Movies Like Barnacle Bill

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

A Run for Your Money

1949·1h 25m·★ 6.4·Charles Frend

2 shared crewDir. Charles FrendDP: Douglas Slocombe

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949·1h 44m·★ 8.0·Robert Hamer

DP: Douglas SlocombeStarring Alec Guinness

City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

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Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964·1h 35m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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La Dolce Vita

1960·2h 56m·★ 8.0·Federico Fellini

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The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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Roman Holiday

1953·1h 59m·★ 8.0·William Wyler

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The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

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Young Frankenstein

1974·1h 46m·★ 8.0·Mel Brooks

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The Philadelphia Story

1940·1h 53m·★ 7.8·George Cukor

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Ed Wood

1994·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

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The Rules of the Game

1939·1h 50m·★ 7.9·Jean Renoir

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Bringing Up Baby

1938·1h 42m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

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Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

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Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

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Chimes at Midnight

1965·1h 55m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953·1h 17m·★ 6.4·Charles Lamont

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San Demetrio London

1943·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Charles Frend

Starring Frederick PiperDir. Charles Frend

How Good Is Barnacle Bill?

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