Movies Like Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961)

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross is a 1961 comedy film from Leonid Gaidai with a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Bootleggers and The Cook.

Comedy

Bootleggers

1962

This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...

7.4

MagicScore

The Cook

1918

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

6.3

MagicScore

The High Sign

1921

Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.

7.1

MagicScore

The Leech Woman

1960

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

4.6

MagicScore

Cat Fishin'

1947

Spike is guarding a private fishing hole - in his sleep. Tom sneaks in to do some fishing - with Jerry as bait. But one particularly vicious fish turns out to be more than Tom or Jerry bargained for, particularly when he wakes up Spike.

7.3

MagicScore

Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

1955

Among the strategies that fail in Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Roadrunner: glue on the road, a giant rubber band, an outboard motor in a wash tub, and dressing in drag as a female Roadrunner.

7.0

MagicScore

Timber

1941

Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is an inept lumberjack is understating the case. After several mishaps, Pete/Pierre chases Donald on railroad handcars.

6.5

MagicScore

I Think We're Alone Now

2018

After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until an interloper, young Grace, disrupts his solitude.

5.8

MagicScore

The Great Train Robbery

1903

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Mask

1994

Stanley, a meek bank employee, turns into an eccentric and maniacal green-skinned superhero who can bend reality, after wearing a wooden mask that was created by Loki, the Norse god of mischief.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Dog Gone

2008

A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Marmaduke

2010

When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

Son of the Mask

2005

Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

4.2

MagicScore

#14

Goofy and Wilbur

1939

Goofy goes fishing with his best friend, Wilbur, a grasshopper.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

How to Fish

1942

Goofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

The Simple Things

1953

Mickey and Pluto go fishing. Pluto has a run-in with a clam, who eventually lodges in Pluto's mouth; Mickey thinks the clam is Pluto's tongue and can't understand why Pluto keeps begging for more food. After they get rid of the clam, Mickey's attempts to use his minnows as bait are thwarted by a hungry seagull; he brings his friends, and they chase our heroes away.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Flying Elephants

1928

Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

A Single Shot

2013

The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Pod

2015

A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.

4.3

MagicScore

#20

Them Thar Hills

1934

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross?

The top films similar to Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross by MovieMagicScore are Bootleggers (7.4), The Cook (6.3), The High Sign (7.1). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross worth watching?

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10 from 81 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross?

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961) is a comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Georgiy Vitsin, Yuriy Nikulin, Yevgeni Morgunov.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross?

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