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Movies that feel likeThe Navigator (1924)

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

If you loved The Navigator, the closest films we have are Seven Chances (1925), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) and Horse Feathers (1932). All three share The Navigator's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The In-Laws (1979).

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Donald Crispwittyplayfulkineticepicromantic
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Seven Chances
1925 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 94%★ 7.8comedy · romance

The same preoccupation in both: silent film

The difference: Trades the momentum of The Navigator for an angle of its own

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · dir. Charles Reisner
🍅 96%★ 7.8comedy · romance

One thread runs through both: black and white

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

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Horse Feathers
1932 · dir. Norman Z. McLeod
🍅 97%★ 7.5comedy · romance

Common ground: black and white

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · dir. Michael Curtiz
🍅 100%★ 7.9adventure · romance · action

Both land momentum and scale at once

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

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The Gold Rush
1925 · dir. Charlie Chaplin
🍅 98%★ 8.1adventure · comedy · dramaPrime VideoMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: silent film

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Navigator does

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

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The In-Laws
1979 · dir. Arthur Hiller
🍅 89%★ 7.3comedy · adventure

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.

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City Hunter
1993 · dir. Wong Jing
🍅 50%★ 6.3action · adventure · comedyPrime Video

Comedy built on romance, twice over

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

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Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
★ 6adventure · action · comedy

Both lean on wit more than on action

When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 · dir. Preston Sturges
🍅 94%★ 7.5comedy · romance

Playful romance, and it commits to that

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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The Awful Truth
1937 · dir. Leo McCarey
🍅 94%★ 7.6comedy · romance

Adventure with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

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Dragons Forever
1988 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 67%★ 7.1action · comedy · romance

Kinetic comedy in both cases

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

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Sullivan's Travels
1941 · dir. Preston Sturges
🍅 100%★ 7.9comedy · romance · adventure

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

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