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My Favorite Wife

Movies Like My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Wife is a 1940 comedy, romance film from Garson Kanin with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Move Over, Darling and The Palm Beach Story.

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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.

The Palm Beach Story poster

The Palm Beach Story

1942

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Midnight poster

Midnight

1939

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

Cast Away poster

Cast Away

2000

Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

The Bigamist poster

The Bigamist

1953

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

The Philadelphia Story poster

The Philadelphia Story

1940

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

His Girl Friday poster

His Girl Friday

1940

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

The Awful Truth poster

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.

Bluebeard's 8th Wife poster

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

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Woman of the Year

1942

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

High Society poster

High Society

1956

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

Love Crazy poster

Love Crazy

1941

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

That Uncertain Feeling poster

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

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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.

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Phffft

1954

Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.

Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty

2003

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

The Divorce of Lady X poster

The Divorce of Lady X

1938

A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.

We're Not Married! poster

We're Not Married!

1952

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.

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The Admirable Crichton

1957

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.

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The Mayor of Hell

1933

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like My Favorite Wife?

The top films similar to My Favorite Wife by MovieMagicScore are Move Over, Darling (6.7), The Palm Beach Story (7.0), Midnight (7.3). Each shares comedy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is My Favorite Wife worth watching?

My Favorite Wife holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 164 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is My Favorite Wife?

My Favorite Wife (1940) is a comedy, romance film directed by Garson Kanin, starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Gail Patrick.

Where can I find more recommendations like My Favorite Wife?

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 My Favorite Wife

This ranked list pairs My Favorite Wife (1940), a comedy and romance film from Garson Kanin, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Irene Dunne 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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