20 movies like The Dolly Sisters, ordered by similarity : Two Girls and a Sailor(1944), Carol(2015), Holiday Inn(1942), Jane Wants a Boyfriend(2015), The Broadway Melody(1929), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor(1992), Funny Girl(1968), Shall We Dance(1937), Broadway Melody of 1936(1935), Top Hat(1935), The Gang's All Here(1943), I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now(1947) ...
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Betty Grable John Payne June Haver Reginald Gardiner Frank Latimore Gene Sheldon Sig Ruman Trudy Marshall
dancer uncle duke sister singer cheery charming new york city broadway theater paris new york state train show business immigration success sister relationship career vs. love rags to riches love rise
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Other
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale Walter Abel Louise Beavers Irving Bacon Marek Windheim
singer dancer innkeeper agent florist charming lighthearted winsome connecticut new york city inn hollywood, calif. love triangle holidays singing dance music rivalry love pursuit
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Eliza Dushku Louisa Krause Gabriel Ebert Amir Arison Jon Bass Polly Draper Franco Gonzalez Gary Hilborn
sister young woman love interest parent boyfriend girlfriend moving engaging endearing new york city city united states family home party autism sister relationship sisterhood first love city life discovery
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Musical
USA
1929
110 Minutes
Bessie Love Anita Page Charles King Jed Prouty Kenneth Thomson Edward Dillon Mary Doran J. Emmett Beck Marshall Ruth Drew Demorest
dancer sister theatrical producer lover lighthearted melodramatic rousing new york city broadway theater vaudeville show business love triangle sister relationship love temptation rise 1920s
A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
Musical, Drama, Romance
India
1992
160 Minutes
Prithvi Divya Bharti Sanam Suresh Oberoi
beautiful woman brother singer love interest poet sister melodramatic heartwarming india household stage college romance music poetry love triangle brother/sister relationship wealth love discovery
Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time activity, she meets her fellow collegian an ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1968
151 Minutes
Barbra Streisand Omar Sharif Walter Pidgeon Kay Medford Anne Francis Lee Allen Gerald Mohr Frank Faylen
actress husband businessperson florenz ziegfeld businessman amusing charming spirited broadway theater new york theater big city home fanny brice aspirations show business marriage schemes relationships rise
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
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, 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
1935
99 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Edward Everett Horton Helen Broderick Eric Blore Erik Rhodes
wife butler dancer producer love interest playful charming witty hotel stage bathroom london venice song and dance romance mistaken identity aspirations dance show business quest
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Jimmy Ellison Eugene Pallette Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Tony De Marco Sheila Ryan Dave Willock June Haver Benny Goodman Orchestra
soldier singer banker dancer airy amusing charming patriotic westchester, n.y. nightclub new york city love triangle world war ii class distinctions wealth love quest 1940s
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Musical, Romance
USA
1947
108 Minutes
singer songwriter performers love interest beautiful woman charming united states stage philadelphia concert hall music industry concert tour success deception rise rivalry love 1910s
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
UK
1938
80 Minutes
Jessie Matthews Roland Young Barry MacKay Jack Whiting Noel Madison Frank Pettingell Alastair Sim Athene Seyler Margaret Vyner William Dewhurst Peggy Novak
barge worker millionaire entertainer financier agent chorus girl charming melodramatic endearing london thames river barge tower bridge music hall nightclub ambition working class romance show business success
Kay, who works on a Thames River barge, and Steve are secretly in love with each other but do their best to hide it. Kay wants desperately to be a music-hall star and Steve wants to be a ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Romance
USA|UK
2014
99 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Jessica Alba Malcolm McDowell Marlee Matlin Ivan Sergei Merrin Dungey Juliet Mills Ben McKenzie
professor love interest sister woman college professor bachelor airy amusing moving emotional engaging endearing los angeles united states classroom big city home love settling down relationships
A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.
Musical, Romance, Gay & Lesbian
France
2007
95 Minutes
Louis Garrel Ludivine Sagnier Chiara Mastroianni Clotilde Hesme Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Brigitte Roüan Alice Butaud Jean-Marie Winling Yannick Renier Annabelle Hettmann Sylvain Tempier
young man young woman sister musician woman singer creative tender passionate sad paris love triangle bisexuality death music youth memory love transformation temptation
Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
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.
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.
Other, Drama, Romance
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Tatyana Ali Dondré Whitfield Dennis Haysbert Patti LaBelle Amanda Brooks Alyshia Ochse Shi Ne Nielson Jaida-Iman Benjamin Richard Garner Kelly Collins Lintz Greyson Chadwick
lawyer sister attorney mentally disabled person niece airy charming emotional engaging moving mushy wisconsin new york christmas will and testament going home sister relationship grief past loves discovery
Amelia Pittman (Vanessa Simoes) is forced to interact with her father, Fred Pittman (Jody Mitchell) who abandoned her as a child and now has Alzheimer's.