Movies Like East of the Water Plug
If you liked East of the Water Plug (1924), a comedy movie directed by Francis Martin, 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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Why Worry? (1923)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
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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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The Air Up There (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyJimmy 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…
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Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyReturning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
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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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Mr. Bones (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedyA medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
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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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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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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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The Ladies Man (1961)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAfter his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…
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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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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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No Time for Sergeants (1958)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyGeorgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?
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Oliver the Eighth (1934)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyBarbershop 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…
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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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A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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Adventures in Public School (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.
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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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Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyJerry Seinfeld takes the stage in New York and tackles talking vs. texting, bad buffets vs. so-called "great" restaurants and the magic of Pop Tarts.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyWhen 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.