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Movies that feel like The Navigator (1924)

If you loved The Navigator, the closest films we have are Seven Chances (1925), One Week (1920) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). All three share The Navigator's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 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 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.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Buster Keatonwittyplayfulkineticepicromantictender

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Seven Chances
1925 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

The same hand behind both of them: Buster Keaton

The difference: None of the momentum The Navigator is built on

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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One Week
1920 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1comedy

Both are Buster Keaton's work, and they rhyme

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding giftβ€”and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 Β· dir. Charles Reisner
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Common ground in both: black and white and silent film

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.

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Sherlock Jr.
1924 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.2action Β· comedy Β· mystery

Both are built on the same subject: slapstick comedy

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Navigator does

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

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

One thread runs through both: black and white

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Navigator 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 Circus
1928 Β· dir. Charlie Chaplin
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: silent film

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

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

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

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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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Our Hospitality
1923 Β· dir. John G. Blystone
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance Β· thriller

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

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

Both lean on romance more than on action

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

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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City Hunter
1993 Β· dir. Wong Jing
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.3action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

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