Movies Like Oil's Well That Ends Well
If you liked Oil's Well That Ends Well (1949), a comedy movie directed by Hal Yates, 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.
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Perfect Day (1929)
★ 7/10Also comedyTwo 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…
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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The Freshman (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAfter a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine…
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The Mouse Comes to Dinner (1945)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyTom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom.
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Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyTom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
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Our Wife (1931)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyOliver 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…
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyThe Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyThis Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via…
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Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyFranklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other…
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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Small Fry (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
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Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyDonald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
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Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyWhile streetworker Mickey romances Minnie, Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie take control of his steamroller and it's full speed ahead on a very destructive ride.
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The Fixer Uppers (1935)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.
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Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also comedySpike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
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The Trouble with Angels (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyMary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…
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Posse Cat (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyTom and Jerry are in a cabin in the wild west. Jerry's rustling food, so Tom's owner won't let him eat until he's gotten rid of Jerry.