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Movies Like The Leading Lady

If you liked The Leading Lady (1911), a comedy movie directed by Ned Finley, 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)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

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

  2. 2Our Wife

    Our Wife (1931)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    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. 3Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An 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.

  4. 4The Trouble with Angels

    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…

  5. 5Rookie of the Year

    Rookie of the Year (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.

  6. 6Perfect Day

    Perfect Day (1929)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    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…

  7. 7Shanghaied

    Shanghaied (1915)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    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…

  8. 8The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Gilbert 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.

  9. 9Rock-a-Bye Baby

    Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

  10. 10The Fixer Uppers

    The Fixer Uppers (1935)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    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.

  11. 11Adventures in Babysitting

    Adventures in Babysitting (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.

  12. 12Dough and Dynamite

    Dough and Dynamite (1914)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Pierre 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.

  13. 13The Air Up There

    The Air Up There (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…

  14. 14Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

  15. 15Hard Luck

    Hard Luck (1921)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    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…

  16. 16Towed in a Hole

    Towed in a Hole (1932)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

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

  17. 17LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition

    LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    A young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.

  18. 18Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Mr. 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…

  19. 19The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Charles 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.

  20. 20Monkey Business

    Monkey Business (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

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