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10 Best Movies Like The Star Boarder

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

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#1
Good Neighbor Sam

Good Neighbor Sam

1964★ 6.6

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

To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion reli...

#2
Barbie

Barbie

2023★ 6.9

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

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon dis...

#3
Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy

1931★ 7.2

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

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy....

#4
Joe's Apartment

Joe's Apartment

1996★ 5.8

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

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches....

#5
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952★ 7.2

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

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a co...

#6
Bogus

Bogus

1996★ 5.8

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

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus....

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