Movies Like It's a Great Life
If you liked It's a Great Life (1920), a comedy movie directed by E. Mason Hopper, 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 Twelve Chairs (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyIn 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
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Cadet Kelly (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyHyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.
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Old Boys (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyIn the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
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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 Trouble with Angels (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyMary 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…
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Taking Care of Business (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAn uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
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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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Little Big League (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedyWhen the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take…
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Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyOut of jail and broke, Julian concocts an outrageously greasy scheme to get rich and, to make it even greasier, he will have to deliver his product to his arch-enemy, Cyrus, who’s waiting in Montreal to close the dirty…
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Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyA young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
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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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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyThe maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also comedyWhile trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets…
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Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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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 Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThe Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…
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The Geisha Boy (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyGilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
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Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAfter a deadly storm, Tom and Jerry find themselves stranded on an unknown island ruled by the evil Wizard of Oz. As they try to find their way back home, they worry for their master Dorothy's safety.
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyMr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…