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Movies that feel likeTrading Places (1983)

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

If you loved Trading Places, the closest films we have are Lost in America (1985), Life of Brian (1979) and The Producers (1968). All three share Trading Places' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I'm All Right Jack (1959).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Landiswittyplayfuldarkly funny
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Lost in America
1985 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 95%★ 7comedy

One thread runs through both: satire

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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Life of Brian
1979 · dir. Terry Jones
🍅 96%★ 8comedyPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: satire

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

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The Producers
1968 · dir. Mel Brooks
🍅 92%★ 7.5comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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Office Space
1999 · dir. Mike Judge
🍅 82%★ 7.6comedyParamount+

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

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🍅 90%★ 7.4comedyPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prostitute

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

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I'm All Right Jack
1959 · dir. John Boulting
🍅 85%★ 7.1comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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Withnail & I
1987 · dir. Bruce Robinson
🍅 84%★ 7.5comedy · dramaMax

The shared currency is dark humor

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Trading Places does

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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The Ruling Class
1972 · dir. Peter Medak
🍅 83%★ 7.2comedy · dramaMax

Both work the same wit

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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In the Loop
2009 · dir. Armando Iannucci
🍅 94%★ 7.4comedy

Both sit in the same playful register

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Both run darkly funny where it counts

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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Scary Movie
2000 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 52%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Peacock

Cut from the same comedy cloth

A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!

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