Movies Like The Guardsman

If you liked The Guardsman (1926), a comedy movie directed by Robert Wiene, 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
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting…
2
Why Worry? (1923)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
3
The Champion (1915)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe…
4
I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
5
The Wedding Year (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
6
Nickelodeon (1976)
★ 6/10Also comedy
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business…
7
Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
8
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…
9
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links…
10
Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy
When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
11
Kokowääh (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Henry is a playboy who has no idea that he is the father of a beautiful, cute girl out of a One-night-Stand. Her mother left the daughter in front of Henry door after her husband realized after 8 years of marriage that…
12
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."
13
How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until…
14
Not My Day (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...
15
A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
16
The Oyster Princess (1919)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be…
17
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.
18
Shoulder Arms (1918)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
19
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Mary 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…
20
Seriously Single (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.