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Movies like Hold It! (1937)

The best movies like Hold It! (1937) are Our Wife (1931), Oliver the Eighth (1934) and Me and My Pal (1933). If Hold It! 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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  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. Towed in a Hole (1932)

    Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. Thicker Than Water (1935)

    Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. One Good Turn (1931)

    Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Helpmates (1932)

    Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)

    Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. The Live Ghost (1934)

    Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. School Safari (2005)

    In this film, we meet Jack who is inspired by his Uncle Bob - who he believes to be an explorer in Africa. Jack starts to see the world around him and all those in it, just as if he were out on safari in the Serengeti!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  22. A Night On The Tiles (2005)

    The film follows the shenanigans of the goings on in the male and female toilets of a local nightclub. We meet the two young toilet attendants who have more interest in each other than the events of the evening.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  23. The Wages of Tin (1925)

    aka Billy, the Ford Buster

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  24. STRIKE (An Epic Superhero Short Film) (2013)

    John Eckert just broke up with his dream girl, and feels like his life isn't amounting to anything. But all of this is about to change when a freak lightning storm gives him the ability to control electricity. When the town becomes the target of a super villain, he must hone his abilities and save the day.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  25. The 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: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  26. Poke-Gym (2016)

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    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. The Wishing Zone (2016)

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    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  28. Suppietij (1991)

    The extremities of a middle-class being ramble on, reflecting poetically on the wretchedness of moderation.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. De Civitate Rei (1993)

    Costante dies and leaves his wife Torella his computer discovery. Torella entrusts the disk to her husband’s friend Gervasio, a lazy man scorned by his family. Twenty years later, Torella tries to get back the disk but Gervasio, who has become rich thanks to the discovery, agrees to go to court over it and comes away the winner. He therefore summons divine misfortune: he loses his third son, suffocated by wealth; kills his wife in a blind rage; and is executed by his first-born son who, after a violent panic attack and reckoning with his conscience, chooses life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  30. Fiorenzo (1995)

    A man is sick and he doesn’t show himself. Three people don’t go to visit him and they show themselves.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Hold It!?

The closest matches to Hold It! are Our Wife (1931), Oliver the Eighth (1934) and Me and My Pal (1933). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Hold It!?

Start with Our Wife (1931), the closest match to Hold It!.

What is the highest-rated movie like Hold It!?

The Kid (1921), rated 8.1/10 by 2,484 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Hold It!?

Poke-Gym (2016) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Hold It!?

Yes: Our Wife (1931), Oliver the Eighth (1934) and Me and My Pal (1933).

How are movies similar to Hold It! chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hold It!, 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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