20 movies like Louisiana Purchase, ordered by similarity : Step Lively(1944), Girl Crazy(1943), On the Town(1949), The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975), The Blues Brothers(1980), Thanks a Million(1935), Silk Stockings(1957), A Foreign Affair(1948), Gold Diggers of 1935(1935), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953), Magic Town(1947), The Cocoanuts(1929) ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Bob Hope Vera Zorina Victor Moore Irène Bordoni Dona Drake Raymond Walburn Max Rosenbloom Frank Albertson Phyllis Ruth Donald MacBride Andrew Tombes
senator young woman scapegoat politician investigator republican hilarious creative spirited new orleans government building street festival hotel political corruption blackmail culture clash investigation romance crime
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
88 Minutes
Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou Gloria DeHaven Eugene Pallette Anne Jeffreys Walter Slezak
playwright producer hotel manager hotel owner airy endearing spirited new york city hotel theater broadway scam music money rise underdog quest 1940s
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Busby Berkeley Judy Garland Gil Stratton Robert Strickland Rags Ragland June Allyson Nancy Walker Guy Kibbee Tommy Dorsey Band Frances Rafferty
young man young woman father dean daughter student endearing winsome amusing college american west education courtship performance love school quest adventure temptation 1940s
A young philandering playboy is sent to a College, somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller Vera-Ellen Betty Garrett Jules Munshin Alice Pearce Florence Bates
sailor actress anthropologist cab driver lighthearted playful new york city ship street empire state building museum coney island friendship freedom romance military shore leave adventure love quest
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1975
95 Minutes
Tim Curry Susan Sarandon Barry Bostwick Richard O'Brien Jonathan Adams Nell Campbell Peter Hinwood Patricia Quinn Meat Loaf Aday Charles Gray Jeremy Newson
transvestite naïve person creature alien biker young woman cheeky wild mansion country road stranded corruption experiments sexual taboo culture clash discovery temptation 1970s
A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
Musical, Comedy, Action
USA
1980
133 Minutes
John Belushi Dan Aykroyd James Brown Cab Calloway Ray Charles Carrie Fisher Aretha Franklin Henry Gibson John Candy Murphy Dunne Steve Cropper
cab calloway musician police officer woman nun ex-girlfriend amusing madcap frenetic unrestrained spirited illinois jail car hotel bar shopping mall blues debt car chase
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Dick Powell Ann Dvorak Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Raymond Walburn David Rubinoff Benny Baker Andrew Tombes Alan Dinehart Paul Harvey Edwin Maxwell
singer dancer manager politician wife rival playful cheeky engaging bus new york city town rally hotel ambition politics radio romance performance rise
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
117 Minutes
Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse Janis Paige Peter Lorre George Tobias Jules Munshin Joseph Buloff Barrie Chase Wim Sonneveld
producer composer russian agent bureaucrat charming lighthearted paris nightclub hotel moscow music industry culture clash westernization seduction transformation temptation forbidden love 1950s
A musical remake of Ninotchka: 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 ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
116 Minutes
Jean Arthur Marlene Dietrich John Lund Millard Mitchell Peter von Zerneck Stanley Prager
congresswoman military officer singer witty engaging berlin nightclub military base office nazism world war ii political corruption love triangle love quest transformation 1940s
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Glenda Farrell Grant Mitchell Dorothy Dare Alice Brady Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Winifred Shaw Joseph Cawthorn
mother daughter son fiancée lover hotel desk clerk amusing lighthearted hotel romance rivalry love wealth performance pursuit underdog 1930s
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Comedy, Musical
USA
1953
91 Minutes
Jane Russell Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Elliott Reid Tommy Noonan George Winslow Marcel Dalio Taylor Holmes Norma Varden Howard Wendell Steven Geray
dancer millionaire detective friend father airy lighthearted playful courtroom ocean liner paris money marriage blackmail romance temptation love pursuit 1950s
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
James Stewart Jane Wyman Kent Smith Ned Sparks Wallace Ford Regis Toomey Ann Doran Donald Meek Ann Shoemaker Mickey Kuhn Howard Freeman
man editor mayor tourist young woman analyst emotional melodramatic heartwarming inspiring positive witty village editing room publishing house america opinion new romance corruption lie
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
96 Minutes
Groucho Marx Joseph Santley Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Kay Francis Oscar Shaw Mary Eaton Margaret Dumont Cyril Ring Basil Ruysdael
hotel owner wealthy woman daughter guest clerk brother hysterical madcap florida hotel hall auction house business land rush financial crisis theft auction brother relationship adventure quest
During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
150 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra Vivian Blaine Robert Keith Stubby Kaye B.S. Pully Sheldon Leonard Regis Toomey Johnny Silver Dan Dayton
gambler fiancée sister friend intricate amusing lighthearted new york city mission street wager dating love daunting task quest transformation 1940s
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Harold Peary Mapy Cortés Marcy McGuire Peter Lind Hayes Walter Reed Wallace Ford Arnold Stang Charles Victor Addison Richards
private soldier friend fiancée wealthy woman lawyer lighthearted spirited amusing army base nightclub new york city office mansion lake inheritance marriage impersonation deception radio
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Anna Neagle Ray Bolger John Carroll Edward Everett Horton Grace Hartman Paul Hartman
circus performer car dealer son aunt major heir spirited striking engaging charming endearing uplifting america circus life new love dance numbers musical performance family feud romance discovery
The beautiful Anna Neagle stars as a circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Features some spirited dance numbers with Ray Bolger.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy
USA
2009
95 Minutes
waitress prince witch doctor old woman mother creative dreamy new orleans restaurant swamp romance voodoo poverty class distinctions race relations working class discovery metamorphosis 1920s
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
2005
134 Minutes
Nathan Lane Matthew Broderick Uma Thurman Will Ferrell Gary Beach Roger Bart Eileen Essell David Huddleston Michael McKean Debra Monk Andrea Martin
producer accountant neo-nazi elderly woman critic woman hilarious frenetic campy apartment roof backstage theater broadway show business scam unexpected success unusual friendship quest temptation
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical
USA
2019
103 Minutes
young woman queen mountaineer snowman sister mysterious woman heartwarming charming spirited fantasy world mountain village kingdom sea winter curse sister relationship journey self-discovery adventure
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy
USA
2016
88 Minutes
troll villain creature friend family member cheeky amusing creative forest village tree castle stream house happiness doubt invasion search tolerance friendship
After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.