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Movies that feel like Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

If you loved Steamboat Bill, Jr., the closest films we have are Seven Chances (1925), The Circus (1928) and Safety Last! (1923). All three share Steamboat Bill, Jr.'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Charles Reisnerwittyplayfulromantictender
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Seven Chances
1925 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: silent film

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

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The Circus
1928 Β· dir. Charlie Chaplin
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Steamboat Bill, Jr. does

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

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Safety Last!
1923 Β· dir. Fred C. Newmeyer
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· romance Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Steamboat Bill, Jr. does

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

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The Cameraman
1928 Β· dir. Edward Sedgwick
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8comedy Β· romance Β· drama

Witty and playful in the same breath

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

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The Awful Truth
1937 Β· dir. Leo McCarey
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance

Witty comedy in both cases

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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Trouble in Paradise
1932 Β· dir. Ernst Lubitsch
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· crime Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

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The Navigator
1924 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· action Β· adventure

Common ground: silent film

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

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His Girl Friday
1940 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

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Bringing Up Baby
1938 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

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The Philadelphia Story
1940 Β· dir. George Cukor
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 Β· dir. Michael Powell
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Playful romance, and it commits to that

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

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