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The Major and the Minor (1942)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.

Army Officer, Conundrum, Military School, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, Steaming Open An Envelope, Army Uniform, Man In Uniform, Military Officer, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

3.20 Stars

Comedy, Romance, Western

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her simpy city suitors.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Craps, Irish Whiskey, Poker, Screwball Comedy, Tequila

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Harold and Maude (1971)

3.95 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

Similarity: 5.40 (Similar)

Coming Of Age, Death, Existentialism, Funeral, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Holiday (1938)

3.85 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.

Similarity: 5.39 (Similar)

Butler, Holiday, New Year's Eve, New York City, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Graduate (1967)

4.00 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Similarity: 5.33 (Similar)

Adultery, College Graduate, Famous Score, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, One Man Two Women, Coming Of Age, Love

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

3.15 Stars

Comedy, Romance

An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Baby Picture, Celebrity, Reference To The Titanic, Reporter, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

3.90 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Breadline, Longfellow Deeds Character, Nickname, Screwball Comedy, Shaking One's Head No

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Unfinished Business (1941)

3.25 Stars

Comedy, Romance

Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother, a mismatch which eventually grows into rea

Similarity: 5.14 (Similar)

1940s, Deception, Pre World War Two In Plot Line, Screwball Comedy, Selective Service

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Ninotchka (1939)

3.95 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Communism, Defector, Envoy, Playboy, Screwball Comedy, Paris France, Swedish Actor Playing Foreigner

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Home Again (2017)

2.90 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Similarity: 4.95 (Slightly Similar)

Blonde Woman, Divorcee, Dog, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, Older Woman Younger Man Sex, Older Woman Attracted To Younger Man

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Romance

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Critic, Doctor, Houseguest, Nurse, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Remember the Night (1940)

3.80 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Jail Sentence, Jewelry, Manipulative Mother, Screwball Comedy, Smother Mother, Christmas

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

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: 4.91 (Slightly 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 The Major and the Minor (1942)

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

4.00 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Romance

A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

National Film Registry, Perfume, Pickpocket, Screwball Comedy, Thief, Reference To Casanova, Reference To Cleopatra, Reference To Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

3.60 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

High Society, Screwball Comedy, Sister Sister Relationship, Slapstick Comedy, Witness

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

Similarity: 4.87 (Slightly Similar)

Christmas Movie, Screwball Comedy, Shipwrecked, Square Dance, State Name In Title, Chef, Cook, Lie, Magazine Publisher

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Rebound (2009)

3.15 Stars

Comedy, Romance

In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Similarity: 4.82 (Slightly Similar)

Male Nanny, New York City, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, Seeing A Parent Have Sex, Sex On Couch

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Stand-In (1937)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.

Similarity: 4.81 (Slightly Similar)

Camera Shot Of Feet, Director, Movie Studio, Screwball Comedy, Secretary

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

3.30 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.

Similarity: 4.80 (Slightly Similar)

Blonde, Chorus Girl, Father Son Relationship, Millionaire, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Egg and I

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Romance

On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.

Similarity: 4.78 (Slightly Similar)

Chicken, Chicken Farm, Farm, Neighbor, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

4.10 Stars

Comedy, Romance, War

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Similarity: 4.68 (Slightly Similar)

Poland, Polish Resistance, Reference To William Shakespeare, Screwball Comedy, World War Two

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Prime (2005)

3.10 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

Similarity: 4.68 (Slightly Similar)

2000s, Cat, Mother Son Relationship, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, Therapist Client Relationship

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Merrily We Live (1938)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Romance

Dizzy society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome "tramp" who shows up at her doorstep and soon ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of her pr

Similarity: 4.67 (Slightly Similar)

Butler, Fainting, Mansion, Screwball Comedy, Stealing Silverware

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The More the Merrier (1943)

3.85 Stars

Comedy, Romance, War

During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.

Similarity: 4.63 (Slightly Similar)

Dating, Fertility, Marriage, Screwball Comedy, Sibling Rivalry

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Talk of the Town (1942)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

An escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

Arson, Gardener, Lawyer, Schoolteacher, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Lady Eve (1941)

3.90 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Similarity: 4.59 (Slightly Similar)

Con Artist, Gold Digger, Revenge, Screwball Comedy, Snake, Seduction

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Chances Are (1989)

3.20 Stars

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.

Similarity: 4.55 (Slightly Similar)

Afterlife, Death, Love, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship, Reincarnation

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

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: 4.54 (Slightly Similar)

Screwball Comedy, Singer, Singing, Slang, Song

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Based On Broadway Musical, Black And White, Black And White Film, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Ball of Fire (1942)

3.90 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

Similarity: 4.50 (Slightly Similar)

Encyclopedia, Nightclub, Professor, Screwball Comedy, Singer

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

2.40 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

A family loses everything in the crash of 1929 except for their yacht. In order to make money, they rent out the yacht. A couple of guys feel sorry for the young maiden, who has everything except cash, and decide to have Monte Carlo

Similarity: 4.50 (Slightly Similar)

Female Sexual Predator, Femme Fatale, Male Objectification, Manipulative Female, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Patsy (1928)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her elder sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

Similarity: 4.48 (Slightly Similar)

Father Daughter Relationship, Husband Wife Relationship, Mother Daughter Relationship, Screwball Comedy, Sister Sister Relationship

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Birds and the Bees

2.70 Stars

Comedy, Romance

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced.

Similarity: 4.45 (Slightly Similar)

Color Remake Of Black And White Film, Ocean Liner, Prologue, Screwball Comedy, Talking To The Camera

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

3.60 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Blockbuster, F Rated, National Film Registry, Screwball Comedy, Working Women

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Ever Since Eve (1937)

3.30 Stars

Comedy, Romance

Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Mistaken Identity, Novelist, Publisher, Screwball Comedy, Secretary

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Never a Dull Moment (1950)

2.85 Stars

Comedy, Romance, Western

Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and leave for his ranch in the west. Kay makes one

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Ranch, Rodeo, Screwball Comedy, Songwriter, Timeframe 1950s

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Front Page (1974)

3.65 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.

Similarity: 4.43 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Play, Chicago Illinois, Journalism, Reporter, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.

Similarity: 4.42 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Stage Musical, Dancer, Farce, Screwball Comedy, Song

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016)

3.30 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

Similarity: 4.42 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Short Film, Five Word Title, Forename In Title, Hoarding, Older Woman Younger Man Relationship

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

My Sister Eileen (1955)

3.45 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

Color Remake Of Black And White Film, Screwball Comedy, Sister, Sister Sister Relationship, Two Sisters

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Lover Come Back (1962)

3.60 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.

Similarity: 4.39 (Slightly Similar)

Animated Opening Credits, Animated Sequence, Battle Of The Sexes, Screwball Comedy, Three Word Title

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

3.45 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Similarity: 4.38 (Slightly Similar)

Childbirth, Doctor, Housewife, Reprisal, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Marry the Girl (1937)

2.40 Stars

Comedy, Romance

The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, the general manager née flunky, has three task

Similarity: 4.38 (Slightly Similar)

Quote From Hamlet, Quote From Shakespeare's King Lear, Screwball Comedy, Shakespearean Quote, Syndicate

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Romance

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Inventor, Millionaire, Palm Beach Florida, Screwball Comedy, Twin

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Topper (1937)

3.65 Stars

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Accident, Afterlife, Car Crash, Ghost, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942)

2.75 Stars

Comedy, Romance, War

A pair of barbers are driven out of business because most of the men in their small town are drafted into the army. When their attempts to also enlist fail, they decide to form a Home Defense Force, and wind up getting involved with

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Army, Barber, Defense, Screwball Comedy, Small Town

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

My Sister Eileen (1942)

3.50 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.

Similarity: 4.35 (Slightly Similar)

Actor Billed Above The Title, Brian Aherne Billed Above The Title, Janet Blair Billed Above The Title, Rosalind Russell Billed Above The Title, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Grass Is Greener (1960)

3.25 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Victor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon "bumps" into Hilary during a tour and charms his way into her heart. Meanwhile, Hattie pursues Victor.

Similarity: 4.34 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Play, Butler, English Estate, Millionaire, Screwball Comedy

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Carefree (1938)

3.50 Stars

Comedy, Musical, Romance

A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.

Similarity: 4.33 (Slightly Similar)

Male Police Officer, Police, Police Officer, Screwball Comedy, Singer, Timeframe 1930s

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Affairs of Martha (1942)

3.25 Stars

Comedy, Romance

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.

Similarity: 4.31 (Slightly Similar)

Conga Line, New York City, Police Officer, Screwball Comedy, Women's Club

Similar to The Major and the Minor (1942)

Topper Takes a Trip (1939)

3.30 Stars

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.

Similarity: 4.30 (Slightly Similar)

Divorce, Fortune Hunter, French Riviera, Ghost, Screwball Comedy