Movies Like Desk Set

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

State Fair

1945·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

Moon Over Miami

1941·1h 31m·★ 6.7·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

Call Me Madam

1953·1h 56m·★ 6.8·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

On the Riviera

1951·1h 29m·★ 6.3·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

The King and I

1956·2h 13m·★ 7.4·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954·1h 58m·★ 6.4·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

With a Song in My Heart

1952·1h 57m·★ 6.7·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

Snow White and the Three Stooges

1961·1h 47m·★ 5.3·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

Tin Pan Alley

1940·1h 34m·★ 6.3·Walter Lang

2 shared crewDir. Walter LangDP: Leon Shamroy

What a Way to Go!

1964·1h 51m·★ 6.9·J. Lee Thompson

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Teacher's Pet

1958·2h·★ 7.1·George Seaton

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Love Actually

2003·2h 15m·★ 7.5·Richard Curtis

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Woman of the Year

1942·1h 54m·★ 7.1·George Stevens

Both star Spencer Tracy & Katharine HepburnComedy & Romance

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941·1h 35m·★ 6.3·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

His Private Secretary

1933·1h·★ 5.5·Phil Whitman

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

Brazil

1985·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Terry Gilliam

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Home Office: Un Especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez

2020·56m·★ 5.6·Chava Cartas

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The Kissing Booth 2

2020·2h 12m·★ 5.7·Vince Marcello

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967·1h 48m·★ 7.8·Stanley Kramer

Both star Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn

How Good Is Desk Set?

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