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10 Best Movies Like The Butcher Boy

If you loved The Butcher Boy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Safety Last!

Safety Last!

1923★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself....

#2
The Garage

The Garage

1920★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and re...

#3
Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs o...

#4
Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?

1963★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara'...

#5
A Close Shave

A Close Shave

1996★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot....

#6
Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher Boy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the...

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