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Movies Like The Great Profile

If you liked The Great Profile (1940), a comedy movie directed by Walter Lang, 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.

  1. 1Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  2. 2Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  3. 3Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

  4. 4Shanghaied

    Shanghaied (1915)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The…

  5. 5The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

  6. 6The Twelve Chairs

    The Twelve Chairs (1970)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

  7. 7Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.

  8. 8The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man (1961)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…

  9. 9Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

  10. 10Tommy Boy

    Tommy Boy (1995)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

  11. 11Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  12. 12Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

    Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

  13. 13The Pink Panther

    The Pink Panther (1963)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and…

  14. 14A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

  15. 15Dog Gone

    Dog Gone (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

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

  16. 16The Air Up There

    The Air Up There (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…

  17. 17The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

  18. 18A Flintstones Christmas Carol

    A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.

  19. 19The Gods Must Be Crazy II

    The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to…

  20. 20Go West

    Go West (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

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