20 movies like The Major and the Minor, ordered by similarity : Up Front(1951), Kokowääh(2011), Brother Rat and a Baby(1940), The Human Comedy(1943), My Favorite Blonde(1942), The Palm Beach Story(1942), They All Kissed the Bride(1942), Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe(2009), You Can't Take It With You(1938), Guys and Dolls(1955), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek(1944), Priceless(2006) ...
Comedy
USA
1942
100 Minutes
Ginger Rogers Ray Milland Rita Johnson Robert Benchley Diana Lynn Edward Fielding Frank Thomas Jr. Raymond Roe Charles Smith Larry Nunn Billy Dawson
major woman fiancée father sister lighthearted cheery amusing winsome new york city iowa train school scams mistaken identity romance military escape transformation forbidden love
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Comedy
USA
1951
92 Minutes
David Wayne Tom Ewell Marina Berti Jeffrey Lynn Richard Egan
soldier captain woman father police officer moonshiner amusing lighthearted madcap heartwarming naples, italy city battlefield military base world war ii romance friendship military life military occupation adventure
Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Kids & Family
Germany
2011
123 Minutes
Emma Schweiger Jasmin Gerat Samuel Finzi Meret Becker Friederike Kempter Anna Julia Kapfelsperger Jessica Richter Misel Maticevic
man ex-girlfriend little girl foster mother daughter author amusing airy cheery touching endearing mellow germany flat school family home berlin breakup one-night stand love
Henry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.
Comedy
USA
1940
87 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Eddie Albert Ronald Reagan Wayne Morris Jane Bryan
cadet military officer wife friend girlfriend baby amusing cheery lighthearted virginia military academy new york city nightclub train friendship graduation marriage parenthood new job military life
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Comedy
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Bob Hope Madeleine Carroll Gale Sondergaard George Zucco Lionel Royce Walter Kingsford Victor Varconi Otto Reichow Charles Cane Crane Whitley Erville Alderson
spy beautiful woman vaudevillian nazi fugitive amusing cheery spirited new york city train chicago california theater show business espionage frame-up mistaken identity secret codes world war ii escape
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
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
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 .
Other, Comedy, Fantasy
Philippines|USA
2009
90 Minutes
Jenny McCarthy Paul Sorvino Dean McDermott Kelly Stables Mig Macario Kris Holdenreid Gabe Khouth Lynne Griffin
business woman santa claus elf woman daughter father charming engaging playful lighthearted heartwarming cheery north pole santa's workshop new york city relationships christmas family relationships love business
Following his mother's death, Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Unable to speak Tagalog, Hector falls in with a street gang before a photographer takes him under his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
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.
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
2006
106 Minutes
Audrey Tautou Gad Elmaleh Marie-Christine Adam Vernon Dobtcheff Jacques Spiesser Annelise Hesme Didier Brice Charlotte Vermeil
gold digger older man wealthy man bartender widow older woman lighthearted witty winsome amusing french riviera resort hotel france beach party materialism gold digging may-december romance wealth
A luxury-loving golddigger (Audrey Tautou) tutors a lovestruck bartender (Gad Elmaleh) in the art of fleecing a wealthy lover.
Comedy
1989
97 Minutes
Tony Danza Catherine Hicks Ami Dolenz Wallace Shawn Dick O'Neill Laura Mooney Derek McGrath Dana Ashbrook Matthew Perry
father daughter sister love interest teen girl teenager amusing charming cheeky cheery heartwarming hilarious united states house school coming-of-age teen romance father/daughter relationship growing up first crush
A Los Angeles radio-station manager's (Tony Danza) girlfriend (Catherine Hicks) shows his teenage daughter (Ami Dolenz) how to be sexy.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Comedy, Action
UK|USA|China
2010
117 Minutes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Christopher Mintz-Plasse Mark Strong Chloë Grace Moretz Clark Duke Lyndsy Fonseca Evan Peters Nicolas Cage Michael Rispoli Omari Hardwick Xander Berkeley
teen boy young girl superhero father villain girlfriend frenetic amusing unrestrained thrilling dark frightening high school city street apartment warehouse attic crime comic books
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Comedy
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Joan Caulfield William Holden Edward Arnold Mona Freeman Billy De Wolfe
soldier young woman sister fiancé father mother charming engaging tender new york city suburbia household subway city hall home front sister relationship correspondence family engagement world war ii
A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.
Comedy
Italy
1981
89 Minutes
Nino Manfredi Adolfo Celi Vittorio Mezzogiorno Luigi Basagaluppi Silvio Spaccesi Vittorio Caprioli Marzio Honorato Gigi Reder
vendor train conductor train passenger bureaucrat laborer son witty amusing charming endearing lighthearted uplifting italy train travel coffee bureaucracy money father/son relationship desperation adventure
An Italian laborer (Nino Manfredi) foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples train.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
96 Minutes
young girl mistress shipping magnate writer chanteuse train passenger lighthearted emotional amusing thrilling train new york city conspiracy witnessing murder train travel friendship escape mystery underdog 1940s
In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.
Comedy
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Lynne Overman Eddie Bracken Clarence Kolb Paul Hurst Ferike Boros Phyllis Ruth Irving Bacon Arthur Loft Edgar Dearing
movie star coward love interest colonel father assistant madcap lighthearted amusing tender movie set army camp airplane house countryside hospital military draft deception engagement mishaps
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
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