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Movies Like Charles C. Peterson: Billiard Champion of Fancy Shots

If you liked Charles C. Peterson: Billiard Champion of Fancy Shots (1929), a movie directed by Murray Roth, 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. 1Limelight

    Limelight (1952)

    ★ 7.9/10

    A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

  2. 2Magician Mickey

    Magician Mickey (1937)

    ★ 7/10

    Donald continually heckles Mickey's magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them at the finish of the act.

  3. 3Aquamania

    Aquamania (1961)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Mr. 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.

  4. 4The Champion

    The Champion (1915)

    ★ 6.5/10

    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…

  5. 5Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10

    When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

  6. 6Cigarettes & Coffee

    Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10

    At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut…

  7. 7Hard Luck

    Hard Luck (1921)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his…

  8. 8The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist

    The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The crafty Bad Guys crew embarks on a high-stakes Halloween heist to swipe a priceless amulet from a spooky mansion. What could go wrong?

  9. 9Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10

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

  10. 10Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown

    Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Charlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.

  11. 11Napoleon

    Napoleon (1995)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.

  12. 12Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

    Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding…

  13. 13Sea Scouts

    Sea Scouts (1939)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

  14. 14Space Jam

    Space Jam (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10

    With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.

  15. 15Rat Race

    Rat Race (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against…

  16. 16Chips Ahoy

    Chips Ahoy (1956)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…

  17. 17Mickey's Steam Roller

    Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)

    ★ 6.4/10

    While 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.

  18. 18All Wet

    All Wet (1927)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.

  19. 19Baseball Bugs

    Baseball Bugs (1946)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.

  20. 20Houdini

    Houdini (1953)

    ★ 6.6/10

    By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.

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