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Movies that feel likeMon Oncle (1958)

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.

If you loved Mon Oncle, the closest films we have are PlayTime (1967), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and A Cat in Paris (2010). All three share Mon Oncle's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Genevieve (1953).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jacques Tatiwittyplayfulwhimsical
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Disney Plus

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

The same hand behind both of them: Jacques Tati

The difference: Trades the whimsy of Mon Oncle for an angle of its own

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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You Can't Take It with You
1938 · dir. Frank Capra
🍅 94%★ 7.8comedy · romance

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Mon Oncle does

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

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A Cat in Paris
2010 · dir. Alain Gagnol
🍅 83%★ 6.9animation · comedy

One thread runs through both: whimsical

The difference: 52 years apart, and the 2010s show

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.

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Steamboat Willie
1928 · dir. Walt Disney
🍅 100%★ 7.4animation · comedyDisney+

Comedy built on whimsy, twice over

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

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A Night at the Opera
1935 · dir. Sam Wood
🍅 97%★ 7.8comedy · music

Both keep coming back to the same thing: whimsical

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

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The Addams Family
1991 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 67%★ 7comedy · fantasyParamount+

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

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Look Who's Talking
1989 · dir. Amy Heckerling
🍅 56%★ 6comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.

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Genevieve
1953 · dir. Henry Cornelius
🍅 86%★ 7comedy

Both work the same wit

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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Secret Magic Control Agency
2021 · dir. Alexey Tsitsilin
★ 6.2animation · comedy · fantasyNetflix

The shared currency is whimsy

The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.

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★ 8.4comedy

A streak of play through both

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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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 · dir. Jean Girault
★ 7.1comedy

Both know what they want from comedy

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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The Party
1968 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 83%★ 7.4comedyPrime Video

Both are comedy through and through

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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