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1	Auntie Mame (1958) more movies like this directed by Morton Da Costa featuring Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Roger Smith Auntie Mame began as a novel by Patrick Dennis (aka Ed Fitzgerald), then was adapted into a long-running Broadway play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. This 1958 film version permits Rosalind Russell to recreate her stage role as Mame Dennis, the flamboyant, devil-may-care aunt of young, impressionable Patrick Dennis. Left in Mame's care when ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $15.05!
2	Sabrina (1954) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams Billy Wilder directs the lighthearted romantic comedy Sabrina, based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor. Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the simple, naïve daughter of a chauffeur, Thomas Fairchild (John Williams). They live on an estate with the wealthy Oliver Larrabee (Walter Hampden) and his two sons: workaholic older brother Linus (Humphrey ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.50!
3	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) more movies like this directed by Blake Edwards featuring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship. Maintaining a childlike ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00!
4	The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) more movies like this directed by Wes Anderson featuring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional family reunion. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful attorney who had three children with his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston), an archaeologist. Each of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.14!
5	The Philadelphia Story (1940) more movies like this directed by George Cukor featuring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard We open on Philadelphia socialite C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) as he's being tossed out of his palatial home by his wife, Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn). Adding insult to injury, Tracy breaks one of C.K.'s precious golf clubs. He gallantly responds by knocking her down on her million-dollar keester. A couple of years after the breakup, Tracy is ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.99!
6	Sabrina (1995) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, John Wood, Nancy Marchand A remake of a 1954 Billy Wilder romance, this updated version of the play Sabrina Fair was directed by Sydney Pollack. Julia Ormond stars as Sabrina Fairchild, the daughter of a kindly chauffeur (John Wood) at the Long Island estate of the upper-crust Larrabee family. Sabrina has grown up enchanted from afar with the Larrabees' sparkling world of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
7	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) more movies like this directed by Mike Newell featuring Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah This acclaimed British comedy centers on the intermittent romance between a charming (if slightly bumbling) Englishman and a beautiful American woman, who seem to always run into each other at weddings. Indeed, it is at the first of the title's four weddings that Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie McDowell) meet, enjoying a brief but fleeting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70!
8	Intolerable Cruelty (2003) more movies like this directed by Joel Coen featuring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann Joel and Ethan Coen take on the classic battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy with Intolerable Cruelty. George Clooney plays Miles Massey, a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis . While representing wealthy client Rex Rexroth (Edward Herrmann), Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.21!
9	High Society (1956) more movies like this directed by Charles Walters featuring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund High Society is a glossy Technicolor-and-VistaVision musical remake of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story (1940), decked out with million-watt star power and a Cole Porter score. Set amongst the rich and famous in Newport, RI, the story revolves around the wedding plans of socialite Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly). Tracy is all set to marry stuffy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00!
10	Annie Hall (1977) more movies like this directed by Woody Allen featuring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon Woody Allen's romantic comedy of the Me Decade follows the up and down relationship of two mismatched New York neurotics. Jewish comedy writer Alvy Singer (Allen) ponders the modern quest for love and his past romance with tightly-wound WASP singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton, née Diane Hall). The twice-divorced Alvy knows that it's not easy to find ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $7.95!
11 view cover	Indiscreet (1958) more movies like this directed by Stanley Donen featuring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff Adapted by Norman Krasna from his play Kind Sir, Indiscreet stars Ingrid Bergman as a wealthy actress and Cary Grant as an international financial wizard. While Grant is visiting London, Bergman's sister Phyllis Calvert and brother-in-law Cecil Parker introduce Grant to Bergman. Because he feels he has no time for marriage, Grant pretends to be ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.82!
12 view cover	Manhattan (1979) more movies like this directed by Woody Allen featuring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as Isaac Davis, a TV comedy writer sick of the pap he is forced to churn out and harboring dreams of being the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.85!
13 view cover	The Women (1939) more movies like this directed by George Cukor featuring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard Based on the Clare Booth Luce play of the same name, this MGM comedy is justly famous for its all-female cast and deft direction by George Cukor. The plot centers on a group of gossipy high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily wedded Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) finds her marriage in ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $15.48!
14 view cover	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) more movies like this directed by Woody Allen featuring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow A Woody Allen Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah (Mia Farrow) regularly meets with her sisters Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) to discuss the week's events. It's what they don't always tell each other that forms the film's various subplots. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49!
15 view cover	Adam's Rib (1949) more movies like this directed by George Cukor featuring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, Adam's Rib is a peerless comedy predicated on the double standard. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play Adam and Amanda Bonner, a husband-and-wife attorney team, both drawn to a case of attempted murder. The defendant (Judy Holliday) had tearfully attempted to shoot her husband (Tom Ewell) and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99!
16 view cover	Father of the Bride (1950) more movies like this directed by Vincente Minnelli featuring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke Spencer Tracy received an Oscar nomination for his performance in this classic comedy. Stanley T. Banks (Tracy) is a securely middle-class lawyer whose daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) announces that she's going to marry her beau Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor). From that point on, everything in Stanley's life is turned upside down. His wife Ellie ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95!
17 view cover	L.A. Story (1991) more movies like this directed by Mick Jackson featuring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearted television weatherman who does wacky comedy in lieu of reports since, being in L.A., he has very little weather to report. He spends his time roller-skating through museums and spending time with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
18 view cover	The Shop Around the Corner (1940) more movies like this directed by Ernst Lubitsch featuring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden The Shop Around the Corner is adapted from the Hungarian play by Nikolaus (Miklos) Laszlo. Budapest gift-shop clerk Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and newly hired shopgirl Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) hate each other almost at first sight. Kralik would prefer the company of the woman with whom he is corresponding by mail but has never met. Novak ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $12.99!
19 view cover	An Ideal Husband (1999) more movies like this directed by Oliver Parker featuring Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver A romantic and sentimental comedy set at the turn of the 19th century, An Ideal Husband delves into themes of love, passion, and betrayal among the aristocracy. Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam), a brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman, is the ideal husband for the charming Lady Chiltern (Cate Blanchett). They have a widely envied ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99!
20 view cover	Six Degrees of Separation (1993) more movies like this directed by Fred Schepisi featuring Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen, Mary Beth Hurt Two socialites find their view of the world changed when a young man takes advantage of their preconceptions in this thoughtful comedy-drama. Flan and Ouisa Kittredge (Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing) are a married couple who have built highly successful careers as art dealers catering to Manhattan's upper crust. The Kittredges are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.91!
21 view cover	Holiday (1938) more movies like this directed by George Cukor featuring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton Both film versions of Phillip Barry's stage comedy Holiday have their merits, but the 1938 version has the added advantage of supercharged star power. Katharine Hepburn and Doris Nolan play Linda and Julia Seton, two daughters of a very well-to-do family. Linda feels a bit lost in the shuffle as sister Julia prepares to marry self-made financier ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $15.65!
22 view cover	The Grass Is Greener (1961) more movies like this directed by Stanley Donen featuring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson A rousing chorus of Noël Coward's "Stately Homes of England" is heard as the opening titles of The Grass Is Greener fade into several stock shots of those stately homes. One of these mansions is owned by British earl Victor Rhyall (Cary Grant), who opens his home to American tourists in order to make ends meet. One such tourist is wealthy Texan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.82!
23 view cover	The Awful Truth (1937) more movies like this directed by Leo McCarey featuring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Robert (Tex) Allen, Cecil Cunningham, Mary Forbes, Alex D'Arcy Leo McCarey directed this classic screwball comedy in which Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a couple whose marriage is starting to fall apart. Jerry informs Lucy that he's taking a vacation alone in Florida; instead, he holes up with his buddies and plays poker for a week (while sitting under a sun lamp so he'll have an ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $15.80!
24 view cover	My Man Godfrey (1936) more movies like this directed by Gregory La Cava featuring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette One of the landmark "screwball" comedies of the 1930s, My Man Godfrey offers the radiant Carole Lombard in her definitive performance as flighty young heiress Irene Bullock, who on a society scavenger hunt stumbles on Godfrey (William Powell), an erudite hobo residing in the city dump. Godfrey becomes the family's butler, much to the dismay of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32!
25 view cover	A Good Woman (2006) more movies like this directed by Mike Barker featuring Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers One of Oscar Wilde's most popular plays is given a new screen interpretation in this period comedy. In New York in the early '30s, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) is a widow who lives comfortably through the largesse of several married men, and when she runs out of wealthy suitors in Manhattan, she decides to find greener pastures among the wealthy ... see all copies from $3.52! new only from $6.99!

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