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10 Best Movies Like State Fair

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

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#1
Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of Music & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission...

#2
Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of Music & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew....

#3
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

1934★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of Music & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country....

#4
Feel the Beat

Feel the Beat

2020★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of Music & Comedy. 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....

#5
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

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

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

#6
Les Girls

Les Girls

1957★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of Music & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative...

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