20 movies like Road to Zanzibar, ordered by similarity : Road to Rio(1947), Road to Utopia(1945), Sunshine on Leith(2013), What If(2013), Microbe and Gasoline(2015), Road to Morocco(1942), La La Land(2016), Behen Hogi Teri(2017), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), The Big Broadcast(1932), Love & Friendship(2016), The Sky's the Limit(1943) ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Una Merkel Eric Blore Iris Adrian Lionel Royce Buck Woods Leigh Whipper Ernest Whitman Noble Johnson
con artist circus performer best friend tycoon love interest charming lighthearted africa jungle resort swindling road trip circus love triangle friendship mining adventure quest love 1940s
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Gale Sondergaard Frank Faylen The Wiere Brothers George Meeker
singer trumpeter love interest guardian brother lighthearted charming ocean liner rio de janeiro arranged marriage stowaway love triangle hypnosis deception adventure love 1940s
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Hillary Brooke Douglas Dumbrille Jack LaRue Robert Barrat Nestor Paiva Will Wright Jimmie Dundee Jim Thorpe
con artist best friend father daughter thief bar owner lighthearted charming alaska boomtown bar con game mistaken identity love triangle theft friendship gold pursuit escape love
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
UK
2013
100 Minutes
Paul Brannigan Jason Flemyng Peter Mullan Antonia Thomas George MacKay Jane Horrocks Freya Mavor Kevin Guthrie Emma Hartley-Miller Sara Vickers Elaine M. Ellis
young man young woman love interest boyfriend girlfriend family uplifting lighthearted moving charming scotland musicals growing up moving love relationships romance growing up adventure love
Two soldiers return home to Edinburgh to resume their romantic and family lives.
Romance
2013
102 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Zoe Kazan Megan Park Adam Driver Mackenzie Davis Jemima Rooper Rafe Spall Meghan Heffern Jonathan Cherry Oona Chaplin
friend best friend love interest medical student boyfriend girlfriend college dropout true love animator amusing endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted positive united states apartment city office love
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
Comedy, Adventure
France
2015
104 Minutes
Ange Dargent Théophile Baquet Diane Besnier Audrey Tautou Vincent Lamoureux Agathe Peigney Douglas Brosset Charles Raymond Ferdinand Roux-Balme Marc Delarue
teen boy teenager artist mother love interest friend amusing playful charming cheeky lighthearted emotional france lake vacation home coming-of-age relationships first love mother/son relationship escape
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Anthony Quinn Dona Drake Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny
con artist best friend princess sheik merchant witty hysterical morocco market royal palace desert love triangle slavery culture clash mistaken identity friendship travel underdog love adventure
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
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.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
128 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Shruti Haasan Gautam Gulati Darshan Jariwala Ninad Kamat Ranjeet
young man young woman neighbor love interest friend indian amusing charming playful lighthearted engaging cheeky india neighborhood love interest young love first love expedition tradition family
Gattu (Rajkummar Rao) has a problem, he loves Binny (Shruti Haasan) who lives in their neighborhood. But everyone says that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated as own sister or ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Stuart Erwin Bing Crosby George Burns Gracie Allen Leila Hyams Sharon Lynne
star millionaire secretary love interest singer tycoon amusing mushy radio station united states stage relationships music love radio financial troubles performance love quest 1930s
A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... 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.
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 »
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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 »
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Ellar Coltrane Ian Nelson Analeigh Tipton Callan McAuliffe Ella Hunt Bill Milner Hayden Szeto Lana Condor Victoria Justice
best friend band member friend love interest girlfriend cheeky amusing emotional charming stage bar woods house apartment growing up friendship romance broken heart love triangle love
A coming-of-age story about the complexities of young romantic relationships.
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.
Comedy
UK|Germany
1999
116 Minutes
Gordon John Sinclair Carly McKinnon Dougray Scott Maria Doyle Kennedy Kevin Anderson Martin Schwab Fiona Bell Hugh McCue John Murtagh Matt Costello Jane Stabler
teacher student young girl businessman love interest friend amusing engaging witty playful lighthearted heartwarming school relationships love sexual fantasy heist adventure growing up forbidden love
Bill Forsyth returns to the romantic comedy of Gregory's Girl. Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1964
94 Minutes
John Leyton Mike Sarne Ron Moody Liz Fraser Grazina Frame Jennifer Baker Susan Baker Nicholas Parsons Hazel Hughes Michael Ripper Richard O'Sullivan
teenager rocker love interest amusing charming seaside resort talent show rock 'n' roll competition love triangle adventure love 1960s
Several teenagers take jobs at a seaside resort for the summer. TV producers decide to film a talent show at the resort and the teenagers all decide to compete. Freddie and the Dreamers ... See full summary »