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10 Best Movies Like The Merry Widow

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

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#1
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935★ 7.4

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

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success...

#2
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words

Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words

2010★ 7.3

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

Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special...

#3
Bo Burnham: What.

Bo Burnham: What.

2013★ 7.8

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

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at po...

#4
Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

2016★ 8.0

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

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hy...

#5
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

2018★ 7.1

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

Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station....

#6
Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

1939★ 6.4

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

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and rep...

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