Movies Like The Day of the Janitor

If you liked The Day of the Janitor (1981), a movie directed by Baz Taylor, 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
Maintenance Required (2025)
★ 6.1/10
Charlie, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous…
2
The Silencers (1966)
★ 6/10
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
3
Corner Office (2023)
★ 6.5/10
In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
4
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
★ 5.9/10
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some…
5
Taking Care of Business (1990)
★ 6.3/10
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.
6
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
★ 6.2/10
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the…
7
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
★ 6.1/10
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his…
8
He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
★ 6.4/10
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
9
Britannia Hospital (1982)
★ 6.2/10
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the…
10
Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
11
Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
★ 6.1/10
Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture…
12
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
★ 6.3/10
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to…
13
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)
★ 6.8/10
A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.
14
Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
15
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
★ 6.7/10
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years…
16
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)
★ 6.5/10
A young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.
17
The Other End of the Line (2007)
★ 6.5/10
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
18
High Anxiety (1977)
★ 6.4/10
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
19
My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
20
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
★ 7/10
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.