Movies like On Moonlight Bay (1951)
The best movies like On Moonlight Bay (1951) are By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), Pollyanna (1960) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). If On Moonlight Bay hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Music Man (1962)7.1/10 from 206 votes
- NewestHoliday Harmony (2022)Released 2022
- Same seriesBy the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)Penrod
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Why it matches: Same series: Penrod · both comedy & music
Pollyanna (1960)
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMeet Me in St. Louis (1944)
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOur Town (1940)
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
To Each His Own (1946)
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Summer Magic (1963)
Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlease Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife with Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoom for One More (1952)
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWith Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngels in the Outfield (1951)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSummer Holiday (1948)
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
A 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
Presenting 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
Bundle of Joy (1956)
Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' son. After getting fired from her job, she finds an adorable baby on the steps of the foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Fisher, well-meaning, but obtuse, tries to help her out with the baby, and the buds of romance begin to appear. Meanwhile old Merlin, the owner of the store, thinks he just might be a grandfather...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoberta (1935)
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFather's Little Dividend (1951)
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouseboat (1958)
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThousands Cheer (1943)
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Take 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 thisThe Little Colonel (1935)
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
The Music Man (1962)
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pirate (1948)
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoliday Harmony (2022)
A likeable and talented underdog gets momentarily sidelined from chasing her musical dreams when her van breaks down in a welcoming small town just before Christmas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarry Me (2022)
After finding out about her fiancé's cheating ways, a pop superstar impulsively marries a total stranger. They must soon decide if two people from such different worlds can find true love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad to Singapore (1940)
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like On Moonlight Bay?
The closest matches to On Moonlight Bay are By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), Pollyanna (1960) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after On Moonlight Bay?
People who watched On Moonlight Bay most often go on to Pollyanna (1960), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Our Town (1940).
What is the highest-rated movie like On Moonlight Bay?
The Music Man (1962), rated 7.1/10 by 206 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like On Moonlight Bay?
Holiday Harmony (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Is On Moonlight Bay part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Penrod, which includes By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
Are there English movies like On Moonlight Bay?
Yes: By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), Pollyanna (1960) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
How are movies similar to On Moonlight Bay chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside On Moonlight Bay, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.