Movies Like The Cricket on the Hearth

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

Those Awful Hats

1909·3m·★ 6.2·D.W. Griffith

4 shared cast incl. Mack Sennett & Linda ArvidsonDir. D.W. Griffith

The Lonely Villa

1909·12m·★ 6.2·D.W. Griffith

4 shared cast incl. Violet Mersereau & Owen MooreDir. D.W. Griffith

A Drunkard's Reformation

1909·13m·★ 5.6·D.W. Griffith

3 shared cast incl. Linda Arvidson & John R. CumpsonDir. D.W. Griffith

In the Border States

1910·15m·★ 6.3·D.W. Griffith

3 shared cast incl. Owen Moore & Mack SennettDir. D.W. Griffith

Edgar Allan Poe

1909·7m·★ 5.9·D.W. Griffith

3 shared cast incl. Linda Arvidson & Anita HendrieDir. D.W. Griffith

The Redman's View

1909·14m·★ 5.8·D.W. Griffith

4 shared cast incl. Owen Moore & George NicholsDir. D.W. Griffith

The Sealed Room

1909·11m·★ 6.0·D.W. Griffith

3 shared cast incl. Mack Sennett & Linda ArvidsonDir. D.W. Griffith

What Drink Did

1909·12m·★ 5.2·D.W. Griffith

4 shared cast incl. David Miles & John R. CumpsonDir. D.W. Griffith

The Little Darling

1909·2m·★ 4.6·D.W. Griffith

3 shared cast incl. Mack Sennett & John R. CumpsonDir. D.W. Griffith

As It Is in Life

1910·14m·★ 5.5·D.W. Griffith

Both star George Nichols & Mack SennettDir. D.W. Griffith

The Mended Lute

1909·11m·★ 4.6·D.W. Griffith

Both star Owen Moore & Mack SennettDir. D.W. Griffith

A Romance of Happy Valley

1919·1h 16m·★ 6.2·D.W. Griffith

Starring George NicholsDir. D.W. Griffith

A Corner in Wheat

1909·14m·★ 6.6·D.W. Griffith

Starring Linda ArvidsonDir. D.W. Griffith

The Lonedale Operator

1911·17m·★ 6.5·D.W. Griffith

Starring George NicholsDir. D.W. Griffith

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