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Movies like Black Gloves (1973)

The best movies like Black Gloves (1973) are My Wife's Relations (1922), Police (1916) and A Knight for a Day (1946). If Black Gloves hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. My Wife's Relations (1922)

    Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  2. Police (1916)

    Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  3. A Knight for a Day (1946)

    By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. A Woman (1915)

    Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. From Soup to Nuts (1928)

    Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. Beau Hunks (1931)

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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. The Finishing Touch (1928)

    Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)

    Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. The Fixer Uppers (1935)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)

    John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. Mr. Bones (2001)

    A 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Thunderstruck (2012)

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Hard Luck (1921)

    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 undoing.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

    This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Night Owls (1930)

    Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. I Love My Dad (2022)

    A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  17. Clear History (2013)

    Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. Adventures in Public School (2018)

    A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. Shanghaied (1915)

    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 daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. What a Mess! (1995)

    A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of the mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Black Gloves?

The closest matches to Black Gloves are My Wife's Relations (1922), Police (1916) and A Knight for a Day (1946). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Black Gloves?

Start with My Wife's Relations (1922), the closest match to Black Gloves.

What is the highest-rated movie like Black Gloves?

John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018), rated 7.9/10 by 259 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Black Gloves?

I Love My Dad (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Black Gloves chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Gloves, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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