Movies Like The American Beauty
If you liked The American Beauty (1961), a comedy movie directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia, 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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Full Speed (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedyA family together with their grandpa go on a vacation, when their new car won't stop and it nearly escapes crashing into a hundred cars.
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThe fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby, is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a…
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Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyClaude 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.
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Trophy Wife (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyIn 1977 France, tightfisted factory owner Robert Pujol is so shocked when his workers strike for higher wages that he suffers a heart attack. His acquiescent wife, Suzanne, whose father had founded the factory, takes…
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She-Devil (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedyA cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
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How to Make a Killing (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyMichel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2…
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWealthy 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…
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyAdvertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary…
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyDown-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…
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The Brats (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyNewly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas…
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Taking Care of Business (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAn 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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The Union (2024)
★ 6/10Also comedyA New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
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Crash Test Aglae (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in…
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyClark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10Also comedyA Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
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Return of the Hero (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyFrance, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
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Hot Shots! (1991)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyThe gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to…
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Dead Tired (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedyStressed 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…
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Wild Hogs (2007)
★ 6/10Also comedyRestless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico…
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The Hustle (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyTwo female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."