Movies Like The Star Boarder (1914)

The Star Boarder is a 1914 comedy film from George Nichols with a MovieMagicScore of 5.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lower Depths and The Miracle Woman.

Comedy

The Lower Depths

1957

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.

7.1

MagicScore

The Miracle Woman

1931

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?

6.7

MagicScore

The yellow gloves

1960

When it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?

6.6

MagicScore

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.

6.1

MagicScore

Good Night, Nurse!

1918

Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.

5.7

MagicScore

Getting Acquainted

1914

Charlie and his wife are in the park when he encounters Ambrose and his wife. Each man is attracted to and shows unwanted attention to the other man's wife. A policeman becomes involved.

5.3

MagicScore

Bumping Into Broadway

1919

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.

6.9

MagicScore

A House Divided

1913

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

5.8

MagicScore

Caught in the Rain

1914

When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.

5.3

MagicScore

#11

The New York Hat

1912

To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

1958

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Validation

2007

A cheerful parking attendant considers it his job to do more than validate parking. He wants to validate the customers themselves, delivering compliments about their appearances and the inner qualities behind them. Everyone who comes up to him with a ticket walks away validated as a worthwhile human being. Soon, the parking attendant becomes so popular that people line up for validation...

7.2

MagicScore

#14

Monsieur Lazhar

2011

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Elmer's Candid Camera

1940

Elmer takes up wildlife photography but finds his subject, a rabbit, much too rascally.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

This Sporting Life

1963

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Heaven in Hell

2023

Olga and Maks are 15 years away. She is a successful woman with an established position, the mother of an adult daughter, he is a handsome young man who enjoys his life in a handful and lives only in the moment. It might seem that these two different worlds will never meet, and yet fate put them in the way.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

Women Who Flirt

2014

When Zhang Hui is told by long-time best friend Xiao Gong that he has a new girlfriend, she is determined to learn new tricks to gain him back. Based on the novel written by Luo Fuman, Everyone Loves Tender Women.

5.3

MagicScore

#19

The Ladykillers

1955

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Chocolat

2000

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Star Boarder?

The top films similar to The Star Boarder by MovieMagicScore are The Lower Depths (7.1), The Miracle Woman (6.7), The yellow gloves (6.6). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Star Boarder worth watching?

The Star Boarder holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.1/10 from 43 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Star Boarder?

The Star Boarder (1914) is a comedy film directed by George Nichols, starring Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Star Boarder?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Star Boarder

This ranked list pairs The Star Boarder (1914), a comedy film from George Nichols, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Charlie Chaplin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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