Movies like In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
The best movies like In the Good Old Summertime (1949) are Bathing Beauty (1944), April in Paris (1952) and Three Little Words (1950). If In the Good Old Summertime 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 Band Wagon (1953)7.2/10 from 260 votes
- NewestMusic and Lyrics (2007)Released 2007
Bathing Beauty (1944)
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
April in Paris (1952)
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Three Little Words (1950)
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry his former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their professional relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Harvey Girls (1946)
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisState Fair (1945)
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEaster Parade (1948)
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTake Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGood News (1947)
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Lady Be Good (1941)
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
White Christmas (1954)
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHellzapoppin' (1941)
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPresenting Lily Mars (1943)
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
An American in Paris (1951)
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFunny Face (1957)
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHigh Society (1956)
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMeet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
A Song Is Born (1948)
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 Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou'll Never Get Rich (1941)
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Date with Judy (1948)
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
The Gang's All Here (1943)
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBroadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Clock (1945)
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWonder Man (1945)
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · 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 thisLes Girls (1957)
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like In the Good Old Summertime?
The closest matches to In the Good Old Summertime are Bathing Beauty (1944), April in Paris (1952) and Three Little Words (1950). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after In the Good Old Summertime?
People who watched In the Good Old Summertime most often go on to Bathing Beauty (1944), April in Paris (1952) and Three Little Words (1950).
What is the highest-rated movie like In the Good Old Summertime?
The Band Wagon (1953), rated 7.2/10 by 260 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like In the Good Old Summertime?
Music and Lyrics (2007) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like In the Good Old Summertime?
Yes: Bathing Beauty (1944), April in Paris (1952) and Three Little Words (1950).
How are movies similar to In the Good Old Summertime chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside In the Good Old Summertime, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.