 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 100%★ 8.3comedy · romanceMax

Stanley Donen working the same nerve twice

The difference: Trades the twists of Charade for an angle of its own

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

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Bedazzled
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 74%★ 6.7fantasy · comedy · romance

Stanley Donen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Easier on the twists than 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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The Thin Man
1934 · dir. W.S. Van Dyke
🍅 98%★ 7.9comedy · mystery · crime

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Charade does

Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel.

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Two for the Road
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 82%★ 7.3drama · romance · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Charade does

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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Funny Face
1957 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 85%★ 7music · comedy · romance

Witty romance in both cases

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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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 89%★ 7.3comedy · drama · western

Both lean on play more than on mystery

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

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To Catch a Thief
1955 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 95%★ 7.4mystery · romance · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: age difference

When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 88%★ 7.1comedy · romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

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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Smiles of a Summer Night
1955 · dir. Ingmar Bergman
🍅 100%★ 7.7comedy · romance

Romance built on wit, twice over

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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Zero Effect
1998 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 66%★ 6.9mystery · crime · comedy

Common ground: whodunit

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.

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