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Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Musical

Small-town Indiana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadway producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. She follows him to New York and worms her way into his show, and his hea

Actor Billed Above The Title, Actor Shares First And Last Name With Character, Actress Billed Above The Title, Judy Garland Billed Above The Title, Van Helfin Billed Above The Title, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Desperation, Singing, Song

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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.

Similarity: 10.63 (Very Similar)

Actor Shares First And Last Name With Character, Actor Shares Last Name With Character, Damsel In Distress, Deception, National Film Registry, Cruelty, Treachery

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

At the Circus (1939)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Musical

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

Similarity: 10.62 (Very Similar)

Circus, Circus Midget, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Song, Circus Little Person

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973)

3.25 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Musical

An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.

Similarity: 10.06 (Very Similar)

Based On Stage Musical, Kicked In The Butt, Singer, Singing, Song, Pop Musical

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

It Started with Eve (1941)

3.80 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance, Music

In order to please his dying father, a man convinces a hat-check girl to impersonate his fiancée, but complications arise when the father's health suddenly improves.

Similarity: 7.89 (Very Similar)

Cigar Smoking, Deception, Fiancee, Recovery, Terminal Illness, Actress Billed Above The Title, Marriage, Playboy

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Karnavalnaya noch (1956)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance, Drama

A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.

Similarity: 7.48 (Similar)

Dance, New Year's Eve, Russia, Social Satire, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Om Jai Jagadish (2002)

2.75 Stars

Drama, Musical

Widowed Mrs. Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) has brought up three sons with a lot of care and love. Her eldest son Om (Anil Kapoor) is very honest and diligent; her two other sons Jai (Fardeen Khan), and Jagdish (Abhishek Bachchan)

Similarity: 7.17 (Similar)

Brother, Singing, Song, Yawn, Yawning

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

3.60 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.

Similarity: 7.14 (Similar)

Father Follows Family Tradition Regarding Daughters' Marriage, Singer, Singing, Song, Song In Title

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.

Similarity: 7.12 (Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Deception, Fred Astaire Billed Above The Title, Ginger Rogers Billed Above The Title, Remake, Shore Leave, Tension

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

3.45 Stars

Drama, Music, Musical

This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.

Similarity: 7.04 (Similar)

Bootlegger, Prohibition Era, Singing, Song, Song In Title

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

3.20 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Nazis seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.

Similarity: 7.03 (Similar)

Blonde Woman, Damsel In Distress, European Adventure, Reference To Hermann Goring, War Romance, American In Europe, Deception

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Les Girls (1957)

3.30 Stars

Comedy, Musical

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

Similarity: 6.82 (Similar)

Chorus Girl, Dancer, Deception, Singer, Singing

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Cain and Mabel (1936)

3.25 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.

Similarity: 6.75 (Similar)

Screwball Comedy, Singer, Singing, Slang, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega... (2000)

2.60 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Musical

Raj is a struggling singer with big dreams who is still waiting for his big break. One night he witnesses an accident where a car spins out of control and lands on the tracks of an on-coming train. Raj runs over to the wreckage and r

Similarity: 6.11 (Similar)

Coma, Deception, Hospital, Rescue, Singer

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Iedereen beroemd! (2001)

3.45 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Music

Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. Wh

Similarity: 6.03 (Similar)

Father Daughter Relationship, Kidnapping, Pop Music, Pop Star, Singing

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Born to Dance (1936)

3.35 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.

Similarity: 6.00 (Similar)

Anger, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

In the Heights (2021)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Music, Musical, Romance

A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Similarity: 5.90 (Similar)

Dancing, Reference To Frida Kahlo, Reference To Sonia Sotomayor, Sing, Singing, Subtitled Scene

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Way Out West (1937)

3.80 Stars

Action, Comedy, Family, Western

Stanley and Ollie are enlisted to deliver the deed to a goldmine in a small village, only for it to be stolen.

Similarity: 5.49 (Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Held At Gunpoint, Singer, Song, Stagecoach Driver, Cigarette Smoking, Gold Mine, Noise In The Night

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.

Similarity: 5.47 (Similar)

1920s, 1930s, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Pre Code Film

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Imitation of Life (1934)

3.75 Stars

Drama, Romance

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Similarity: 5.46 (Similar)

Cigarette Smoking, Damsel In Distress, Deception, F Rated, Female Protagonist

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

No Name on the Bullet

3.60 Stars

Action, Drama, Romance, Western

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

Similarity: 5.46 (Similar)

Ambush, Arizona, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Lordsburg

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

My Favorite Wife (1940)

3.65 Stars

Comedy, Romance

Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Bare Chested Male, Cary Grant Billed Above The Title, F Rated, Irene Dunne Billed Above The Title, Screwball Comedy, Actor Billed Above The Title, Actress Billed Above The Title, Stress

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Papy fait de la résistance (1983)

3.35 Stars

Comedy, Music, War

Bourdelle, a family of musicians, refuse to play for Germans during the war. They would like to liberate France using all possible means.

Similarity: 5.42 (Similar)

Singer, Singing, Song, Spoof, Vengeance

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Ride the Pink Horse (1948)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir, Mystery

WW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.

Similarity: 5.38 (Similar)

Actor Billed Above The Title, Deception, Double Cross, Stabbing, World War Two Veteran, Henchman, Slang, Torture

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

3.75 Stars

Biography, Drama, Music

The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Similarity: 5.37 (Similar)

Country Music, Kentucky, Poverty, Singing, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

Similarity: 5.37 (Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Deception, Double Cross, Murder, Turkish Bath

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

O Homem Que Copiava (2003)

3.80 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Brazilian photocopier operator falls in love with a girl who lives in an opposite house and spends his evenings looking at her through his binoculars.

Similarity: 5.32 (Similar)

Binoculars, Brazil, Deception, Photocopier, Photocopier Operator

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Dark Command (1940)

3.40 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

In Kansas, during the Civil War opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.

Similarity: 5.31 (Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Deception, Guerilla Warfare, Kansas, Texas, Anger

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

House of D (2005)

3.45 Stars

Comedy, Drama

By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.

Similarity: 5.26 (Similar)

Deception, Mariticide, Solitaire, Taxi, Watching Tv

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Alferd Packer: The Musical (1996)

3.50 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Thriller

The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.

Similarity: 5.25 (Similar)

Alfred Packer Character, Character Name As Title, Grindhouse Film, Mountain, Song, Timeframe 1870s

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

West Side Story (1962)

3.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Musical

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Rival Gang, Singing, Teenage Gang, West Side Manhattan New York City, Young Couple In Love, Gangster, Girlfriend, Interracial Romance

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

The Thing Called Love (1993)

3.20 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Music

A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Audition, Bare Chested Male, Cafe, Song, Tennessee, Timeframe 1990s

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

King Creole

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Musical

A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of

Similarity: 5.17 (Similar)

Criminal, Music Band, New Orleans Louisiana, Singing, Street Gang

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Muhsin Bey (1987)

4.25 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Music

An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Muhsin Kanadikirik to have his first album.

Similarity: 5.12 (Similar)

Cassette Tape, Character Name As Title, Competition, Singing, Singing Competition

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

3.40 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

Similarity: 5.12 (Similar)

Arizona, Arizona Desert, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Gambler

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013)

3.20 Stars

Drama, Musical, Romance

Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' with an Indian twist, the film focuses on the story of Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards.

Similarity: 5.11 (Similar)

Assassination Attempt, Deception, Holi, Love, Massacre, Bollywood Musical

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

3.45 Stars

Drama, Music

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

Black Female Protagonist, Black Singer, Musician, Singing, Tension, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

For Love or Money (1993)

3.10 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Doug's a concierge at a luxury hotel on Manhattan. He saves all his tips towards his plan for a hotel. A potential investor seduces the girl, Doug loves, with false promises of leaving his wife. Doug's dilemma: hotel project or girl?

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

Concierge, Deception, Hotel, Mistress, Money, Scene During Opening Credits

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

The Dark Corner (1946)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Held At Gunpoint, Orchestra Leader, Reference To Billy Conn, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Crime Wave, Damsel In Distress, Extramarital Affair, London England, Second Wife, Poisoned Milk, Scotland

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Bloed, zweet & tranen (2015)

3.55 Stars

Biography, Drama, Music

The turbulent life story of the most famous folk singer the Netherlands has ever known: André Hazes.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Singer, Singing, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

3.50 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Greed, Jean Arthur Billed Above The Title, Tension, William Powell Billed Above The Title, Deception, Defiant, Suave Sleuth

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Across the Pacific (1942)

3.40 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

Similarity: 4.98 (Slightly Similar)

Cigarette Smoking, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Double Cross, Held At Gunpoint

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

River of No Return (1954)

3.30 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others.

Similarity: 4.95 (Slightly Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Dubbed Singing, Indian Attack, Singer, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1983)

3.95 Stars

Comedy, Documentary, Musical

The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Absurd Comedy, Gross Out Comedy, Hollywood Bowl, Singing, Vomiting

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Romance, Western

An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.

Similarity: 4.93 (Slightly Similar)

Henchman, Singer, Singing, Song, Western Band

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Road to Morocco (1943)

3.50 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Family

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Damsel In Distress, National Film Registry, Singer, Song, Unintentional Male To Male Kiss, Arabian Stallion, Slavery, Talking Camel

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Nora Prentiss (1947)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A nightclub singer inspires a doctor to fake his own murder, leading to plenty of complications.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Character Name As Title, Doctor, Failing Marriage, Father Daughter Relationship, Two Word Title, Punched In The Face, Singer, Singing, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

3.35 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-con who wants to go straight has difficulties trying to reintegrate into society while on parole.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Damsel In Distress, Deception, Reprisal, Retribution, Violence

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

In Society (1944)

3.30 Stars

Action, Comedy, Crime

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

Bundling Plumber, Singer, Singing, Singing Sisters, Song

Similar to Presenting Lily Mars (1944)

Sleep, My Love (1948)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Film-noir, Mystery

Chronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

Singer, Singing, Song, Song In Title, Sultry Singer