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Movies that feel like Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)

If you loved Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, the closest films we have are The Party (1968), PlayTime (1967) and Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965). All three share Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'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 HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jean Giraultwittyplayful

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The Party
1968 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 83%7.4comedy

Both are built on the same subject: misunderstanding

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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PlayTime
1967 · dir. Jacques Tati
🍅 98%7.8comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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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8.4comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà 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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Mon Oncle
1958 · dir. Jacques Tati
🍅 94%7.7comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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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Genevieve
1953 · dir. Henry Cornelius
🍅 86%7.1comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

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

A streak of play through both

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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French Fried Vacation 2
1979 · dir. Patrice Leconte
7.4comedy

Comedy in the same key

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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The Bank Dick
1940 · dir. Edward F. Cline
🍅 96%7.1comedy

Both play comedy straight

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

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

Cut from the same comedy cloth

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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Animal House
1978 · dir. John Landis
🍅 89%7.4comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

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.

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Sons of the Desert
1933 · dir. William A. Seiter
🍅 100%7.5comedy

Both are comedy through and through

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

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Airplane!
1980 · dir. Jerry Zucker
🍅 97%7.7comedy

The same preoccupation in both: nun

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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