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Movies that feel like Sons of the Desert (1933)

If you loved Sons of the Desert, the closest films we have are The Bank Dick (1940), One Week (1920) and Genevieve (1953). All three share Sons of the Desert's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. William A. Seiterwittyplayful

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The Bank Dick
1940 Β· dir. Edward F. Cline
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1comedy

Both land wit and play at once

Egbert SousΓ© 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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One Week
1920 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding giftβ€”and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

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Genevieve
1953 Β· dir. Henry Cornelius
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.1comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1950s show

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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Zero for Conduct
1933 Β· dir. Jean Vigo
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Sons of the Desert does

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 Β· dir. Satoshi Miki
β˜… 7.2comedy

A streak of play through both

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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

Cut from the same comedy cloth

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

Both working the same comedy territory

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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The Green Butchers
2003 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.2comedy

Comedy in the same key

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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

Comedy approached the same way

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 Invisible Woman
2009 Β· dir. ClΓ‘udio Torres
β˜… 6.3comedy

Both play comedy straight

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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The Boss of It All
2006 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.6comedy

Both know what they want from comedy

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face the owner has to hire a failed actor to play the part.

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Best Worst Movie
2009 Β· dir. Michael Stephenson
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2documentary Β· comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

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