Movies Like It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

It Happened Tomorrow is a 1944 comedy, fantasy, romance film from René Clair with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Scoop and Living It Up.

Comedy Fantasy Romance

Scoop

2006

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

6.6

MagicScore

Living It Up

1954

Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris (Martin), diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A reporter for a New York newspaper, hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor, to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.

6.4

MagicScore

The Big Chill

1983

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

6.8

MagicScore

The Queen

2006

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.

7.0

MagicScore

Groundhog Day

1993

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

7.6

MagicScore

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

7.4

MagicScore

Fireworks

2017

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

6.6

MagicScore

Alienoid

2022

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

6.8

MagicScore

Alienoid: Return to the Future

2024

Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Motorama

1991

A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Needle in a Timestack

2021

Nick and Janine live in bliss until her ex warps time to try to tear them apart by using Nick's old girlfriend. As Nick's memories and reality disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice to save -- or let go of -- everything he loves.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Interstellar

2014

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

8.5

MagicScore

#13

Primitive War

2025

During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Stay

2005

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Old

2021

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Time Trap

2018

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Beyond the Time Barrier

1960

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people suspect he is a spy from outside their walls, but who want to keep him to procreate with the ruler's daughter because the majority of the inhabitants are sterile.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

G.I. Samurai

1979

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Millennium

1989

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

5.3

MagicScore

#20

Time Loop

2020

In a pastoral Italian village, a young Londoner scientist helping his father with physics experiments, has to face the consequences of choices he hasn't made yet.

4.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like It Happened Tomorrow?

The top films similar to It Happened Tomorrow by MovieMagicScore are Scoop (6.6), Living It Up (6.4), The Big Chill (6.8). Each shares comedy/fantasy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is It Happened Tomorrow worth watching?

It Happened Tomorrow holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 64 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is It Happened Tomorrow?

It Happened Tomorrow (1944) is a comedy, fantasy, romance film directed by René Clair, starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie.

Where can I find more recommendations like It Happened Tomorrow?

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About movies like It Happened Tomorrow

This ranked list pairs It Happened Tomorrow (1944), a comedy and fantasy and romance film from René Clair, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dick Powell 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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