
Movies that feel like To Be or Not to Be (1942)
If you loved To Be or Not to Be, the closest films we have are The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Trouble in Paradise (1932) and The Philadelphia Story (1940). All three share To Be or Not to Be's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on FlixFling, Philo and fuboTV and others, checked against today's data.
If To Be or Not to Be hit the spot, these will too

Ernst Lubitsch working the same nerve twice
The difference: None of the bleakness that defines To Be or Not to Be

Ernst Lubitsch directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Missing the bleakness of To Be or Not to Be

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

Both trade on romance more than on being war

Comedy built on tenderness, twice over

The same preoccupation in both: love triangle
The difference: 59 years apart, and the 2000s show

Witty romance in both cases
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly


Airplane is the engine of both
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