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Movies that feel likeSon of Rambow (2007)

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

If you loved Son of Rambow, the closest films we have are That's Life (1998), Elling (2001) and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013). All three share Son of Rambow'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 Queen (2014).

🍅 73% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Garth Jenningswittyplayfulwarm
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That's Life
1998 · dir. Massimo Venier
★ 7comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.

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Elling
2001 · dir. Petter Næss
🍅 85%★ 7.4comedy · drama

Warm comedy in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Son of Rambow does

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2013 · dir. Ayan Mukerji
🍅 69%★ 7.3romance · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: friendship

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Son of Rambow does

On a trekking trip, an introverted Naina falls for a charming ex-classmate, whose thirst for adventure drives them apart. Years later, their paths cross again.

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Three Men and a Leg
1997 · dir. Aldo Baglio
★ 7.7comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.

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Clerks
1994 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 90%★ 7.7comedyParamount+

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

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Queen
2014 · dir. Vikas Bahl
🍅 90%★ 8.1comedy · drama

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.

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Kopps
2003 · dir. Josef Fares
★ 6.7action · comedy

Both sit in the same warm register

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Bobby Farrelly
🍅 31%★ 5.6comedy

Both run witty where it counts

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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Let's Be Cops
2014 · dir. Luke Greenfield
🍅 18%★ 6.4comedyStarz

The shared currency is play

Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

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The Internship
2013 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 34%★ 6.3comedyMax

Both work the same warmth

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

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Grown Ups 2
2013 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 8%★ 5.4comedyHuluStarz

Both are comedy through and through

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.

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Ghost World
2001 · dir. Terry Zwigoff
🍅 93%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Comedy approached the same way

Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

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