Movies Like Der Campus

If you liked Der Campus (1998), a comedy movie directed by Sönke Wortmann, 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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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!
2
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.
3
The Nutty Professor (1963)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most…
4
The Ladies Man (1961)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…
5
Switching Channels (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
6
Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.
7
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts…
8
Not My Day (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...
9
Keeping Mum (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
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My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together — until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.
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Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is halfway through her 20s — and she's over it. From dating losers to a failed engagement, she takes aim at her life choices.
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Coming In (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Notoriously hip Berlin based hairdresser Tom Herzner falls in love with beauty parlor owner Heidi, turning both of their worlds upside down. So far so good. Only one problem: Tom is gay.
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Sydney White (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed since her parent's day. Banished to a…
14
The Meteor Man (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and…
15
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.
16
Me and Kaminski (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
17
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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St. Vincent (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
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Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen…
20
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket). Topics include the ongoing…