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10 Best Movies Like Sorry I'm Late

If you loved Sorry I'm Late, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late 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...

#2
Love Happy

Love Happy

1949★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds....

#3
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late 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....

#4
The Big Store

The Big Store

1941★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late 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....

#5
The Rocker

The Rocker

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked t...

#6
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

1930★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sorry I'm Late for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. ...

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