
Movies that feel like Ninotchka (1939)
If you loved Ninotchka, the closest films we have are The Rules of the Game (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and Trouble in Paradise (1932). All three share Ninotchka'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 HBO Max, Criterion Channel and FlixFling and others, checked against today's data.
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If Ninotchka hit the spot, these will too

Both rooted in Paris
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ninotchka does

Ernst Lubitsch working the same nerve twice
The difference: Missing the dark humor of Ninotchka

Ernst Lubitsch directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Not nearly as darkly funny as Ninotchka

Witty and playful in the same breath
The difference: Leans harder into war than Ninotchka does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: jewelry

Both land romance and tenderness at once
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: satire

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Romance built on play, twice over

Romantic comedy in both cases

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases
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