Movies Like Ein Mann auf Abwegen

If you liked Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940), a comedy movie directed by Herbert Selpin, 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
The Manny (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nanny for them.
2
Ali G, Innit (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Ali G travels throughout Britain, interviewing unsuspecting leaders and politicians.
3
I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
4
The Geisha Boy (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
5
Balls Up (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals…
6
Kokowääh 2 (2013)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…
7
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
8
29th Street (1991)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
9
Mr. Bones (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
10
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.
11
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.
12
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
13
Schizopolis (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
14
Not My Day (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...
15
The Errand Boy (1961)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty…
16
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
★ 7/10Also comedy
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the…
17
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
18
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
19
Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
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.
20
Rowan Atkinson Live (1992)
★ 8.2/10Also comedy
Rowan Atkinson and Angus Deayton in Boston doing a live performance of the same styles of humor we've seen in Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Included are lessons on Shakespearean acting, a school headmaster meeting with the…