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Movies that feel like Kindergarten Cop (1990)

If you loved Kindergarten Cop, the closest films we have are Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Ghostbusters II (1989). All three share Kindergarten Cop's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

🍅 54% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ivan Reitmanwittyplayful
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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
6.9comedy

The same preoccupation in both: teacher

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Suck Me Shakespeer 2
2015 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
5.9comedy

One thread runs through both: teacher

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

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Ghostbusters II
1989 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 57%6.6comedy · fantasy

Ivan Reitman working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Kindergarten Cop does

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

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Clockwise
1986 · dir. Christopher Morahan
🍅 83%6.6comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Four Rooms
1995 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 13%6.7comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

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Day of the Wacko
2002 · dir. Marek Koterski
8.1comedy · drama

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Kindergarten Cop does

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 49 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
🍅 72%7.5comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 93%7.6comedy

A streak of play through both

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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Used Cars
1980 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 77%6.7comedy

The same comedy instincts

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 Dinner Game
1998 · dir. Francis Veber
🍅 73%7.6comedy

Both play comedy straight

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

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EuroTrip
2004 · dir. Jeff Schaffer
6.6comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%7.5comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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