Movies Like Times Have Been Better

If you liked Times Have Been Better (2006), a comedy movie directed by Régis Musset, 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
Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
How 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…
2
We Are Family (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: six half-brothers and sisters, eight "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school…
3
The ComDads (1983)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
4
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.
5
Spoiled Brats (2021)
★ 6/10Also comedy
The billionaire is tired of the whims of his own children and decides to teach them a lesson. He announces to them that he has become bankrupt. Now spoiled teenagers will have to do what they have never done: go to…
6
Little Nicholas (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Nicolas 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…
7
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
8
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Lola is a striking teenaged girl who is on the cusp of adulthood and longs to rush into the adult world of independence, freedom and sexual exploits, but is tenaciously held back by her mother.
9
Mon Oncle (1958)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot…
10
Tanguy (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.
11
Ratatouille (2007)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
In one of Paris's finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Torn between his family's wishes and his true calling, Remy and his pal Linguini set in motion a hilarious…
12
Papi Sitter (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Franck and Karine are offered a job on a cruise ship they can’t refuse. The only problem: their daughter Camille has to study for her finals but has other ideas of fun in mind instead… No problem! To straighten his…
13
The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
14
L'Amour flou (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Romane and Philippe separate. After 10 years together, two children and a dog, they do not love each other anymore. They give birth to a "separation": two separate apartments, communicating only through the room of…
15
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026)
★ 6/10Also comedy
At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional and romantic failure. And to make…
16
I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
17
It Boy (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he…
18
Dead Tired (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to…
19
Marry Me, Dude (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...
20
Parade (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.