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Movies Like George & Karl

If you liked George & Karl (2008), a movie directed by David Grainger, 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. 1Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10

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

  2. 2Our Wife

    Our Wife (1931)

    ★ 7.1/10

    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…

  3. 3Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  4. 4The Fixer Uppers

    The Fixer Uppers (1935)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

  5. 5The Saint of Fort Washington

    The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is…

  6. 6Laughing Gravy

    Laughing Gravy (1931)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.

  7. 7Perfect Day

    Perfect Day (1929)

    ★ 7/10

    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…

  8. 8The Lonely Guy

    The Lonely Guy (1984)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

  9. 9Towed in a Hole

    Towed in a Hole (1932)

    ★ 7/10

    Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

  10. 10Cardboard Boxer

    Cardboard Boxer (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

  11. 11Shelter

    Shelter (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

  12. 12Shanghaied

    Shanghaied (1915)

    ★ 6/10

    A 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…

  13. 13Oliver the Eighth

    Oliver the Eighth (1934)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and…

  14. 14The Live Ghost

    The Live Ghost (1934)

    ★ 7.2/10

    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…

  15. 15London

    London (2005)

    ★ 6/10

    London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.

  16. 16Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  17. 17Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

  18. 18The Good Heart

    The Good Heart (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a…

  19. 19Someone Great

    Someone Great (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10

    An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one…

  20. 20Rent

    Rent (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

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