Movies Like Piernas cruzadas
If you liked Piernas cruzadas (1984), a comedy movie directed by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri, here are 19 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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Crazy Magical Mexico (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyA man finds the best motivation to secure and save his town: making an independent Mexican film.
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Homo Argentum (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyThe film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.
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Undercover Wedding Crashers (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyGeeky-looking Sebas is a surprisingly good classical musician. He’s also a complete unknown in the criminal underworld, and as a new newbie on the police force, that makes him the perfect man for a dangerous mission…
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The Key Game (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyLaura has been with Antonio all her life and, just when she begins to wonder if that is really the life she wants, Sergio and Siena cross paths in their lives. Sergio is a former high school classmate and Siena, his…
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Valentina's Wedding (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyValentina's seemingly idyllic life in the US is interrupted when planning a wedding means introducing her fiancé to her scandalous family in Mexico.
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No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also comedyZequi and Lucy are about to get married. Although he promises not to overdo it during the bachelor party, things get out of control.
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Exchanged (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also comedyOne enchanted night, during a meteor shower, young Sebastián made a heartfelt wish: for his loving nanny, Lupe, to become his mother, for her warmth and care were what he longed for, unlike his busy mother, Paola. The…
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Old Man Made in Spain (1969)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyA widow shepherd who lives at the Aragonese Pyrenees sees how his three young daughters, Cándida, Visi, and Nieves, go to Madrid to find a better life and leave him alone. There they all get married, have sons and…
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Sanky Panky (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyIn the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. He is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to…
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The Sexologist (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA sexologist (Flavia Dos Santos) dedicates herself to meticulously investigating every detail of the sexual lives of 3 couples and tries to save their marriages without affecting their love lives. This fun and…
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7 Days (2005)
★ 7.6/10Also comedyClaudio Caballero decides to gamble $500,000 in a desperate attempt to raise the cash necessary to bring the world's biggest band (U2) to Mexico.
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Chinese Take-Away (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyA comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
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No manches, Frida (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyAfter being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.
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Driver's Ed (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
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Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyHawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
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Spa Weekend (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyFour lifelong friends realize that somewhere between careers, relationships, families, and everyday responsibilities, they’ve forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other. Burned out and overdue for a break…
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Heroic Losers (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyIn a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their…
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Part-Time Lifeguards (1987)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyThis time, the Brigada Z gang, take a little vacation in Mar del Plata but their money is stolen. In order to enjoy their vacation, they become lifeguards and accidentally discover a band of thieves that robs Casinos…
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All the Freckles in the World (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyTeen comedy set in the school-year of 1994. José is the new kid on high-school, falling immediately for the popular and freckled Christina. Trying to impress her, he's going to unsuccessfully join the soccer try-outs…