20 movies like Maytime, ordered by similarity : The Music Teacher(1988), Metropolitan(1935), Luxury Liner(1948), That Girl From Paris(1937), Aria(1987), Shall We Dance(1937), The Phantom of the Opera(2004), Lillian Russell(1940), Broadway Melody of 1936(1935), Blue Skies(1946), A Night at the Opera(1935), Funny Lady(1975) ...
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.
Musical
Belgium|France
1988
100 Minutes
José van Dam Anne Roussel Philippe Volter Sylvie Fennec Patrick Bauchau Johan Leysen
opera singer patron pickpocket young girl student music teacher touching emotional calm rousing belgium country house london opera house opera singing love triangle teaching competition retirement
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Lawrence Tibbett Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Cesar Romero Thurston Hall Luis Alberni George F. Marion Ruth Donnelly Franklyn Ardell Adrian Rosley Christian Rub
opera singer conductor opera director love interest diva friend engaging spirited positive new york city opera house house philadelphia theater opera creative process rehearsal big break egoism new romance
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Lily Pons Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Patricia Wilder Vinton Haworth Gregory Gaye Ferdinand Gottschalk
opera singer fiancée musician girlfriend band member band leader amusing charming cheery ocean liner new york city paris apartment limousine roadhouse escape arranged marriage love music show business
Nikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American ... See full summary »
Musical
UK
1987
91 Minutes
Franc Roddam Charles Sturridge Derek Jarman John Hurt Julien Temple Theresa Russell
maid bodybuilder lover husband wife king creative dreamy moving offbeat paris opera house gym las vegas hotel california opera seduction suicide affair
Ten short films by ten different directors with nearly no speech but set to arias by different composers.
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.
Musical, Romance, Drama
UK
2004
141 Minutes
Gerard Butler Emmy Rossum Patrick Wilson Miranda Richardson Minnie Driver Simon Callow Ciarán Hinds Jennifer Ellison James Fleet Victor McGuire Murray Melvin
phantom singer benefactor theater owner theatrical producer love interest intense emotional melodramatic paris opera house lair obsession music rivalry disfigurement jealousy extortion love temptation
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
Musical
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda Edward Arnold Warren William Leo Carrillo Helen Westley Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex Nigel Bruce Lynn Bari
opera singer political candidate mother husband composer spirited uplifting melodramatic new york city music hall iowa show business rags to riches love performance romance ambition transformation underdog love
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
105 Minutes
Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Una Merkel Sid Silvers Buddy Ebsen June Knight Vilma Ebsen Nick Long Jr. Robert Wildhack Paul Harvey
singer dancer producer widow columnist secretary amusing witty new york city broadway theater dance show business love deception quest rise love rivalry 1930s
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show. He gets an offer of money by Lillian, if she can dance in his show. Gordon's old class mate Irene, tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself.
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.
Comedy
USA
1935
93 Minutes
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Kitty Carlisle Hart Chico Marx Margaret Dumont Allan Jones Walter Woolf King Sig Ruman
singer comedian pretty woman socialite cheeky frenetic madcap playful italy opera house new york city love opera love quest underdog rivalry 1930s
A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1975
136 Minutes
Barbra Streisand James Caan Omar Sharif Roddy McDowall Ben Vereen Carole Wells Larry Gates Heidi O'Rourke Samantha Huffaker Matt Emery Joshua Shelley
singer lyricist ex-husband producer mistress husband amusing spirited melodramatic new york city california cleveland stage household fanny brice jealousy marital problems ambition infidelity broadway
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
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.
Musical
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Judy Garland Gene Kelly George Murphy Mártha Eggerth Ben Blue Richard Quine Keenan Wynn Stephen McNally Lucille Norman Betty Wells Anne Rooney
entertainer partner singer soldier emotional dark big city theater battlefield paris world war i draft vaudeville teamwork love redemption quest love 1910s
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Musical, Romance
1944
124 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven Jimmy Durante Tom Drake Henry Stephenson Henry O'Neill Ben Blue Frank Sully Donald Meek Lena Horne
singer sister wealthy man sailor vaudevillian amusing spectacular charming emotional nightclub apartment backstage canteen new york city warehouse world war ii home front sibling rivalry sister relationship love triangle
A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.
Musical
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Irene Dunne Richard Dix Mary Boland Conway Tearle Andy Devine Henry Stephenson Una O'Connor George Barraud Reginald Owen Snub Pollard
outlaw sidekick opera singer servant composer charming emotional melodramatic australia mansion stage prison hideout opera singing outlaws stolen identity romance class conflict love
A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
115 Minutes
Ann Blyth Howard Keel Fernando Lamas Bert Lahr Marjorie Main Joan Taylor Ray Collins
orphan love interest trapper native american chief ward mountie amusing airy uplifting playful melodramatic canada wilderness saloon love triangle murder rivalry love opposites attract adventure
Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone, falls in love with him, and he with her. But when she goes to "learn to be a lady", she meets outlaw trapper James ... See full summary »
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.