
Movies that feel likeSullivan's Travels (1941)
If you loved Sullivan's Travels, the closest films we have are The Palm Beach Story (1942), The Lady Eve (1941) and The Awful Truth (1937). All three share Sullivan's Travels' 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 Man in the White Suit (1951).
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If Sullivan's Travels hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Preston Sturges
The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Sullivan's Travels does

Both are Preston Sturges's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Trades the scale of Sullivan's Travels for an angle of its own

The same preoccupation in both: screwball comedy

One thread runs through both: black and white

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


Both are built on the same subject: screwball comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Sullivan's Travels does


Both lean on scale more than on romance


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