20 movies like His Girl Friday, ordered by similarity : That Uncertain Feeling(1941), Woodpeckers(2017), The Palm Beach Story(1942), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Girl Said No(1930), Husband Material(2018), Third Finger, Left Hand(1940), The Magnificent Dope(1942), The Sky's the Limit(1943), They All Kissed the Bride(1942), Zelig(1983), Music in My Heart(1940) ...
Comedy
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy Gene Lockhart Helen Mack Ernest Truex Clarence Kolb Porter Hall Roscoe Karns Abner Biberman Cliff Edwards
editor reporter insurance salesman murderer sheriff mayor amusing frenetic new york city office prison newspapers justice love triangle marriage pursuit love 1940s
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Comedy
USA
1930
90 Minutes
William Haines Leila Hyams Polly Moran Marie Dressler Francis X. Bushman Clara Blandick William Janney Frank Coghlan Jr. Phyllis Crane William V. Mong
college graduate salesman secretary executive dowager father cheery madcap amusing new york city office bar bank restaurant career aspirations romantic dilemma love triangle father/son relationship confidence marriage
A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Raymond Walburn Lee Bowman Bonita Granville Felix Bressart Donald Meek Sidney Blackmer Ernest Whitman Ann Morriss Edna Holland
editor artist boyfriend father sister law student witty melodramatic new york city niagara falls, n.y. train nightclub mansion opposites attract career vs. love love-hate relationship love triangle romantic dilemma rivalry love
A single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
89 Minutes
Fred Astaire Joan Leslie Robert Benchley Robert Ryan Elizabeth Patterson Marjorie Gateson
war hero photographer soldier boss love interest amusing lighthearted new york city small town club apartment bar heroism misunderstanding secret identity world war ii love duty love pursuit
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins Andrew Tombes Helen Parrish Emory Parnell
businesswoman sister reporter executive love interest younger sister charming playful witty church office house wedding independence marriage business love unlikely romance mistaken identity rivalry
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Tony Martin Rita Hayworth Alan Mowbray Edith Fellows Eric Blore George Tobias
actor love interest millionaire fiancé manservant immigration official winsome engaging new york city ship taxicab radio station street new love love triangle deportation chance meeting show business love pursuit
Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, ... See full summary »
Comedy
Ireland|France|Netherlands
2016
93 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Xavier Samuel Morfydd Clark Emma Greenwell Tom Bennett James Fleet Jemma Redgrave Justin Edwards Jenn Murray Stephen Fry Chloë Sevigny
woman lady lover widow friend amusing charming cheery heartwarming emotional passionate london england countryside love friendship search husband hunting wedding planning jane austen
Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica -- and herself too, naturally.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Rooney Mara Chris Pratt Olivia Wilde Matt Letscher Kristen Wiig Spike Jonze Portia Doubleday
man writer amusing charming heartwarming home office city computer world apartment love friendship male/female relationship loneliness discovery escape love 2010s
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Comedy
USA
1967
95 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Peter Falk Elaine May Nina Wayne Eddie Mayehoff David Hartman Severn Darden Alan DeWitt
man friend wife mistress stockbroker offbeat amusing endearing new york city apartment law office manhattan bridge suicide divorce marriage love triangle relationships love rescue transformation
Harry is a barely functional human. He meets an old friend who is having marital problems as Harry is about to leap off of a bridge. His friend decides that Harry is the man to take his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
India
2006
180 Minutes
Govinda Raveena Tandon Mahima Chaudhry Mohnish Bahl Shammi Kapoor Mushtaq Khan Kiran Kumar Reema Lagoo Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Shweta Menon Satish Shah
screenwriter wealthy woman wife son father sister amusing cool hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish house bungalow school coffee shop restaurant street love triangle arranged marriage
Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
63 Minutes
murderer student sheriff amusing engaging united states chicago murder gangs love friendship discovery love rivalry 1940s
Freckles (Johnny Downs) comes home from college...and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane (Gale Storm), falls in love with a confidence man.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
96 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Art Garfunkel Ann-Margret Candice Bergen Rita Moreno Cynthia O'Neal Carol Kane
good guy ladies' man girlfriend wife cool witty offbeat new york city amherst, mass. college apartment sex marriage love love triangle friendship growing up love 1960s
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and befriend one another in college.
Comedy
USA
1944
99 Minutes
Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton William Demarest Diana Lynn Brian Donlevy Akim Tamiroff Porter Hall Almira Sessions Jimmy Conlin
pregnant woman daughter father soldier suitor amusing madcap hilarious america small town household pregnancy marriage romance love father/daughter relationship world war ii pursuit love adventure
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.
Romance, Comedy
USA
1992
118 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Halle Berry Robin Givens David Alan Grier Martin Lawrence Grace Jones Geoffrey Holder Eartha Kitt Chris Rock Tisha Campbell-Martin Lela Rochon
advertising executive womanizer boss coworker friend love interest amusing lighthearted new york city advertising office apartment love triangle romance office politics womanizing love rivalry discovery 1990s
A successful executive and womanizer finds his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new female boss turns out to be an even bigger deviant than he is.