Movies Like Merlusse

If you liked Merlusse (1965), a tv movie and comedy movie directed by Georges Folgoas, 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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Mention particulière (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and comedy
Laura, 21, is determined to earn her High school diploma, just like anyone else. Except Laura is a bit different. She has Down syndrome. As she faces her own difficulties, she must also deal with the doubts of her…
2
Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and comedy
Three brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of…
3
A Bramble House Christmas (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama
While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim…
4
Seeds of Yesterday (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
5
Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie
An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
6
La Maladroite (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also tv movie and drama
Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant (maybe too much) she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her teacher, Céline, she fell when…
7
The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedy
When Brian Conway, a successful businessman whose family relationships have suffered, gets in a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him twelve chances to redo the day and repair the relationships in his life…
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Cheaters (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
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Parade (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie and comedy
The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.
10
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movie
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
12
Alley Cats Strike (2000)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
13
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and tv movie
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
14
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movie
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…
15
Macadam Stories (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
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Scum (1977)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie and drama
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of…
17
SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
18
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and tv movie
Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…
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Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they…
20
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.