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Movies that feel likeHorse Feathers (1932)

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

If you loved Horse Feathers, the closest films we have are Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Palm Beach Story (1942) and The Awful Truth (1937). All three share Horse Feathers' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Smiles of a Summer Night (1955).

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Norman Z. McLeodwittyplayfulromantic
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · dir. Charles Reisner
🍅 96%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 · dir. Preston Sturges
🍅 94%★ 7.5comedy · romance

Both land wit and play at once

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 Awful Truth
1937 · dir. Leo McCarey
🍅 94%★ 7.6comedy · romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

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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Trouble in Paradise
1932 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 90%★ 7.9comedy · crime · romance

Two things both keep coming back to: widow and pre-code

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Horse Feathers does

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

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On the Town
1949 · dir. Gene Kelly
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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Seven Chances
1925 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 94%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

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My Man Godfrey
1936 · dir. Gregory La Cava
🍅 97%★ 7.9comedyPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

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It Happened One Night
1934 · dir. Frank Capra
🍅 98%★ 8.1comedy · romance

Common ground: pre-code

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · dir. Jean Negulesco
🍅 81%★ 6.8comedy · romance

One thread runs through both: musical

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1950s show

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

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Adam's Rib
1949 · dir. George Cukor
🍅 96%★ 7.4comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

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

Both lean on romance more than on romance

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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Bringing Up Baby
1938 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 97%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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