Movies Like Matinee Idle

If you liked Matinee Idle (1930), a comedy movie directed by Arthur Hurley, 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.

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   Deathtrap (1982)

   ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

   A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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   Love Happy (1949)

   ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

   The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

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   Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

   ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

   A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

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   Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy (2007)

   ★ 7.6/10Also comedy

   Gabriel Iglesias is one of the fastest-rising comics today! With his unique brand of humor, lovable stage presence and wide range of voices and impressions, it's no wonder that he already has a huge fan following. Now…

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   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…

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   Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 (2010)

   ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

   The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre.

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   Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

   ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

   When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

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   Rowan Atkinson Live (1992)

   ★ 8.2/10Also comedy

   Rowan Atkinson and Angus Deayton in Boston doing a live performance of the same styles of humor we've seen in Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Included are lessons on Shakespearean acting, a school headmaster meeting with the…

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   Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff (2012)

   ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

   A ratings hit! Amy Schumer debuts her one-hour special in front of a live audience at the Historic Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco. Nothing is off limits as Schumer airs every hilarious, messed up detail of her…

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    American Dreamer (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

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    Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    Old Boys (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.

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    Room Service (1938)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.

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    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.

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    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

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    Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain (2011)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time.

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    Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    Comedy juggernaut Dave Chappelle's fourth Netflix Special, taped on November 20th, 2017 at Los Angeles' Comedy Store.

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    Rookie of the Year (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.

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    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…

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    Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (1998)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    Taped for HBO in August 1998, on the final date of Jerry Seinfeld's tour appearances at New York City's Broadhurst Theater, I'm Telling You for the Last Time presents the standup comedian's so-called "final" standup…