20 movies like Jumping Jacks, ordered by similarity : Broadway Melody of 1938(1937), Stan & Ollie(2018), Flirtation Walk(1934), On the Avenue(1937), On the Town(1949), Ready, Willing and Able(1937), Show Dogs(2018), Up Front(1951), Day for Night(1973), A Hard Day's Night(1964), Great Guns(1941), On With the Show(1929) ...
Comedy
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mona Freeman Don DeFore Robert Strauss Ray Teal Marcy McGuire Danny Arnold Richard Erdman Edwin Max Alex Gerry
entertainer partner paratrooper soldier general sergeant madcap cheery playful stage military base barracks backstage new york city entertainment impersonation military life musical revue romance contest
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Robert Taylor Eleanor Powell Judy Garland George Murphy Binnie Barnes Buddy Ebsen Sophie Tucker Raymond Walburn Robert Benchley Charley Grapewin Robert Wildhack
songwriter dancer producer wealthy woman partner horse trainer cheery playful engaging new york city broadway theater baltimore racetrack train stage musical revue financial crisis dance romance deception
Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a... See full summary »
Comedy, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Canada|USA
2018
97 Minutes
Steve Coogan John C. Reilly Shirley Henderson Nina Arianda Rufus Jones Danny Huston Susy Kane Ella Kenion Harry Hepple Bentley Kalu Roger Ringrose
comedian laurel and hardy audience fan partner playful heartwarming tense emotional stage backstage theater dressing room hotel friendship partnership performance comedy team love
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Pat O'Brien Ross Alexander John Arledge John Eldredge Henry O'Neill Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Frederick Burton John Darrow Glen Boles
cadet general daughter lieutenant sergeant amusing passionate hawaii army base west point, n.y. stage love triangle reunion military musical revue engagement ambition love quest rivalry
A Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
90 Minutes
socialite writer singer father daughter playful lighthearted stage backstage new york city theater love triangle unlikely romance humiliation jealousy love rivalry quest 1930s
Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with producer.
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
USA
1937
93 Minutes
Ruby Keeler Lee Dixon Ross Alexander Allen Jenkins Louise Fazenda Carol Hughes Winifred Shaw Teddy Hart Hugh O'Connell Addison Richards E.E. Clive
producer partner college student actress company president fiancé lighthearted amusing playful new york city docks theater office stage theater acting mistaken identity impersonation romance confession
Two songwriters want to cast a British star in their new show.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Will Arnett Natasha Lyonne RuPaul Omar Chaparro Andy Beckwith Oliver Tompsett Kerry Shale
undercover agent talking dog investigator partner police officer amusing hilarious playful thrilling cheeky dog show las vegas car stage backstage dogs police work detective work competition partnership
Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
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, Drama
France|Italy
1973
120 Minutes
Jacqueline Bisset François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Léaud Valentina Cortesa Alexandra Stewart Jean Champion Nathalie Baye Bernard Menez Jean-François Stévenin
actor actress director crew member fiancée doctor witty playful melodramatic sad stage france backstage movie making affair fame celebrity acting quest love
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1964
83 Minutes
The Beatles Wilfrid Brambell Norman Rossington John Junkins Victor Spinetti Anna Quayle Deryck Guyler Richard Vernon Eddie Malin Robin Ray Lionel Blair
drummer director bassist teenager singer guitarist playful witty quirky stage bar television studio train england music television gambling fame photography the beatles
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live television performance.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
103 Minutes
Betty Compson Sally O'Neil Arthur Lake Joe E. Brown Louise Fazenda William Bakewell Sam Hardy Harry Gribbon
star ingénue comedian actor producer understudy charming lighthearted amusing new jersey theater stage backstage relationships performance music romance show business financial troubles love
A musical advertised as the first 100% natural color, all-singing production. The plot concerns a wide-eyed former hatcheck girl who takes the place of a rebellious star.
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Lauren Bacall Betty Grable David Wayne Cameron Mitchell William Powell Rory Calhoun Alex D'Arcy Fred Clark
model millionaire businessman widower fortune hunter amusing charming playful new york city apartment romance wealth wedding may-december romance love quest 1950s
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Comedy
USA
1989
88 Minutes
Gary Kroeger Marc Singer Jennifer Runyon Gretchen German Michael Mears Andy Greenhalgh Bobby Di Cicco Travis McKenna Andy Bumatai
nazi general soldier native american teacher sergeant amusing madcap outlandish north africa restaurant headquarters desert dangerous mission world war ii misfits war effort journey military underdog
In the midst of WWII, a group of half-witted soldiers led by a slightly smarter sergeant, battle the Germans and especially Von Kraut in the desert.
Comedy, Drama
USA|China
2018
130 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Mahershala Ali Linda Cardellini Sebastian Maniscalco Dimiter D. Marinov Mike Hatton P.J. Byrne Joe Cortese Maggie Nixon Von Lewis Jon Sortland
pianist driver bodyguard bouncer musician emotional touching amusing creative moving stage club car jail bar racism unlikely friendship unlikely allies travel music
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Comedy
1951
99 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Gina Lollobrigida Marcel Herrand Olivier Hussenot Henri Rollan Nerio Bernardi Jean-Marc Tennberg Genevieve Page
peasant gypsy sergeant princess marquess king playful campy madcap village farm field palace road swordplay romance ambition deception rescue hanging
Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Warren William Bette Davis Guy Kibbee Vivienne Osborne Frank McHugh Sam Hardy Robert Warwick Harry Holman Charles Sellon Robert E. O'Connor Berton Churchill
political candidate political consultant inmate opponent ex-wife secretary amusing endearing madcap city political rally polling place jail stage office election campaigning romance unlikely allies politics
Jailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
Comedy
UK
1971
95 Minutes
soldier man major airy amusing cheeky cheery hilarious madcap witty seaside small town england world war ii hostage situation adventure rescue pursuit 1930s
The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2.
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
1923
60 Minutes
Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Margaret Leahy Wallace Beery Joe Roberts Lillian Lawrence H.A. Morgan Oliver Hardy Blanche Payson
hero girl villain father mother roman hilarious cheery playful city cave rome racetrack car romantic dilemma courtship family time competition modernity
A boy (Buster Keaton) loves a girl (Margaret Leahy) in parallel stories set in the Stone Age, ancient Rome and modern times.