Best movies like The Beginner
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to The Beginner? Share your expertise to lead others find tv series and movies you've viewed already that might suit them too. Aid in growing the cohort of people putting forward videos to one another. We welcome your contribution!
Plot Summary:
Movie fan Mike has invented a machine with which he is able to take part in every movie which is currently running on his video tape recorder. But he and his friend Tommy are watched while trying out this new device and soon two electronic companies are on their trail to discover the secret of this invention.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: campy
Best tv shows and movies like The Beginner (1985):
Similar in 79%
Oh Egon! (1961)
Plot Summary:
.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
Similar in 80%
Piratensender Powerplay (1982)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 90%
Parfum de printemps (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 2011 Tunisia, as the Arab Spring awakens, unemployed graduate Aziz, nicknamed Zizou (Zied Ayadi), travels from his Saharan village to the big city of Tunis in search of a job. From television aerial installation to political intrigue, this fresh-faced young Candide will learn the ways of the world, fall in love with the ravishing Aicha (Sara Hanachi), and become famous.--Eddie Cockrell, FilmFest DC.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy
Country: Tunisia, France, Lebanon
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)
Plot Summary:
A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sitcom
Similar in 75%
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct (2008)
Plot Summary:
Elias of the 16th Precinct follows three friends – Elias, Thomas and Vangelis – who face considerable financial hurdles with their debts rivalling the size of Everest. They decide the only solution is to snatch money from Vangelis’ boss, Labros ; a cafeteria owner, pawnbroker and fence. While Thomas will attempt the breaking and entering, Elias will be disguised as a police officer – for security reasons, of course. Hilarity ensues as this comedy of errors sends their plan spiralling off in a totally different direction.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 88%
Mookie (1998)
Plot Summary:
Far away from their native France, two men are in trouble in a Mexican town. One is a gentle missionary monk, Brother Benoît, the other is a tough stubborn boxer named Antoine Capella. Brother Benoît has saved a chimp he calls Mookie and who has become his pet but the trouble is that it is a talking monkey, which is the reason why a groups of scientists want to take it away from him. As for Capella, he has refused to lose a rigged fight and now a gang of badmen are after him to punish him. When the two men are forced to leave the town, they decide to travel together to Mexico. The road will be long and eventful.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 77%
Think Big (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two mildly retarded truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who stows away on their truck.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 89%
Macken - Roy's & Roger's bilservice (1990)
Plot Summary:
Roy and Roger decide to close their gasstation for the summer, to try to find where, what and how their lost father is. Roger also falls in love and much more.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 77%
Top Coppers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Top Coppers follows the adventures of cops John Mahogany and Mitch Rust, as they attempt to rid the fictional world of Justice City from its deranged criminal underworld. The universe and its characters are derived from the conventions of American and British cop shows of the Seventies and Eighties, from Starsky & Hutch to The Professionals, but is set in no specific time or country. With big, silly characters and hilarious stories, Top Coppers is filled with familiar tropes and references from the police and action genres, as well as drawing on relatable British situations, problems and relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spoof
Similar in 78%
The Swingin' Pussycats (1969)
Plot Summary:
An eighteen year-old girls wants to preserve her virginity, living in a family that manages the erotic arts.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 78%
Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of TV crime dramas. Someone is murdering all the great detectives and cops, and it's up to the remaining few to find the killer and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, detective, spoof
Similar in 78%
Hurrah, the School Is Burning (1969)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 88%
Overnite Models (1973)
Plot Summary:
A company trip to Berlin ends in many sexcapades.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic
Similar in 81%
The Film Crew: Giant of Marathon (2007)
Plot Summary:
Before Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Arnold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger, there was Steve “The Bodybuilder Referenced in One Rocky Horror Picture Show Song” Reeves. Mr. Reeves was famous for playing Hercules, but in Giant of Marathon he plays the much less impressive muscle-dude Phillipides, mythical hero of the Battle of Marathon. Yes, he fought a bunch of guys in a gas station NAHH we kid! This is a sword and sandals epic of a type much beloved by Italy in the 1950s, where Mr. Reeves spend much time pumped, oiled, and glistening for the Euro-camera while saying words occasionally. If you’re a fan of sexy classical babes and shirtless dudes in tiny skirts (NOT MIKE, KEVIN AND BILL, DO NOT FEAR), then the Film Crew has just the riff for you. Um, this one.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 81%
Let's Have a Riot (1970)
Plot Summary:
Episodes centering on different aspects of early 1970s Italian life:set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: intellectual
Similar in 81%
Confessions of a Male Escort (1971)
Plot Summary:
The high-powered Gigolo Johnny gets a lucrative offer: He shall receive 100.000 DM for a penis transplantation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: crying, sex comedy
Similar in 89%
Her mit den kleinen Schweinchen (1984)
Plot Summary:
Wolfgang cannot make up his mind whether to choose a pretty young thing without money or a rich widow. Egon his friend advises him to choose the young girl and leads rich and ugly widow Olga to the altar himself. Now he lives in the lap of luxury, but his jealous wife never lets him out of her sight. Wolfgang takes the hen-pecked husband to the "Ball of the Piggies", where Egon promptly succumbs to the charms of an ever so sweet and sexy Piggy, those of his wife. While Olga ransacks the hotel in search of Egon the next morning, the real beneficiaries are Wolfgang and Eva who chalk up the nocturnal happenings to experience.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 77%
How Sweet Is Her Valley (1973)
Plot Summary:
Heidi tries to improve her grades at school by having sex with her teacher. When she returns to her parent's home somewhere in Bavaria, she starts to spend an unusual amount of time with the male population of her village.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
Similar in 75%
Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983)
Plot Summary:
Karl is a simple farmer who takes a plane to Ibiza to finally meet his idol, pop-singer Linda Lou. Karl has long ago fallen in love with his idol and has written her numerous love letters, But a farmer like Karl is not the kind of man she could be interested in. At the same time however, a famous millionaire, who happens to look just like Karl, is staying on the island.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 88%
Oktoberfest! Da kann man fest... (1974)
Plot Summary:
Guys from the small village decide to go to the famous Oktoberfest in Munich. Besides beer, they're also interested in girls. Their wives back home find out about that plan and decide to go to Munich themselves to fuc* up this plan. Poor guys.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
Similar in 84%
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Crime Investigation Department is assigned to protect a princess-consort coming from the Republic of Puerto Risi. They arrange a fantastic trip to introduce the princess-consort to Hong Kong, but a big crisis looms on the horizon.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, satirical
Similar in 79%
2 Alone in Paris (2008)
Plot Summary:
A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, entertaining, offbeat, not serious
Similar in 89%
The Haunted Cop Shop (1987)
Plot Summary:
The police station used to be the army club during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Many Japanese officers committed hara kiri there on V-J Day. The old building thus became a ghost house. Petty thief Ming is detained in the basement. It is the Ghost Festival when ghosts are allowed one night's leave. The Colonel shows up and bites Ming, who becomes a vampire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 77%
Traffic (1971)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager and publicity model, Hulot sets out from Paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in Amsterdam. The going isn't easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of hurdles and setbacks en route.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, stylized, parody, manga, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, psychological
Similar in 89%
The New Monsters (1977)
Plot Summary:
15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola) the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli) the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anthology, black comedy, grotesque, italian comedy
Similar in 90%
Alpine Passion (1974)
Plot Summary:
Village elders attempting to upgrade their village status to 'Marktgemeinde' - which for some unexplained reason would resolve their financial difficulties. To achieve this they need to increase the number of village inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic
Similar in 75%
Busty Cops: Protect and Serve! (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Busty Cops are back, and must prevent Finkel and Billy Viscious from winning an election by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sex comedy, sexy, sexploitation film
Similar in 88%
Cassette Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
A comedy directed by Rolf Lyssy.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 81%
Late Show (1999)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: parody, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
Similar in 87%
Father and Guns 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A few years after they infiltrated a therapy program for fathers and sons, Marc Laroche is having some issues with his girlfriend Alice and Jacques is experiencing intense denial towards the fact that he is growing older. An incredible opportunity arises when Martin Germain, the lieutenant of the Mafia’s leader, and his girlfriend sign up for a bootcamp for couples. As Marc and Alice sign up for the therapy, Jacques invites himself in by pretending to be the psychologist's assistant.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, action comedy