Movies Like Duck Soup

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

Horse Feathers

1932·1h 8m·★ 7.5·Norman Z. McLeod

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo MarxThemes: widow, pre-code, black and white

The Cocoanuts

1929·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Robert Florey

5 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo MarxThemes: slapstick comedy, pre-code, black and white

Six of a Kind

1934·1h 2m·★ 6.7·Leo McCarey

2 shared crewDir. Leo McCareyDP: Henry Sharp

Monkey Business

1931·1h 17m·★ 7.4·Norman Z. McLeod

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo MarxThemes: pre-code, black and white

Animal Crackers

1930·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Victor Heerman

5 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo MarxThemes: pre-code, black and white

The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

Themes: dictator, fictitious country, black and whiteFans also likedComedy & War

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

Themes: widow, pre-code, black and whiteTMDB recommends

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

Themes: pre-code, black and whiteTMDB recommends

A Night at the Opera

1935·1h 31m·★ 7.8·Sam Wood

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

A Day at the Races

1937·1h 49m·★ 7.5·Sam Wood

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

A Night in Casablanca

1946·1h 25m·★ 6.9·Archie Mayo

3 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo Marx

Room Service

1938·1h 18m·★ 6.6·William A. Seiter

3 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

Go West

1940·1h 20m·★ 6.8·Edward Buzzell

3 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

At the Circus

1939·1h 27m·★ 6.8·Edward Buzzell

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018·1h 28m·★ 6.2·David Kerr

Themes: slapstick comedy, spyFans also liked

The Big Store

1941·1h 23m·★ 6.5·Charles Reisner

4 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Chico Marx

Love Happy

1949·1h 25m·★ 5.8·David Miller

3 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo Marx

The Story of Mankind

1957·1h 40m·★ 4.8·Irwin Allen

3 shared cast incl. Groucho Marx & Harpo Marx

Madagascar

2005·1h 26m·★ 6.9·Eric Darnell

Themes: witty, slapstick comedy

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023·2h 44m·★ 7.6·Christopher McQuarrie

Themes: witty, spy

How Good Is Duck Soup?

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