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10 Best Movies Like People Are Funny

If you loved People Are Funny, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences....

#2
Bo Burnham: What.

Bo Burnham: What.

2013★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at po...

#3
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Hon...

#4
Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

1939★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and rep...

#5
Louis C.K.: Live at The Comedy Store

Louis C.K.: Live at The Comedy Store

2015★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This material was developed and prepared over the last year or so, mostly in comedy clubs. This special kind of goes back to when he used to just make noises and be funny for no pa...

#6
The Big Store

The Big Store

1941★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to People Are Funny for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager....

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