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Movies that feel like Animal House (1978)

If you loved Animal House, the closest films we have are French Fried Vacation 2 (1979), Used Cars (1980) and The Party (1968). All three share Animal House's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Landiswittyplayful
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French Fried Vacation 2
1979 Β· dir. Patrice Leconte
β˜… 7.4comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

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Used Cars
1980 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.7comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

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The Party
1968 Β· dir. Blake Edwards
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.4comedy

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

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Clockwise
1986 Β· dir. Christopher Morahan
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.6comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

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PlayTime
1967 Β· dir. Jacques Tati
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8comedy

Both run playful where it counts

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 Β· dir. John Hughes
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6comedy

Both are comedy through and through

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 Β· dir. Jean Girault
β˜… 7.1comedy

Comedy in the same key

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 Β· dir. Leonid Gaidai
β˜… 8.4comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "DΓ©jΓ  vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 Β· dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.5comedy

Both working the same comedy territory

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

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Young Frankenstein
1974 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016 Β· dir. Nicholas Stoller
πŸ… 65%β˜… 5.7comedy

Common ground in both: college and fraternity

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

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Mon Oncle
1958 Β· dir. Jacques Tati
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.7comedy

Both know what they want from comedy

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.

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