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10 Best Movies Like My Man Godfrey

If you loved My Man Godfrey, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Call

The Call

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Case...

#2
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene...

#3
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Man Godfrey for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and ...