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Movies Like The Japanese do not Wait

If you liked The Japanese do not Wait (1978), a comedy movie directed by Rogelio A. González, 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. 1The Wedding Year

    The Wedding Year (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.

  2. 2Super Crazy

    Super Crazy (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    A 36-year-old meek woman realizes that there’s younger people trying to outpace her doing much less, so she makes a risky change by removing her filter.

  3. 3Departamento de soltero

    Departamento de soltero (1971)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Newlywed couple are jealous of each other's imagined infidelities.

  4. 4A Bad Moms Christmas

    A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families…

  5. 5Babes

    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.

  6. 6The Sexologist

    The Sexologist (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    A sexologist (Flavia Dos Santos) dedicates herself to meticulously investigating every detail of the sexual lives of 3 couples and tries to save their marriages without affecting their love lives. This fun and…

  7. 7Dad must be crazy!

    Dad must be crazy! (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    On their scond honeymoon, a couple travels to the beaches of the Dominican Republic to reignite their marriage

  8. 8Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

    Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.

  9. 9Animales

    Animales (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Four couples sail the thin line between desire and search for authenticity, in a world where truth is as fragile as their relationships.

  10. 10Shane 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.

  11. 11Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  12. 1229th Street

    29th Street (1991)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.

  13. 13Pretty Persuasion

    Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

  14. 14Seriously Single

    Seriously Single (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.

  15. 15Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire

    Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Unbridled comic Chris D'Elia reconsiders his approach to major life events like marriage, not having kids and buying pants for your friends.

  16. 16Duplex

    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!

  17. 17Life of the Party

    Life of the Party (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea…

  18. 18Horrible Bosses 2

    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.

  19. 19The Best Man Holiday

    The Best Man Holiday (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

  20. 20Switching Channels

    Switching Channels (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

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