Movies Like Der Stern von Valencia

If you liked Der Stern von Valencia (1933), a comedy movie directed by Alfred Zeisler, 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.

1
Ruthless People (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the…
2
Beckenrand Sheriff (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
A lifeguard tries by all means to keep his home, an open-air swimming pool, from being closed.
3
Cold Feet (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte turns up, Denis has enough of it and…
4
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
5
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
6
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together — until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.
7
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…
8
Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
9
Driver's Ed (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
A 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.
10
Held Up (1999)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the…
11
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him…
12
Room Service (1938)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
13
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
14
Sextuplets (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.
15
Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
16
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding…
17
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.
18
Excess Baggage (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
19
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.