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Movies Like The Night Life

If you liked The Night Life (1930), a comedy movie directed by James Parrott, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

  2. 2Our Wife

    Our Wife (1931)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to…

  3. 3Perfect Day

    Perfect Day (1929)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…

  4. 4Towed in a Hole

    Towed in a Hole (1932)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

  5. 5Thicker Than Water

    Thicker Than Water (1935)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws…

  6. 6The Fixer Uppers

    The Fixer Uppers (1935)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

  7. 7Oliver the Eighth

    Oliver the Eighth (1934)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and…

  8. 8One Good Turn

    One Good Turn (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her…

  9. 9The Hoose-Gow

    The Hoose-Gow (1929)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.

  10. 10The Live Ghost

    The Live Ghost (1934)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow…

  11. 11A Woman

    A Woman (1915)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for…

  12. 12Helpmates

    Helpmates (1932)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his…

  13. 13The Tramp

    The Tramp (1915)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life…

  14. 14Shanghaied

    Shanghaied (1915)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The…

  15. 15The Bank

    The Bank (1915)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.

  16. 16Unaccustomed as We Are

    Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

  17. 17Be Big!

    Be Big! (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and…

  18. 18The Finishing Touch

    The Finishing Touch (1928)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.

  19. 19Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  20. 20Dough and Dynamite

    Dough and Dynamite (1914)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

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