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Movies that feel like Trading Places (1983)

If you loved Trading Places, the closest films we have are Life of Brian (1979), Lost in America (1985) and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006). All three share Trading Places'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 Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Landiswittyplayfuldarkly funny

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If Trading Places hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Faces Places (2017)

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Life of Brian
1979 Β· dir. Terry Jones
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8comedy

Both built around 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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Lost in America
1985 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7comedy

Satire sits at the heart of each

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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πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4comedy

The same preoccupation in both: prostitute

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 Β· dir. Michael Patrick Jann
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.7comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Scary Movie
2000 Β· dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3comedy

Both trade on dark humor more than on being comedy

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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I'm All Right Jack
1959 Β· dir. John Boulting
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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In the Loop
2009 Β· dir. Armando Iannucci
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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

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I Want Your Sex
2026 Β· dir. Gregg Araki
β˜… 6.4comedy

Both run darkly funny where it counts

When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy, his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.

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Airplane!
1980 Β· dir. Jim Abrahams
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7comedy

Wit is the shared currency

The difference: None of the dark humor that defines Trading Places

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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Nine to Five
1980 Β· dir. Colin Higgins
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.9comedy

A streak of play through both

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

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Dumb and Dumber
1994 Β· dir. Peter Farrelly
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.3comedy

Comedy approached the same way

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.

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

The same comedy instincts

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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