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Movies that feel likeUsed Cars (1980)

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.

If you loved Used Cars, the closest films we have are Real Life (1979), Clockwise (1986) and Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965). All three share Used Cars' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Genevieve (1953).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Zemeckiswittyplayful
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Real Life
1979 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 84%★ 7comedyRent or buy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

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Clockwise
1986 · dir. Christopher Morahan
🍅 83%★ 6.6comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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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★ 8.4comedy

Common ground: fight

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

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The Boss of It All
2006 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 74%★ 6.6comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

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

The owner of an IT firm wants to sell his business for profit; however, when he started his firm, he invented a nonexistent 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 hires a failed actor to play the part.

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Genevieve
1953 · dir. Henry Cornelius
🍅 86%★ 7comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

Both run playful where it counts

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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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
★ 7.2comedy

The same comedy instincts

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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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 6.3comedy

Comedy approached the same way

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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French Fried Vacation 2
1979 · dir. Patrice Leconte
★ 7.4comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

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My Favorite Year
1982 · dir. Richard Benjamin
🍅 97%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Comedy in the same key

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Used Cars does

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

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PlayTime
1967 · dir. Jacques Tati
🍅 98%★ 7.8comedy

Both are comedy through and through

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.

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The Party
1968 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 83%★ 7.4comedyPrime Video

Both working the same comedy territory

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

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