Movies Like We Want the Colonels

If you liked We Want the Colonels (1973), a comedy movie directed by Mario Monicelli, 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 Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
2
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
3
The Marquis of Grillo (1981)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize…
4
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.
5
Duck Soup (1933)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
6
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.
7
Fantozzi (1975)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly finding himself in difficult situations, but never losing his mood.
8
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…
9
High Anxiety (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
10
He's Worse than Me (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Two reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing whatever they want and getting into endless alterations. When one of them decides to marry, their friendship is in a…
11
If Looks Could Kill (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British…
12
Whatsoeverly (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.
13
...Watch Out, We're Mad (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Estranged, quarreling brothers Carezza and Sorriso have to put aside their differences to reclaim their father's beloved dune buggy from predatory real estate developer Torsillo, with the help of beautiful circus…
14
Undercover Brother (2002)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen…
15
Major Payne (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian…
16
The SuperVips (1968)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie…
17
Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
18
Put Grandma in the Freezer (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Simone, a clumsy financier, falls in love with Claudia, who’s living on her grandma’s retirement checks. When the old lady dies Claudia hides the body in a freezer, and sets up a fraud with the help of some friends to…
19
Big Momma's House (2000)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain…
20
What a Beautiful Day (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that…