20 movies like Pal Joey, ordered by similarity : Girl Happy(1965), Blue Skies(1946), Bandslam(2009), The Big Broadcast(1932), Sweet Rosie O'Grady(1943), Love Me Tonight(1932), April in Paris(1952), Rose Marie(1954), Purple Rain(1984), The Good Girls(1960), On the Avenue(1937), Les Girls(1957) ...
Musical
USA
1957
111 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Frank Sinatra Kim Novak Barbara Nichols Bobby Sherwood Hank Henry Elizabeth Patterson Robin Morse Frank Wilcox Pierre Watkin Barry Bernard
singer chorus girl widow amusing lighthearted playful san francisco nightclub musicians performance romance love triangle dreams love temptation quest discovery 1950s
Joey Evans' a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1 - heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Musical
USA
1965
96 Minutes
Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Harold J. Stone Gary Crosby Joby Baker Nita Talbot Mary Ann Mobley Fabrizio Mioni Jackie Coogan Jimmy Hawkins John Fiedler
singer musician father young woman love interest italian amusing charming spirited chicago florida seaside jail nightclub stage spring break journey music courtship love triangle
A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Aly Michalka Vanessa Hudgens Gaelan Connell Lisa Kudrow Scott Porter Charlie Saxton Tim Jo Ryan Donowho
singer-songwriter manager ex-boyfriend guitarist rock star newcomer lighthearted endearing tender amusing heartwarming charming stage competition hall garage library house school music young love
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Musical, Romance
USA
1952
101 Minutes
Doris Day Ray Bolger Claude Dauphin Eve Miller George Givot Paul Harvey Herbert Farjeon Wilson Millar Raymond Largay John Alvin Jack Lomas
bureaucrat chorus girl boss fiancée entertainer busboy winsome uplifting touching amusing washington, d.c. new york city cruise ship nightclub paris unlikely romance culture clash singing love triangle matchmaking
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
115 Minutes
Ann Blyth Howard Keel Fernando Lamas Bert Lahr Marjorie Main Joan Taylor Ray Collins
orphan love interest trapper native american chief ward mountie amusing airy uplifting playful melodramatic canada wilderness saloon love triangle murder rivalry love opposites attract adventure
Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone, falls in love with him, and he with her. But when she goes to "learn to be a lady", she meets outlaw trapper James ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Drama
USA
1984
111 Minutes
Prince Apollonia Kotero Morris Day Jerome Benton Clarence Williams III Olga Karlatos Billy Sparks Jill Jones
musician singer rival father mother brooding sultry minneapolis nightclub household family dysfunction abuse music stardom love triangle quest rivalry love rise 1980s
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
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
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor Kay Kendall Taina Elg Jacques Bergerac Leslie Phillips Henry Daniell Patrick Macnee Stephen Vercoe Philip Tonge Owen McGiveney
dancer pretty woman love interest amusing lighthearted london paris stage song and dance female bonding competition romance affair discovery rivalry love 1950s
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
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.
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, Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Doris Nolan George Murphy Hugh Herbert
bandleader chorus girl club owner uncle love interest amusing rousing cheery manhattan, n.y. skyscraper ballroom the moonbeam room artistic struggle ambition show business love music pursuit love discovery
Diana Borden (Doris Nolan, a bleeding-heart rich-girl, returns from a trip to Russia filled with sympathy for the "little" people of the slums and wants to do "something" artistic and ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Elvis Presley Julie Adams Jackie Lane Jack Mullaney Merry Anders Bill Williams Edward Faulkner Connie Gilchrist
rodeo rider trainer rancher deputy ranch hand love interest amusing cool playful campy dude ranch ghost town american west club hotel rodeo treasure hunting rodeo misunderstanding singing
A singing rodeo rider hires on at an expensive all-women dude ranch and beauty spa. He falls for a pretty fitness trainer who is constantly threatened by a gang who wants her late grandfather's cache of gold hidden in a ghost town.
Musical, Romance, Drama
Ireland
2006
86 Minutes
Glen Hansard Marketa Irglova Hugh Walsh Gerry Hendrick Alaistair Foley Geoff Minogue Bill Hodnett Danuse Ktrestova
singer songwriter repairman florist love interest immigrant charming emotional dreamy ireland store street household romance song and dance hope friendship love triangle love discovery
A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
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, Comedy
USA
1946
90 Minutes
Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Edward Ryan Raymond Walburn Billie Burke
young woman sailor radio host singer nat king cole fiancé amusing engaging witty lighthearted emotional uplifting hollywood radio show deception love at first sight reunion musical performance hollywood discovery
Based on an old radio series with a live audience. It is the story of few of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.
Musical
USA
1990
91 Minutes
Dean Cameron Toni Basil Tawny Fere Thomas Dolby Susan Tyrrell Bo Diddley Nancye Ferguson Kevin Hunter Rick Zumwalt
vampire young man musician mother salesman lover amusing campy quirky funeral home concert stage musical gathering family home club street rock 'n' roll curse murder reincarnation love triangle
A young vampire cannot lose his virginity because of a curse imposed upon him centuries ago.