Movies Like The Bell Boy
If you liked The Bell Boy (1918), a comedy movie directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, 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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The Bellboy (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyStanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that…
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Dough and Dynamite (1914)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyPierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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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 Champion (1915)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWalking 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…
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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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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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Sherlock Jr. (1924)
★ 8/10Also comedyA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedyWhen 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…
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Hard Luck (1921)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA 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…
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The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyThe crafty Bad Guys crew embarks on a high-stakes Halloween heist to swipe a priceless amulet from a spooky mansion. What could go wrong?
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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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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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A Jitney Elopement (1915)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyEdna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her…
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The Hoose-Gow (1929)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.
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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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Dog Gone (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
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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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Laughing Gravy (1931)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyStan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
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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.