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Movies Like The Rainbow Seeker

If you liked The Rainbow Seeker (1996), a comedy movie directed by Yoji Yamada, 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. 12 Minutes of Fame

    2 Minutes of Fame (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.

  2. 2Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

    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.

  3. 3Babes

    Babes (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

  4. 4Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs

    Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

  5. 5Psychic Kusuo

    Psychic Kusuo (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Born a powerful psychic, high schooler Kusuo Saiki craves the simple life. But the weirdos in his class make it difficult to conceal his abilities.

  6. 6Clear History

    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.

  7. 7Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer

    Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.

  8. 8Me Time

    Me Time (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.

  9. 9The F**k-It List

    The F**k-It List (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.

  10. 10Adventures in Public School

    Adventures in Public School (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.

  11. 11Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  12. 12American Dreamer

    American Dreamer (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

  13. 13Duplex

    Duplex (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

  14. 14I Love My Dad

    I Love My Dad (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.

  15. 15Ali G, Innit

    Ali G, Innit (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Ali G travels throughout Britain, interviewing unsuspecting leaders and politicians.

  16. 16LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition

    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.

  17. 17Hollywood Shuffle

    Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts…

  18. 18London Calling

    London Calling (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.

  19. 19Eddie Murphy Raw

    Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

  20. 20Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It

    Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Out of jail and broke, Julian concocts an outrageously greasy scheme to get rich and, to make it even greasier, he will have to deliver his product to his arch-enemy, Cyrus, who’s waiting in Montreal to close the dirty…

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