Movies Like Footlight Parade

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

Cain and Mabel

1936·1h 30m·★ 6.3·Lloyd Bacon

2 shared crewDir. Lloyd BaconDP: George Barnes

Marked Woman

1937·1h 36m·★ 7.1·Lloyd Bacon

2 shared crewDir. Lloyd BaconDP: George Barnes

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

3 shared cast incl. Ruby Keeler & Guy KibbeeDir. Lloyd Bacon

Wonder Bar

1934·1h 24m·★ 6.4·Lloyd Bacon

4 shared cast incl. Dick Powell & Guy KibbeeDir. Lloyd Bacon

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936·1h 41m·★ 6.4·Lloyd Bacon

Both star Dick Powell & Joan BlondellDir. Lloyd BaconComedy & Music

Blonde Crazy

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Roy Del Ruth

3 shared cast incl. James Cagney & Joan Blondell

Hard to Handle

1933·1h 18m·★ 6.6·Mervyn LeRoy

3 shared cast incl. James Cagney & Ruth Donnelly

The Crowd Roars

1932·1h 25m·★ 6.2·Howard Hawks

4 shared cast incl. James Cagney & Joan Blondell

Here Comes the Navy

1934·1h 27m·★ 6.2·Lloyd Bacon

Both star James Cagney & Frank McHughDir. Lloyd Bacon

Hellzapoppin'

1941·1h 24m·★ 7.4·H. C. Potter

Fans also likedStarring Hugh HerbertMusic & Comedy

State Fair

1945·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Walter Lang

Fans also likedStarring Frank McHughMusic & Comedy

Babes in Arms

1939·1h 33m·★ 6.3·Busby Berkeley

Fans also likedStarring Guy KibbeeComedy & Music

A Hard Day's Night

1964·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Richard Lester

TMDB recommendsComedy & Music

Die Deutschmeister

1955·1h 46m·★ 6.0·Ernst Marischka

TMDB recommendsComedy & Music

The Spessart Inn

1958·1h 39m·★ 6.5·Kurt Hoffmann

TMDB recommendsComedy & Music

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Mel Stuart

TMDB recommends

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommends

Grease

1978·1h 50m·★ 7.2·Randal Kleiser

TMDB recommends

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommends

The Public Enemy

1931·1h 24m·★ 7.6·William A. Wellman

Both star James Cagney & Joan Blondell

How Good Is Footlight Parade?

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