Top 20 movies like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is of 2 hour(s) and 9 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1939-10-19. It has the tagline: Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America! It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyDrama

1. The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.

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2. You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

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.

It has an average vote of 7.474 on TMDB.

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3. The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

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.

It has an average vote of 7.618 on TMDB.

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4. Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

It has an average vote of 7.825 on TMDB.

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5. Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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6. The Easy Way Out (L'Art de la fugue)

The Easy Way Out

Patrick, a travel agent in his early 30s, lives with Arthur, an immigration lawyer; but for a long time, Patrick has been sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of their bedroom. His younger brother, Tony, plans to marry his high school sweetheart but is having an affair that is far more satisfying than his relationship with his fiancee. Their older brother, Ryan, is divorced, living at home and working at his parents’ hopelessly unprofitable men’s clothing store. And McCauley soon makes achingly clear that the parents’ marriage is far from happy.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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7. Stage Door

Stage Door

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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8. Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

It has an average vote of 7.247 on TMDB.

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9. The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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10. A Midnight Clear

A Midnight Clear

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.

It has an average vote of 6.462 on TMDB.

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11. Under the Cherry Moon

Under the Cherry Moon

Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky has Christopher Tracy talked into romancing her for her money, but in getting to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the brothers, and Tricky tells about the plan.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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12. The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

It has an average vote of 6.923 on TMDB.

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13. Jungle Book

Jungle Book

Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.

It has an average vote of 6.265 on TMDB.

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14. Left Behind: World at War

Left Behind: World at War

A year and a half ago the world was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation, hundreds of millions of people simply vanished off the face of the earth. The world was in chaos like it had never been before. Yet somehow one man seemed to rise to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was NICOLAE CARPATHIA. He now rules the entire world.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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15. Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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16. Gaslight

Gaslight

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

It has an average vote of 7.121 on TMDB.

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17. Planet of the Erotic Ape

Planet of the Erotic Ape

A mad scientist creates a device that transports him to a world where women rule. They keep all the men locked away, and have their sexual needs fulfilled by the local ape population. Soon the women force the newest male in their midst to help them find the biggest, most powerful ape available...

It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.

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18. Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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19. Learn Polikeness

Learn Polikeness

Olive takes Popeye to Professor Bluteau to learn some manners.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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20. Operation Odessa

Operation Odessa

The stranger-than-fiction true story of a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy who teamed up in the early '90s to sell a Soviet submarine to the Cali Cartel.

It has an average vote of 7.223 on TMDB.

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