Movies Like By Modern Measure

If you liked By Modern Measure (2006), a comedy movie directed by Matthew Lessner, 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
Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
2
Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Tom 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.
3
The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Spike 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.
4
The Flying Car (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Stuck in a traffic jam, Dante and Randal discuss the prospect of a flying car.
5
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…
6
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…
7
Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
This 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…
8
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.
9
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
10
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…
11
The Olympic Champ (1942)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
12
Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
13
Mike's New Car (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't…
14
A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
15
The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
16
Baseball Bugs (1946)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
17
Casanova Cat (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Tom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry. Jerry, in turn, attracts the attention of…
18
The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like…
19
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.
20
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…