
Movies that feel like His Girl Friday (1940)
If you loved His Girl Friday, the closest films we have are Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and It Happened One Night (1934). All three share His Girl Friday'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 TCM, Philo and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.
If His Girl Friday hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Long Good Friday (1980) · Freaky Friday (2003)

The same hand behind both of them: Howard Hawks

Journalist runs into journalism in each of them

The same two preoccupations: black and white, and screwball comedy

Both built around screwball comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

Based on play or musical is the engine of both
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Both land romance and tenderness at once
The difference: 61 years apart, and the 2000s show

Both trade on wit more than on being comedy

Playful romance in both cases

Comedy built on romance, twice over

Based on play or musical sits at the heart of each

Tender romance, and it commits to that
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