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10 Best Movies Like 42nd Street

If you loved 42nd Street, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

1977★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor....

#2
Feel the Beat

Feel the Beat

2020★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition....

#3
Morning Glory

Morning Glory

1933★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an e...

#4
Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle

1940★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval....

#5
Stage Door

Stage Door

1937★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicis...

#6
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

2004★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 42nd Street for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single f...

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