
Movies that feel likeHis Girl Friday (1940)
If you loved His Girl Friday, the closest films we have are Bringing Up Baby (1938), Trouble in Paradise (1932) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). All three share His Girl Friday'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 The Palm Beach Story (1942).
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If His Girl Friday hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Howard Hawks
The difference: Easier on the grit than His Girl Friday

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white

Howard Hawks working the same nerve twice

Common ground in both: journalist and journalism

The same preoccupation in both: screwball comedy
The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1970s show


Both are built on the same subject: black and white
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than His Girl Friday does

One thread runs through both: screwball comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath


Romance built on grit, twice over

Witty crime, and it commits to that
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