Movies like One Week (1920)
The best movies like One Week (1920) are The Electric House (1922), The Scarecrow (1920) and My Wife's Relations (1922). If One Week hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Immigrant (1917)7.3/10 from 330 votes
- NewestLiberty (1929)Released 1929
The Electric House (1922)
Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Scarecrow (1920)
Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDay Dreams (1922)
In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Blacksmith (1922)
Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boat (1921)
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolice (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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Battle of the Century (1927)
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConvict 13 (1920)
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pawnshop (1916)
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Balloonatic (1923)
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Love Nest (1923)
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crazy Ray (1925)
A night watchman on the Eiffel Tower wakes up to find the entire population of the city frozen in place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Play House (1921)
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 thisBy the Sea (1915)
It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 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 thisThe 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Night Out (1915)
After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Immigrant (1917)
A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Goat (1921)
A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBattling Butler (1926)
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pilgrim (1923)
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpeedy (1928)
A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.
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 thisShoulder Arms (1918)
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like One Week?
The closest matches to One Week are The Electric House (1922), The Scarecrow (1920) and My Wife's Relations (1922). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after One Week?
People who watched One Week most often go on to The Electric House (1922), The Scarecrow (1920) and My Wife's Relations (1922).
What is the highest-rated movie like One Week?
The Immigrant (1917), rated 7.3/10 by 330 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like One Week?
Liberty (1929) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to One Week chosen?
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