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Movies like What a Team! (1957)

The best movies like What a Team! (1957) are Sneakerella (2022), The Big Store (1941) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945). If What a Team! hooked you with its music and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Sneakerella (2022)

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his best friend and a sprinkle of Fairy Godfather magic, El finds the courage to use his talent to pursue his dream of becoming a ‘legit’ sneaker designer in the industry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & comedy

  2. The Big Store (1941)

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  3. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

    The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & comedy

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  4. Guava Island (2019)

    Deni Maroon, a musician and dock worker is determined to pull off a music festival against the interests of the local factory owner.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  5. 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  6. Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)

    Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  7. Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)

    Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  8. A Day at the Races (1937)

    Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of the sanitarium, isn't really a doctor, he's a veterinarian.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  9. Love Happy (1949)

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

  10. It Boy (2013)

    38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. One Night at McCool's (2001)

    On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots dead, later persuading Randy to take the rap for her. But this isn't the end of it, as both Randy's cousin Carl and the detective assigned to the murder case also fall for Jewel's charms and find themselves caught up in the ensuing events. It seems that any man who meets Jewel falls instantly in love with her, and she's going to use this fully to her own advantage, leaving a trail of havoc in her wake. It also seems that she is going to get away with it - that is, until Randy decides to hire a hitman...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  12. The Brats (2013)

    Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Thunderstruck (2012)

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. The Patsy (1964)

    Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Parade (1974)

    The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  16. Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. Copacabana (2010)

    Babou seems to be able to shrug off anything. Real jobs, husbands, responsibilities, who needs them? But when she finds out that her own daughter is too ashamed of her to invite her to her wedding, she decides to make some changes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. Themroc (1973)

    Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. Nuit d'ivresse (1986)

    Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up with his girlfriend, the two of them get drunker together, going across Paris in search of more alcohol and adventure.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)

    Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  21. Let's Get Lost (2020)

    Ozzy, beset on all sides by the eccentricities of the artists around her, meets Jack, a city-dwelling forest sprite jazz singer. Together, they escape Dante's, the jazz club Ozzy manages, and losing herself, Ozzy finds something else.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & music

  22. Miroslav Vitouš – jazzová legenda (2017)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  23. Daybreak Express (1957)

    Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

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  24. Trilok Gurtu Trio at Nord Sea Jazz Festival (2004)

    The musical traditions of the eastern and western worlds are bridged through the improvisations of Bombay, India-born percussionist/vocalist Trilok Gurtu. Gurtu’s mastery of post-bop jazz has not gone unnoticed. Downbeat magazine named him “best percussionist” in three critic and popularity polls and proclaimed, “musically, the world is his stage”. Jazz magazine, Straight No Chaser took a similar view, writing, “this music has a transcendental quality and removes any obstacles that lie between western and eastern improvised music.” Gurtu’s eclectic approach has enabled him to collaborate with most of the world’s greatest musicians. Tracklist 01. Jhuleal 02. Peace of five elements 03. Africa con India 04. Pasana’s Love 05. Dance with my lover 06. God rhythm

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  25. Joe Zawinul & WDR Big Band - Leverkusener Jazztage (2005)

    Zawinul is onstage with the WDR Big Band from Germany and a special international rhythm section. The music is a tribute to the pioneering 1970s fusion collective Weather Report, originally with Wayne Shorter on sax, Zawinul on keys, and later Jaco Pastorius on bass (among other personnel). Zawinul and the WDR play "Brown Street" and "Carnavalito." Arranger Vince Mendoza re-imagines this colorful, small-group music for Europe's longest-lived jazz orchestra. And they can play!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  26. Al Jarreau at AVO Session Basel (2004)

    Tracklist: 1. Route 66 2. Medley: - Save Me - My Old Friend - Trouble In Paradise 3. Distracted 4. Wait For The Magic 5. Mornin' 6. Take Five 7. Lost And Found 8. Midnight Sun 9. Medley: - Step By Step - Breakin' Away - I Will Be Here For You (Nitakungodea Milele) 10. Boogie Down

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  27. Body and Soul: An American Bridge (2017)

    A documentary about the jazz standard and it's roots in Jewish and African-American culture/

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  28. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals à Jazz à Vienne (2025)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  29. Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In '58 (2006)

    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers features what many consider to be one of the fi nest line-ups in the history of jazz—Bobby Timmons (Piano), Jymie Merritt (Bass), Benny Golson (Sax) and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan. Lost for nearly 50 years, this historic 55 minute concert, fi lmed in Belgium in 1958, one month to the day after they recorded their masterpiece Moanin,’ is the only known visual document of this infl uential band who were together for only six months.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  30. Oscar Peterson Trio: The Stuttgart Concert (2011)

    The concert held at the ZDF JazzClub in Stuttgart in 1988 was played by Oscar Peterson together with the drummer Kenny Drew and the double bass player Dave Young. Their collaboration had begun in 1974. For Drew, who was British, it lasted until 2004, while the Canadian Young was a regular member of Peterson's trio for 25 years. Jazz classics, including a medley with five compositions from Duke Ellington's repertoire, form the core of the concert.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like What a Team!?

The closest matches to What a Team! are Sneakerella (2022), The Big Store (1941) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after What a Team!?

Start with Sneakerella (2022), the closest match to What a Team!.

What is the highest-rated movie like What a Team!?

Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016), rated 8.0/10 by 459 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like What a Team!?

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals à Jazz à Vienne (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like What a Team!?

Yes: It Boy (2013), The Brats (2013) and Parade (1974).

How are movies similar to What a Team! chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside What a Team!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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