Movies Like The Seven Year Itch (1955)

The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 comedy, romance film from Billy Wilder with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with In the Mood for Love and A House Divided.

Comedy Romance

In the Mood for Love

2000

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

8.1

MagicScore

A House Divided

1913

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

5.8

MagicScore

Game Night

2018

Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

6.8

MagicScore

Terms of Endearment

1983

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

7.1

MagicScore

The Sitter

2011

Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.

5.6

MagicScore

Bed and Board

1970

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.

7.1

MagicScore

Happily

2021

Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.

5.8

MagicScore

Swimming Pool

2003

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

6.5

MagicScore

In the Land of Women

2007

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

'Til There Was You

1997

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

3.9

MagicScore

#11

The Dilemma

2011

Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really launch their company. Then Ronny spots Nick's wife out with another man, and in the process of investigating the possible affair, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. As the presentation nears, Ronny agonizes over what might happen if the truth gets out.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Manhattan

1979

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

7.7

MagicScore

#13

Bread and Tulips

2000

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

America's Sweethearts

2001

In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Lovers

2017

The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.

5.4

MagicScore

#16

35 and Ticking

2011

Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon, and Phil are all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Zenobia is still looking for a man, Victoria is married to a man who doesn't want children. Cleavon, meanwhile, is too geeky to get a woman, and Phil is already married with children, but his wife is not very interested in being a mother. All four of them try to rectify their romantic lives and futures while their biological clocks tick away.

5.4

MagicScore

#17

Feast of Love

2007

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

The Tin Drum

1979

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

The Awful Truth

1937

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Seven Year Itch?

The top films similar to The Seven Year Itch by MovieMagicScore are In the Mood for Love (8.1), A House Divided (5.8), Game Night (6.8). Each shares comedy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Seven Year Itch worth watching?

The Seven Year Itch holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 940 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Seven Year Itch?

The Seven Year Itch (1955) is a comedy, romance film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Seven Year Itch?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Seven Year Itch

This ranked list pairs The Seven Year Itch (1955), a comedy and romance film from Billy Wilder, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Marilyn Monroe take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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