Movies Like Rio Rita

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

Grand Central Murder

1942·1h 13m·★ 6.5·S. Sylvan Simon

2 shared crewBoth star Patricia Dane & Tom ConwayDir. S. Sylvan Simon

The Cocoanuts

1929·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Robert Florey

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1945·1h 23m·★ 6.3·S. Sylvan Simon

Both star Bud Abbott & Lou CostelloDir. S. Sylvan Simon

Animal Crackers

1930·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Victor Heerman

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The Producers

2005·2h 14m·★ 6.4·Susan Stroman

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1964·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Richard Lester

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In the Navy

1941·1h 26m·★ 6.7·Arthur Lubin

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In Society

1944·1h 15m·★ 6.6·Jean Yarbrough

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Jack and the Beanstalk

1952·1h 18m·★ 5.8·Jean Yarbrough

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One Night in the Tropics

1940·1h 22m·★ 6.3·A. Edward Sutherland

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Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

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Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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2011·1h 33m·★ 7.4·Andreas Baum

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2015·32m·★ 7.9·David Sandberg

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Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

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Grease

1978·1h 50m·★ 7.2·Randal Kleiser

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Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

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Hellzapoppin'

1941·1h 24m·★ 7.4·H. C. Potter

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Murder at the Gallop

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How Good Is Rio Rita?

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