Book loosely based off of Pride & Prejudice

Play loosely inspired by Pride & Prejudice, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.

Based off of The Taming of the Shrew.

Based off of The Taming of the Shrew. Other notable adaptations of The Taming of the Shrew include Woman of the Year and Moonlighting’s Atomic Shakespeare.

Inspired countless remakes and the blueprint for romantic comedies such as, Roman Holiday, It’s a Wonderful World, The Philadelphia Story, and Leap Year. 

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

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. 

Lord Farquaad is inspired by Prince Humperdinck.

Both films are fairytale deconstructions inspired by Tristan & Isolde, which also inspired Vertigo and Mulan/Aurora’s romance in Once Upon a Time. 

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. 

Love Affair was remade the same director, Leo McCarey as An Affair to , which is directly referenced throughout Sleepless in Seattle. 

Down With Love is an affectionate parody of 50s/60s sex comedies, specifically Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back (both starring Doris/Rock/Tony) and Sex and the Single Girl. Tony Randall cameos in his final role. 

Besides the aforementioned, similar movies include Send Me No Flowers, Move Over Darling, That Touch of Mink, and Man’s Favorite Sport.

Cactus Flower was remade as the inferior Just Go With It.

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

Intolerable Cruelty is inspired by the comedy of remarriage subgenre that The Awful Truth is the pinnacle of. 

Other comedies of remarriage include The Philadelphia Story, My Favorite Wife, The Palm Beach Story, Love Crazy, and their countless remakes. 

This version of The Parent Trap emphasizes the comedy of remarriage aspect through references to My Favorite Wife.

The Hudsucker Proxy is a pastiche of screwball comedies and the works of Frank Capra, referencing His Girl Friday, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It’s a Wonderful Life. There are also similarities to Metropolis, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Sweet Smell of Success. 

A witty battle of the sexes with elements of comedies of remarriage, reminiscent of old Hollywood screwballs and sex comedies. 

A witty newsroom battle of the sexes.

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

Invented the timeloop trope as we know it. 

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

Teen Beach Movie satirized the teen beach comedy genre invented by Gidget.

Plot inspired by a plot twist in Something Wild.

Itself inspired by Bringing Up Baby. Similar ‘80’s movies include Who’s That Girl and After Hours.