20 movies like Show Boat, ordered by similarity : Show Boat(1936), Show Boat(1951), Blue Skies(1946), Beauty and the Beast(2017), Luxury Liner(1948), Nancy Goes to Rio(1950), I Could Go on Singing(1963), Maytime(1937), Shine On, Harvest Moon(1944), Cabin in the Sky(1943), Two Weeks With Love(1950), Rose of Washington Square(1939) ...
6.1/10
Musical
USA
1929
147 Minutes
Laura La Plante Joseph Schildkraut Emily Fitzroy Otis Harlan Elise Bartlett Alma Rubens Jack McDonald Jane La Verne Neely Edwards Theodore Lorch Stepin Fetchit
wife captain singer gambler daughter melodramatic passionate steamboat mississippi river chicago singing gambling marriage family feud running away rivalry temptation sacrifice forbidden love 1890s
A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition
7.4/10
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Irene Dunne Allan Jones Charles Winninger Helen Westley Paul Robeson Helen Morgan Donald Cook Sammy White Queenie Smith J. Farrell MacDonald Arthur Hohl
singer gambler actress actor father daughter spectacular emotional melodramatic river boat chicago nightclub theater mississippi show business interracial romance racism love marriage
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
6.9/10
Musical
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ava Gardner Joe E. Brown Gower Champion Marge Champion Robert Sterling Agnes Moorehead Adele Jergens William Warfield Leif Erickson
singer gambler husband wife daughter melodramatic powerful steamboat casino mississippi stage music gambling race relations marriage performance temptation discovery forbidden love 1900s
The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour.
6.4/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
104 Minutes
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Joan Caulfield Billy De Wolfe Olga San Juan Mikhail Rasumny Frank Faylen Victoria Horne Karolyn Grimes
singer dancer showgirl fan radio host amusing lighthearted playful dance hall nightclub radio station hospital singing dance jealousy love ambition rivalry temptation sacrifice
An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
7.1/10
Kids & Family, Musical, Romance, Fantasy
USA
2017
129 Minutes
Emma Watson Dan Stevens Luke Evans Kevin Kline Josh Gad Ewan McGregor Gugu Mbatha-Raw Audra McDonald Ian McKellen Emma Thompson Stanley Tucci
young woman prince servant hunter merchant sycophant eerie emotional melodramatic incredible passionate spirited castle woods village dungeon forest redemption curse love
A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
98 Minutes
George Brent Jane Powell Frances Gifford Lauritz Melchior Marina Koshetz Xavier Cugat Thomas E. Breen Richard Derr
captain daughter opera singer fiancée fiancé aspiring singer amusing lighthearted emotional cruise ship opera house atlantic ocean cruise stowaway opera love triangle father/daughter relationship singing love growing up
A young girl stows away aboard a luxury liner which is full of musical stars--and which her father just happens to be the captain.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
7.0/10
Musical
UK|USA
1963
99 Minutes
Judy Garland Dirk Bogarde Jack Klugman Aline MacMahon Gregory Phillips Russell Waters Pauline Jameson Jeremy Burnham
singer mother doctor father son rousing melodramatic tender london england london palladium lost loves career vs. family singing mother/son relationship failed romance father/son relationship love discovery rivalry
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.
7.3/10
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1944
111 Minutes
singer songwriter manager magician friend rival engaging melodramatic positive cabaret theater stage new york city music hall show business vaudeville marriage jealousy singing songwriting
Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
7.1/10
Musical
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Ethel Waters Busby Berkeley Eddie Anderson Lena Horne Louis Armstrong Rex Ingram Kenneth Spencer John "Bubbles" Sublett Oscar Polk Mantan Moreland Willie Best
gambler wife sexy woman angel demon best friend amusing heartwarming playful bar church family home heaven purgatory gambling fidelity good deeds religion afterlife rivalry
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
6.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Jane Powell Ricardo Montalban Louis Calhern Ann Harding Phyllis Kirk Carleton Carpenter Debbie Reynolds
daughter father mother teen boy cuban best friend playful charming uplifting resort beach restaurant canoe dance floor adolescence romance family friendship father/daughter relationship singing
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti... See full summary »
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1939
86 Minutes
singer vaudevillian gambler wife con artist partner hilarious frenetic melodramatic new york city theater family home street vaudeville rags to riches love triangle career vs. love crime con game rise
A singer becomes a star in the Ziegfeld Follies, but her marriage to a con man has a bad effect on her career.
7.2/10
Musical
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Leslie Brooks Adele Mara Isobel Elsom Gus Schilling Barbara Brown Douglas Leavitt Catherine Craig Kathleen Howard
dancer band leader father daughter bride sister tender lighthearted buenos aires, argentina wedding club gambling dance romance marriage father/daughter relationship scam forbidden love transformation rise
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
6.3/10
Musical
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Betty Grable Macdonald Carey Rory Calhoun Eddie Albert Fred Clark Lois Andrews Irene Ryan Steve Condos Edwin Max Bob Nash
broadway star broadway producer rival singer husband lawyer playful crafty broadway theater apartment backstage nightclub doctor's office boat marriage divorce amnesia ambition trial reconciliation
Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1962
123 Minutes
Doris Day Stephen Boyd Jimmy Durante Martha Raye Dean Jagger Joseph Waring Lynn Wood Charles Watts James Chandler Robert Burton Norman Leavitt
circus performer daughter rival son emotional touching circus backstage role reversal love revenge family financial crisis deception rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
84 Minutes
Al Jolson Lois Moran Louise Dresser Lowell Sherman Hobart Bosworth Tully Marshall Mitchell Lewis Jack Curtis Stanley Fields
minstrel boss daughter rival mother melodramatic american south small town stage show business murder family love infidelity rivalry pursuit 1930s
A love triangle develops in a traveling minstrel troupe.
5.7/10
Musical
USA
1966
87 Minutes
Elvis Presley Donna Douglas Harry Morgan Sue Ane Langdon Nancy Kovack Audrey Christie Robert Strauss Anthony Eisley Jerome Cowan
performer girlfriend casino owner musician lover rival amusing madcap spirited riverboat mississippi river new orleans casino jealousy gambling performance mistaken identity luck music love
A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky red head, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
97 Minutes
Elvis Presley Ursula Andress Paul Lukas Alejandro Rey Elsa Cardenas Larry Domasin Robert Carricart Teri Hope Charles Evans Alberto Morin Francisco Ortega
lifeguard diver daughter young boy love interest rival amusing melodramatic charming acapulco, mexico boat hotel jealousy new job love interest music competition diving love transformation
A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.
8.0/10
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
7.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Eric Blore Edward Everett Horton Jerome Cowan Ketti Gallian William Brisbane Ann Shoemaker Ben Alexander Emma Young Sherwood Bailey
dancer fan agent husband wife amusing lighthearted paris new york city ship dance show business love marriage love temptation transformation 1930s
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
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