
Movies that feel likeSome Like It Hot (1959)
If you loved Some Like It Hot, the closest films we have are The Seven Year Itch (1955), His Girl Friday (1940) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). All three share Some Like It Hot'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 Some Like It Hot hit the spot, these will too

Billy Wilder directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than Some Like It Hot does

Common ground: black and white

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Romantic where it counts, gritty underneath

The same preoccupation in both: black and white
The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

The same hand behind both of them: Billy Wilder
The difference: Trades the grit of Some Like It Hot for an angle of its own

Common ground in both: florida and train

Witty comedy in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Some Like It Hot does

Playful crime, and it commits to that

Romance built on romance, twice over

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

One thread runs through both: cross dressing
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