Movies like Tickle Me (1965)
The best movies like Tickle Me (1965) are Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Kissin' Cousins (1964). If Tickle Me hooked you with its comedy and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- NewestA Cinderella Story: Starstruck (2021)Released 2021
Girl Happy (1965)
Chicago mobster Big Frank hires rock & roll singer Rusty Wells and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Spinout (1966)
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisKissin' Cousins (1964)
Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisGirls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
When he learns that his boss is retiring to Arizona, sailor Ross Carpenter has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. Meanwhile, he's also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisDouble Trouble (1967)
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a psychic tells Johnny how he can change his luck, the appearance of a new 'lady luck' soon causes a catfight with Johnny's girlfriend, Frankie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisHarum Scarum (1965)
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies' man, is traveling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest film. Upon arrival, however, he's kidnapped by a gang of assassins so impressed with his cinematic adventures that they want him to carry out an assassination for them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Clambake (1967)
The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisFun in Acapulco (1963)
Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of its owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs afoul of the rival lifeguard—also the champion diver of Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisRoustabout (1964)
After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trouble with Girls (1969)
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Speedway (1968)
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisStay Away, Joe (1968)
Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, then the government will help all the Navajo people. But Joe's friend, Bronc Hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both western & music
Oklahoma! (1955)
There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both western & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEasy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Navy frogman Ted Jackson balances his time between twin careers as a deep-sea diver and nightclub singer. During a dive, Ted spots sunken treasure and returns with the hope to retrieve it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisG.I. Blues (1960)
Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open a nightclub once he's discharged. Although he may lack the capital for such a venture, a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager. Local dancer Lili is a notorious ice queen, and Tulsa bets everything he has that a friend of his can earn her affections. But when the friend is dispatched to Alaska, it's up to Tulsa to melt Lili's heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKid Galahad (1962)
After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Double Dynamite (1951)
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Change of Habit (1969)
Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would be poorly received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes clear that romance and flying don't always mix.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnnie Get Your Gun (1950)
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Me Tender (1956)
After the Civil War, Confederate soldiers Clint and Vance Reno steal a Union payroll, leading to conflict when the younger marries the woman his older brother loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFollow That Dream (1962)
When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He, his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElvis and Me (1988)
Priscilla remembers her life and her relationship with Elvis Presley since she was 14 years old. When she moves to Graceland, she feels like a princess. But her lover, the world-famous musician Elvis Presley, is rarely at home and increasingly resorts to drugs. Nevertheless, she decides to marry Elvis. After a while, the fairy tale slowly turns into a nightmare and the two seem to become estranged.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & music
The Electric Horseman (1979)
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Cinderella Story: Starstruck (2021)
Finley Tremaine, a small-town farm girl, longs to spread her wings and soar as an aspiring performer. When a Hollywood film crew arrives in her sleepy town, she is determined to land a role in the production and capture the attention of handsome lead actor Jackson Stone. Unfortunately, a botched audition forces her to change course. Now, disguised as cowboy “Huck,” Finley finally gets her big break. But can she keep the charade a secret from everyone, including her evil stepmother and devious step-siblings?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoin' South (1978)
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Tickle Me?
The closest matches to Tickle Me are Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Kissin' Cousins (1964). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Tickle Me?
People who watched Tickle Me most often go on to Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Kissin' Cousins (1964).
What is the newest movie like Tickle Me?
A Cinderella Story: Starstruck (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Tickle Me?
Yes: Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Kissin' Cousins (1964).
How are movies similar to Tickle Me chosen?
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