Movies Like The Big Pond

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

The Smiling Lieutenant

1931·1h 29m·★ 7.1·Ernst Lubitsch

3 shared cast incl. Maurice Chevalier & Claudette ColbertDP: George J. FolseyComedy & Romance

The Merry Widow

1934·1h 39m·★ 7.1·Ernst Lubitsch

Both star Maurice Chevalier & George BarbierFans also likedComedy & Romance

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsStarring Claudette ColbertComedy & Romance

The Thin Man

1934·1h 31m·★ 7.9·W.S. Van Dyke

TMDB recommendsStarring Nat Pendleton

The Lady Eve

1941·1h 37m·★ 7.7·Preston Sturges

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Sharon Maguire

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

Chances Are

1989·1h 48m·★ 6.5·Emile Ardolino

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

One Hour with You

1932·1h 20m·★ 7.0·Ernst Lubitsch

Both star Maurice Chevalier & George BarbierComedy & Romance

Rumor Has It...

2005·1h 37m·★ 5.5·Rob Reiner

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.0·Ihtzi Hurtado

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Love Don't Co$t a Thing

2003·1h 40m·★ 5.3·Troy Byer

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

Beauty and the Beast

1946·1h 36m·★ 7.9·Jean Cocteau

TMDB recommends

Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

TMDB recommends

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

TMDB recommends

What a Way to Go!

1964·1h 51m·★ 6.9·J. Lee Thompson

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommends

Long Weekend

2021·1h 31m·★ 6.2·Stephen Basilone

Fans also likedRomance & Comedy

Hook

1991·2h 22m·★ 6.8·Steven Spielberg

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