Movies Like I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 comedy, romance, war film from Howard Hawks with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Outsourced and Persuasion.

Comedy Romance War

Outsourced

2007

After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement.

6.4

MagicScore

Persuasion

2007

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.

7.2

MagicScore

Anarkali

2015

Shanthanu, a former Navy officer arrives in the Lakshadweep islands searching for his long lost love, Nadira. As he confronts the memories of a forbidden romance and the people tied to their past, his journey becomes one of longing, redemption, and enduring love across time and distance.

5.9

MagicScore

The River

1951

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.

7.2

MagicScore

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

6.7

MagicScore

A Year of the Quiet Sun

1984

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...

6.4

MagicScore

Lymelife

2008

A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

6.1

MagicScore

9 Songs

2004

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

5.5

MagicScore

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

The Big Lift

1950

The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Annie Hall

1977

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

Starstruck

2010

Pop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's best for his career.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Love in the Afternoon

1957

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Just Friends

2019

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

While You Were Sleeping

1995

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

Red Nose Day Actually

2017

Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

50 First Dates

2004

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

2025

A playboy stages a dating show to earn his inheritance by granting his father's last wish: for his son to marry the most beautiful girl in the world.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Move Over, Darling

1963

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Taxing Love

2018

Klara, devoted to her work as a tax inspector, becomes infatuated with the dashing but irresponsible and cynical Marian who is about to be charged with tax evasion.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like I Was a Male War Bride?

The top films similar to I Was a Male War Bride by MovieMagicScore are Outsourced (6.4), Persuasion (7.2), Anarkali (5.9). Each shares comedy/romance/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is I Was a Male War Bride worth watching?

I Was a Male War Bride holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 139 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is I Was a Male War Bride?

I Was a Male War Bride (1949) is a comedy, romance, war film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall.

Where can I find more recommendations like I Was a Male War Bride?

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 I Was a Male War Bride

This ranked list pairs I Was a Male War Bride (1949), a comedy and romance and war film from Howard Hawks, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Cary Grant 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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