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Movies like The Borrowed Flat (1911)

The best movies like The Borrowed Flat (1911) are Shanghaied (1915), Police (1916) and My Wife's Relations (1922). If The Borrowed Flat hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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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  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. 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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  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. Solid Serenade (1946)

    Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. 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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  7. The Bodyguard (1944)

    Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. 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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  9. His Mouse Friday (1951)

    Tom is shipwrecked on an island, which is inhabited by at least one mouse - Jerry. To thwart the hungry cat, Jerry disguises himself as a cannibal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. Dough and Dynamite (1914)

    Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. Our Wife (1931)

    Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Perfect Day (1929)

    Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Casanova Cat (1951)

    Tom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry. Jerry, in turn, attracts the attention of another cat who also becomes interested in the female cat. It eventually turns into a fight between Tom and the other cat for the lady's hand but Jerry is the one who gets her in the end.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Oliver the Eighth (1934)

    Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. 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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  16. Sea Scouts (1939)

    Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. The Garage (1920)

    Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)

    As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout. The cut scene after Jerry hitting Tom with the board 4 times was cut from the 1950 reissue print for a war bond joke, and the original footage is currently considered "lost" due to the negatives destroyed in the 1978 George Eastman House fire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. Me and My Pal (1933)

    On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. The Big Bad Wolf (1934)

    The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  21. Indústrias Reunidas Machiavelli (2019)

    Agripino and Sandoval roam around their workplace, Machiavelli Incorporated, a venture which they plan to expand whatever the costs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  22. Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt (1979)

    Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  23. The Love Guru (2008)

    Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  24. Dear Chickens (2018)

    When a stubborn old man and a fretful teenaged girl are forced to share a hospital room, an unexpected friendship forms over their hatred of fake cheerfulness and bad hospital food.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  25. Flies (2018)

    Almost a romantic comedy…

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  26. Passenger (2017)

    A traffic light. A red signal. A masked guy jumps into the car of a young man. He points a pistol at the driver and shouts: “Go!”. The guy has a bag full of money. When the driver looks around at him, the robber points the pistol at him, and the car gets involved in an accident. After a stop on the roadside a small child starts to cry on the back seat.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. Pig! (1996)

    An innocent nose pick ends in disaster!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  28. You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco (2011)

    The "You're so hot" duel: first one to laugh loses.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse (2012)

    The "You're so hot" duel rematch: a spaghetti western.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  30. À la carte (2013)

    Brian has had an ongoing DILF fantasy since he was old enough to think about it; finally capitalizing on the opportunity he is stunned to realize that what he actually wants is a whole lot more.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Borrowed Flat?

The closest matches to The Borrowed Flat are Shanghaied (1915), Police (1916) and My Wife's Relations (1922). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Borrowed Flat?

Start with Shanghaied (1915), the closest match to The Borrowed Flat.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Borrowed Flat?

The Love Guru (2008), rated 4.0/10 by 807 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Borrowed Flat?

Indústrias Reunidas Machiavelli (2019) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Borrowed Flat?

Yes: Shanghaied (1915), Police (1916) and My Wife's Relations (1922).

How are movies similar to The Borrowed Flat chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Borrowed Flat, 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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