Movies Like Death of a Bureaucrat

If you liked Death of a Bureaucrat (1966), a comedy movie directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 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
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
2
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts…
3
Lord, Give Me Patience (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
An ultraconservative family father must spend a weekend with his dysfunctional children for the burial of his wife.
4
Historias lamentables (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
This satirical anthology tells the surreal stories of a gift for Don Horacio, a trip to the beach for Bermejo, a life-changing relationship between Tina and the young immigrant Ayoub, and a new client for a company…
5
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…
6
Homo Argentum (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.
7
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
8
Chinese Take-Away (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
9
Heroic Losers (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their…
10
Problemista (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only…
11
The Addams Family (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to…
12
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
★ 7/10Also comedy
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
13
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
Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
15
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.
16
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
17
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
★ 7/10Also comedy
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who…
18
Last Vegas (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime…
19
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
20
A Madea Family Funeral (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.