Movies like Safety Last! (1923)
The best movies like Safety Last! (1923) are Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928) and The Circus (1928). If Safety Last! hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedModern Times (1936)8.3/10 from 4,260 votes
- NewestThe Chaplin Revue (1959)Released 1959
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Cameraman (1928)
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Circus (1928)
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCaught in a Cabaret (1914)
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeven Chances (1925)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPay Day (1922)
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Navigator (1924)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisModern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe General (1926)
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Freshman (1925)
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSherlock Jr. (1924)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisIt (1927)
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism -- the captivating personal quality otherwise known as "it."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kid (1921)
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCity Lights (1931)
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTwo Tars (1928)
Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl Shy (1924)
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chaplin Revue (1959)
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhy Worry? (1923)
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Hospitality (1923)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Night in the Show (1915)
Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by Chaplin), attend a live vaudeville theater production. Their constant antics, seat-hopping, and physical altercations quickly overshadow the acts on stage and plunge the entire theater into absolutely hilarious chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHis New Job (1915)
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gold Rush (1925)
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLiberty (1929)
While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying to exchange pants in various unlikely settings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor Heaven's Sake (1926)
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCops (1922)
Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThree Ages (1923)
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kid Brother (1927)
The timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new woman in town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cat and the Canary (1927)
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGo West (1925)
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Safety Last!?
The closest matches to Safety Last! are Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928) and The Circus (1928). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Safety Last!?
People who watched Safety Last! most often go on to Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928) and The Circus (1928).
What is the highest-rated movie like Safety Last!?
Modern Times (1936), rated 8.3/10 by 4,260 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Safety Last!?
The Chaplin Revue (1959) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Safety Last!?
Yes: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928) and The Circus (1928).
How are movies similar to Safety Last! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Safety Last!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.