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If you like this romcom, watch this older (and probably better) romcom

There are 25 films in this list released in the 1940s.

I Love You Again
★★★

Both romantic comedies feature chaotic couples falling in love again after cases of amnesia. 

The Pirate
★★★½

Gene Kelly’s character, like Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, is the blueprint followed by the leading men in The Princess Bride, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tangled. Gene Kelly’s character in DuBarry Was a Lady a similar character reminiscent of Robin Hood. 

Come Live with Me
★★★★

Similar elements include green card marriage, the publishing industry, and a grandmother who helps get the couple together. 

I Married a Witch
★★★★

I Married a Witch inspired the Bewitched TV show. Bell, Book and Candle is also very similar. 

The Shop Around the Corner
★★★★★

Both are based off of the play The Parfumerie, which also inspired the MGM musical In the Good Old Summertime and the Broadway musical She Loves Me

His Girl Friday
★★★★★

A gender bent adaptation of The Front Page. Switching Channels is a direct remake.