Movies Like Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

If you liked Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), a comedy movie directed by Jean Girault, 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 Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while…
2
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works…
3
The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns…
4
Nuns on the Run (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss…
5
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined…
6
Sister Act (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident…
7
Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
8
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant…
9
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
10
A Cat in Paris (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
11
Daddy Cool (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Adrien, 40 years old and totally immature, is dumped by Maude, 35 years old, eager to finally found a family. In an attempt to regain the love of his life, Adrien decides to move into the future ex-married apartment: a…
12
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
13
Undercover Blues (1993)
★ 6/10Also comedy
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure…
14
Forced Vacation (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Following a booking error, two families who are complete opposites, as well as a somewhat snobbish publisher and the influencer he wants to publish, are forced to share a sublime vacation home. The culture clash is…
15
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her…
16
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…
17
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting…
18
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
19
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.
20
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.