
Movies that feel likeIt Happened One Night (1934)
If you loved It Happened One Night, the closest films we have are The Philadelphia Story (1940), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Horse Feathers (1932). All three share It Happened One Night'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 It Happened One Night hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: reporter and black and white

The same hand behind both of them: Frank Capra

The same preoccupation in both: pre-code

Common ground in both: screwball comedy and socialite

Frank Capra directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans harder into drama than It Happened One Night does

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

One thread runs through both: marriage


Both land wit and play at once

Both lean on romance more than on comedy

Both are built on the same subject: marriage

Romance with a pulse of wit, in both cases
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