Movies like The Merry Widow: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Merry Widow (1934) — a comedy, music and romance film directed by Ernst Lubitsch — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Merry Widow most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like widow, musical and pre-code. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Footlight Parade 1933★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Music
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Fighting Temptations 2003★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Music, Romance
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Smiling Lieutenant 1931★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Let's Make Love 1960★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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How to Marry a Millionaire 1953★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Music and Lyrics 2007★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Music, Romance
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Animal Crackers 1930★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Music
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Stream in India on Plex
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Silk Stockings 1957★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Horse Feathers 1932★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blue Hawaii 1961★ 6.0
Shares: Music, Comedy, Romance
Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Good Advice 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Me Tonight 1932★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Platinum Blonde 1931★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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High Society 1956★ 6.8
Shares: Music, Comedy, Romance
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Little Love of Mine 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Is in the Air 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Resort to Love 2021★ 7.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
Stream in India on Netflix