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Movies that feel likeThe Intern (2015)

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

If you loved The Intern, the closest films we have are Son of Rambow (2007), That's Life (1998) and Three Men and a Leg (1997). All three share The Intern'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 Ghost World (2001).

🍅 59% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nancy Meyerswittyplayfulwarm
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Son of Rambow
2007 · dir. Garth Jennings
🍅 73%★ 7comedyParamount+

An unlikely pairing brings out a burst of new creative energy

The difference: Two kids making a home movie, not a retiree finding his footing at work

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.

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That's Life
1998 · dir. Massimo Venier
★ 7comedy

An odd trio's chemistry turns a strange situation into real friendship

The difference: A fugitive road comedy, not a mentorship growing inside an office

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

A found family forms out of an odd, mismatched setup

The difference: A farcical road trip across Italy, not a quiet office friendship

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+

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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50/50
2011 · dir. Jonathan Levine
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedy · drama

Warmth and humor carry someone through a life-altering personal challenge

The difference: A cancer diagnosis drives it, not a retiree's quiet reinvention

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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The Bucket List
2007 · dir. Rob Reiner
🍅 40%★ 7.3drama · comedy

Two very different people become close while figuring out what matters now

The difference: A terminal diagnosis drives it, not a retiree's gentle new beginning

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

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

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

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

A lopsided pair reunites for one more adventure years down the line

The difference: Broad slapstick chaos, not a workplace mentor bonding with his boss

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

Two guys stumble into a role neither expected, and it changes them

The difference: A cops-impersonation caper, far more reckless than a gentle office comedy

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

Old friendships get a warm, easygoing spotlight around everyday moments

The difference: A loose reunion comedy, no fish-out-of-water workplace story

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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The Terminal
2004 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 61%★ 7.4comedy · dramaParamount+

A fish-out-of-water finds unexpected warmth navigating an unfamiliar system

The difference: Stranded in an airport rather than settling into office life

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

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

Warm comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Intern does

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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