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Ranked by tone match
Movies like Modern Times (1936)
4 films to watch after Modern Times, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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City Lights (1931)
Fit 75%Shares Comedy, Drama and Romance with Modern Times.
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
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2The Kid (1921)
Fit 69%Shares Comedy and Drama with Modern Times.
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
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3Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Fit 46%Shares Comedy and Romance with Modern Times.
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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4You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Fit 43%Shares Comedy and Romance with Modern Times.
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
