Movies Like The Cockroach
If you liked The Cockroach (2022), a fantasy and comedy movie directed by Amir Hossein Javaheri, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Joe's Apartment (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and fantasyA 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.
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Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and comedyA newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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The Addams Family (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to…
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Weird Science (1985)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and fantasyTwo unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a…
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Bachelor Party (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyOn the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and comedyFolklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they…
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The Wedding Year (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyA commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and comedyAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
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Ladyhawke (1985)
★ 7/10Also comedy and fantasyCaptain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together…
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Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and fantasyChip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedyAt 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
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Cinderfella (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a…
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Princess Nicotine (1909)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and fantasyA smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. Next, he…
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Caprice (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and comedyA girl finds herself inside a fashion magazine – Joanna Hogg's graduation piece at the National Film and Television School starring a then unknown Tilda Swinton.
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The Odd Couple II (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyBrucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to…
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The Flying Car (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyStuck in a traffic jam, Dante and Randal discuss the prospect of a flying car.
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The In-Laws (1979)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyIn 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…
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyDr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s his birthday.