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10 Best Movies Like The Glenn Miller Story

If you loved The Glenn Miller Story, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing....

#2
Harvey

Harvey

1950★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) A...

#3
Escape from Mogadishu

Escape from Mogadishu

2021★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded....

#4
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to ...

#5
Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last....

#6
Dear Brigitte

Dear Brigitte

1965★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glenn Miller Story for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own....