Movies Like Female

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

Working Girl

1988·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Mike Nichols

Themes: working woman, career womanTMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

The Keyhole

1933·1h 9m·★ 6.4·Michael Curtiz

Both star George Brent & Ferdinand GottschalkDir. Michael CurtizComedy & Romance

Lilly Turner

1933·1h 5m·★ 6.4·William A. Wellman

3 shared cast incl. Ruth Chatterton & George Brent

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsStarring George BrentComedy & Romance

The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

Frisco Jenny

1933·1h 11m·★ 6.8·William A. Wellman

DP: Sidney HickoxStarring Ruth Chatterton

Jimmy the Gent

1934·1h 7m·★ 6.6·Michael Curtiz

Starring Phillip ReedDir. Michael CurtizComedy & Romance

Front Page Woman

1935·1h 22m·★ 6.5·Michael Curtiz

Starring George BrentDir. Michael CurtizComedy & Romance

This Is the Army

1943·2h 1m·★ 5.8·Michael Curtiz

Starring Ruth DonnellyDir. Michael CurtizComedy & Romance

The Kissing Booth 2

2020·2h 12m·★ 5.7·Vince Marcello

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Mel Stuart

TMDB recommends

The Thin Man

1934·1h 31m·★ 7.9·W.S. Van Dyke

TMDB recommends

Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

TMDB recommends

Operation Petticoat

1959·2h 4m·★ 7.2·Blake Edwards

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

I Love You Again

1940·1h 39m·★ 7.4·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

TMDB recommends

The Secret Life of Words

2005·1h 55m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

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Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

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How Good Is Female?

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