Movies Like Wake Up, Poor Periklis!

If you liked Wake Up, Poor Periklis! (1969), a comedy movie directed by Kostas Andritsos, 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
Moana (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Teenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.
2
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A 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…
3
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his…
4
Recess: School's Out (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A…
5
Lilo & Stitch (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
6
Nine to Five (1980)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
7
Yellow Submarine (1968)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
8
The Million Pound Note (1954)
★ 7/10Also comedy
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he…
9
Office Space (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money…
10
Nim's Island (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
11
Old Dads (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
12
Billy Madison (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2…
13
Moana (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
14
The Instigators (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up with an unusual accomplice — Rory's therapist — to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.
15
Waiting... (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.
16
Safe Sex (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.
17
Horrible Bosses (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and…
18
My Man Godfrey (1936)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her…
19
Bananas (1971)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
20
Chicken Little (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion…