Movies Like Busy Bodies
If you liked Busy Bodies (1933), a comedy movie directed by Lloyd French, 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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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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Baseball Bugs (1946)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyBugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
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Towed in a Hole (1932)
★ 7/10Also comedyAlthough they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.
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The Live Ghost (1934)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyFish 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…
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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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Aquamania (1961)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyMr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.
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Shanghaied (1915)
★ 6/10Also comedyA 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…
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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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Thicker Than Water (1935)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyOliver'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…
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Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyMater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
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Caveman (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyDisgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he…
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How to Play Baseball (1942)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyGoofy shows us the national pastime. After a brief overview, we have a demonstration of the many possible pitches. On to the World Series, where we go through an eventful inning, culminating in a baseball that…
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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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Trail Mix-Up (1993)
★ 7/10Also comedyDuring a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.
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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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Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyMike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
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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.