Movies Like When the Cat's Away

If you liked When the Cat's Away (1996), a comedy movie directed by Cédric Klapisch, 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
A Cat in Paris (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
2
The Aristocats (1970)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All…
3
April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
4
10 Lives (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative…
5
Lost in Paris (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
6
Manou the Swift (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
The little swift Manou grows up believing he's a seagull. Learning to fly he finds out he never will be. Shocked, he runs away from home. He meets birds of his own species and finds out who he really is. When both…
7
The Amazing Maurice (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down…
8
Nine Lives (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
9
Employee of the Month (2022)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and…
10
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
It's been ten years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain…
11
Parade (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.
12
Freedom-Oleron (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy
39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so he decides to buy a boat.
13
Little Nicholas (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to…
14
Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian.
15
Mon Oncle (1958)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot…
16
Pets United (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
When Roger (a Robin Hood-esque, stray dog) and Belle (an elegant yet spoilt pet cat) are thrown together amidst the chaos of a robot take-over of their home city, they must push all their preconceptions aside in order…
17
That Darn Cat! (1965)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.
18
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
19
Themroc (1973)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and…
20
Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver…