
Movies that feel like City Lights (1931)
If you loved City Lights, the closest films we have are Modern Times (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and I Know Where I'm Going! (1945). All three share City Lights'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, HBO Max Amazon Channel and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.
If City Lights hit the spot, these will too

Both are Charlie Chaplin films, and they rhyme

Both circle love and black and white

Black and white is the engine of both

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1950s show

Both keep circling back to suicide attempt

The same two preoccupations: love of one's life, and millionaire

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The same preoccupation in both: love

Tender comedy, and it commits to that

Suicide attempt sits at the heart of each

Both trade on wit more than on being drama

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one
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