Movies Like Midnight (1939)

Midnight is a 1939 comedy, romance film from Mitchell Leisen with a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with My Favorite Wife and The Bishop's Wife.

Comedy Romance

My Favorite Wife

1940

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

7.0

MagicScore

The Bishop's Wife

1947

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

7.1

MagicScore

2 Days in Paris

2007

Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends.

6.2

MagicScore

Love Crazy

1941

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

6.7

MagicScore

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

6.2

MagicScore

Night on Earth

1991

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

7.5

MagicScore

Cantinflas Ruletero

1940

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.

7.5

MagicScore

Taxi

2015

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

7.0

MagicScore

Tangerine

2015

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Just Remembering

2022

A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Taxi

1998

In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Under the Bombs

2007

In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

Date Night

2010

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

A Taxi Driver in New York

1987

The Roman taxi driver Pietro Marchetti finds himself to witness a mafia crime. Having to testify at the trial, he is checked by the police, especially when he has to go to the United States to attend the graduation of his son Francesco.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

Taxi Girl

1977

Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

What's Up, Doc?

1972

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

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

#18

Taxi Driver

1976

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

8.1

MagicScore

#19

A Taxi Driver

2017

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

8.0

MagicScore

#20

Collateral

2004

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Midnight?

The top films similar to Midnight by MovieMagicScore are My Favorite Wife (7.0), The Bishop's Wife (7.1), 2 Days in Paris (6.2). Each shares comedy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Midnight worth watching?

Midnight holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10 from 88 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Midnight?

Midnight (1939) is a comedy, romance film directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore.

Where can I find more recommendations like Midnight?

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 Midnight

This ranked list pairs Midnight (1939), a comedy and romance film from Mitchell Leisen, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Claudette Colbert 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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