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Movies that feel like Trouble in Paradise (1932)

If you loved Trouble in Paradise, the closest films we have are Some Like It Hot (1959), What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Focus (2015). All three share Trouble in Paradise'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 fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel and Philo and others, checked against today's data.

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ernst Lubitschwittyplayfulgrittyromantictender

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If Trouble in Paradise hit the spot, these will too

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Some Like It Hot
1959 Β· dir. Billy Wilder
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.2comedy Β· romance Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

The difference: A 1950s film, from a different era of filmmaking

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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What's Up, Doc?
1972 Β· dir. Peter Bogdanovich
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· crime Β· romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

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Focus
2015 Β· dir. Glenn Ficarra
β˜… 6.6romance Β· comedy Β· crime

The same mix in both: grit, then romance

Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.

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The Shop Around the Corner
1940 Β· dir. Ernst Lubitsch
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Ernst Lubitsch directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Trouble in Paradise

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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It Happened One Night
1934 Β· dir. Frank Capra
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· romance

Pre-code is the engine of both

The difference: Missing the grit of Trouble in Paradise

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

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To Be or Not to Be
1942 Β· dir. Ernst Lubitsch
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· war Β· romance

Ernst Lubitsch working the same nerve twice

The difference: Plays it as war more than Trouble in Paradise does

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

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His Girl Friday
1940 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Both built around based on play or musical

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

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Bringing Up Baby
1938 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Black and white sits at the heart of each

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

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The Philadelphia Story
1940 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Tender comedy in both cases

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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The Awful Truth
1937 Β· dir. Leo McCarey
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· romance

Romance built on wit, twice over

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance

Both trade on play more than on being crime

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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The Mask
1994 Β· dir. Chuck Russell
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7comedy Β· fantasy Β· crime

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans fantasy where Trouble in Paradise does not

Timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask infused with the spirit of the Norse god Loki. Donning it transforms him into an unrestrained, green-faced, cartoon-like wild man. While the mask grants him the confidence to woo a local singer, it also makes him the target of a ruthless mobster.

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