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10 Best Movies Like It Happened One Night

If you loved It Happened One Night, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself....

#2
The Baxter

The Baxter

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses an...

#3
A Good Woman

A Good Woman

2004★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a st...

#4
She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production....

#5
The Wrong Paris

The Wrong Paris

2025★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor....

#6
Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey

1988★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened One Night for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find h...

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