Movies like How Much of a Smile (1989)
The best movies like How Much of a Smile (1989) are The Merry Widow (1934), Music and Lyrics (2007) and The Fighting Temptations (2003). If How Much of a Smile hooked you with its comedy and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Kissing Booth 2 (2020)7.6/10 from 5,195 votes
- NewestFood Truck: Stolen Love... and Moo Deng (2025)Released 2025
The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMusic and Lyrics (2007)
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fighting Temptations (2003)
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Love You Again (1940)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLet's Make Love (1960)
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Is in the Air (2023)
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWatching the Detectives (2007)
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEasy Virtue (2008)
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Advice (2001)
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilk Stockings (1957)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat a Way to Go! (1964)
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Thrill of It All (1963)
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFalling for Christmas (2022)
An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThis Little Love of Mine (2021)
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFood Truck: Stolen Love... and Moo Deng (2025)
When a child sneaks onto their food truck looking for his father, three friends go on a wild road trip, running into police, monks — and a famous hippo.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
First Kiss (2012)
A 25 year old woman and a high school boy accidentally share a kiss on a bus. He then becomes infatuated by her even though she ignores his advances. Things hot up when her first love re-enters her life. This encourages the high school boy to try even harder to win her heart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Lued Kattiya The Musical (2021)
A stage musical depicting a forbidden love story across social classes. Follow the romance between Princess Thipdararaj Kumari and Captain Anothai amidst a war for the throne. This tale emphasizes true love that demands sacrifices to uphold the kingdom.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & music
I Love You Two (2016)
A story begins when Vivean, a gorgeous lady who believes in nothing but luck. She travelled to a shrine which was famous for asking for love but fate lead her to meet two bad boys, Jumnean and Tomorn, who is fighting to win her heart, along with bad omen that follows them like a shadow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Trouble Makers (1986)
The local chief of the village has two beautiful daughters named Fah and Fon. Vaivit, a mechanic who loves to party with lots of girls, has feelings toward Fah, but never liked Fon since the first time he saw her. Vaivit’s parents go to propose to engage Fon without knowing she is the wrong girl.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
4 Kings (2014)
Zien is a conman who makes and sells fake Buddhist amulets. His nephew Riang is a chip off the old block, with many generations of gamblers' blood running through his veins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Noodle Boxer (2006)
Sanit, a noodle chef that try to fulfilled his dream. To be a boxer. His friend Sab, an old school boxer that suffer injury at his leg. Song, a friend who's thinking that Sanit boxing career will never work out. Sit, an old school musician who teach him about step.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Riam Fighting Angel (2020)
Riam is extremely envious of her sister Ram because she is beautiful, mannered and sweet. That's making Riam even more envious and pranking her sister. But everything changed because of the arrival of the thief has capture Ram and her mother. Riam and the 'Riam Sing' gang have to go on an adventure to help her family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The First Lesson of True Love (1995)
Ranbil, a man who is afraid of love and is studying about love from a book. Including from friends around him, with Thip, a young woman who was once disappointed in love and who was Ranbil's first love, to make Ranbil test his true love lesson.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Happy Birthday (2008)
Destiny has brought Ten and Pao to meet through a story in touring book. Though they haven't seen each other yet, the letters in the book was written and sent to both of them. Until one day, when they meet by chance, the acquaintance they've made through the book begins to blossom and develop into love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Like How Much of a Smile and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like How Much of a Smile?
The closest matches to How Much of a Smile are The Merry Widow (1934), Music and Lyrics (2007) and The Fighting Temptations (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after How Much of a Smile?
Start with The Merry Widow (1934), the closest match to How Much of a Smile.
What is the highest-rated movie like How Much of a Smile?
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020), rated 7.6/10 by 5,195 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like How Much of a Smile?
Food Truck: Stolen Love... and Moo Deng (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to How Much of a Smile chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside How Much of a Smile, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.