Movies Like No Time for Comedy

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

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941·1h 32m·★ 6.9·William Keighley

2 shared crewDir. William KeighleyDP: Ernest Haller

George Washington Slept Here

1942·1h 33m·★ 6.8·William Keighley

2 shared crewDir. William KeighleyDP: Ernest Haller

Journal of a Crime

1934·1h 5m·★ 6.1·William Keighley

2 shared crewDir. William KeighleyDP: Ernest Haller

All About Eve

1950·2h 19m·★ 8.2·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Themes: homewrecker, broadway, playwrightFans also liked

Bullets Over Broadway

1994·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Woody Allen

Themes: broadway, playwrightFans also liked

Somewhere in Time

1980·1h 43m·★ 7.2·Jeannot Szwarc

Themes: stage actress, playwrightDrama & Romance

Bed and Board

1970·1h 37m·★ 7.4·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama & Romance

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama & Romance

Singin' in the Rain

1952·1h 43m·★ 8.3·Stanley Donen

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

The King of Comedy

1982·1h 49m·★ 7.8·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005·2h·★ 6.5·Doug Liman

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

The Map That Leads to You

2025·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Lasse Hallström

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Lili Marleen

1981·2h·★ 7.1·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Brad's Status

2017·1h 41m·★ 6.5·Mike White

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Ma Belle, My Beauty

2021·1h 36m·★ 5.4·Marion Hill

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Funny Girl

1968·2h 35m·★ 7.4·William Wyler

Fans also likedComedy & Drama & Romance

The Proposal

2009·1h 48m·★ 6.8·Anne Fletcher

Fans also likedComedy & Romance & Drama

The Goodbye Girl

1977·1h 51m·★ 7.4·Herbert Ross

Fans also likedComedy & Drama & Romance

Twelfth Night

1996·2h 14m·★ 7.1·Trevor Nunn

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy & Romance

Hitch

2005·1h 58m·★ 6.6·Andy Tennant

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How Good Is No Time for Comedy?

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