Movies Like The French, They Are a Funny Race
If you liked The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955), a comedy movie directed by Preston Sturges, 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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Roxane (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedyWhat does Cyrano de Bergerac do at a chicken farmer? This is the problem of Raymond, who has always kept his passion for the theater hidden. But when he is threatened with bankruptcy, he decides to try everything for…
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Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
★ 6/10Also comedySamy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
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Riviera Revenge (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyFrançois Marsault, a war veteran, makes the most of his retirement alongside his wife Annie. Authoritarian and ruthless, François rules his family with an iron fist — but when he discovers that his esteemed wife…
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Freedom-Oleron (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so he decides to buy a boat.
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Le Clan (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyFred, Achille, Max and Belette form a good-for-nothing gang of crooks. Dismally failing their last raid, they decide to get back in the game, kidnapping Sophie Marceau.
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No Filter (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyBeatrice celebrates with her family the release of her book: she tells about the accident of her husband Frederic. He became blind and without filter - always so funny and seductive, he is totally unpredictable. But…
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The Nannies (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyAngèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always cope thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in the uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom…
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Paris Follies (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyLong married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself…
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What's in a Name (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyVincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present…
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Copacabana (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyBabou seems to be able to shrug off anything. Real jobs, husbands, responsibilities, who needs them? But when she finds out that her own daughter is too ashamed of her to invite her to her wedding, she decides to make…
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The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyParis, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The…
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The Brats (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyNewly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas…
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Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyHow to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the…
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A Difficult Year (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyCompulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green activists. Lured by the free beer and…
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Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThree 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…
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Little Nicholas (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyNicolas 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…
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The Small Victories (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBetween her roles as mayor and teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice's days are very full. When an unexpected new student, 60-year-old Emile, finally decides to learn to read and write, her daily life…
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyMr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.
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Parade (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyThe story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.