Movies like La barba (2017)
The best movies like La barba (2017) are The Price of Family (2022), Oliver the Eighth (1934) and Perfect Day (1929). If La barba hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedVolver (2006)7.5/10 from 2,004 votes
- NewestHow to Make a Killing (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianThe Price of Family (2022)Also in Italian
The Price of Family (2022)
Heartbroken that their children no longer want to spend time with them, two parents fake an inheritance to bring the family together for Christmas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOliver the Eighth (1934)
Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPerfect Day (1929)
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Day's Pleasure (1919)
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Business (1929)
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Wife's Relations (1922)
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeavy Metal Mater (2010)
Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then Lightning joins Mater's band for the rock concert of the century!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Good Turn (1931)
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow High (2001)
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
The Banks Family reunites 25 years later for a very special event to benefit World Central Kitchen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChief Daddy 2: Going for Broke (2021)
The Beecroft family are ready to spend all of Chief Daddy's inheritance, but not if the CEO of his company has anything to do with it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMike's New Car (2002)
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't last long enough, however, as Sulley jump-starts an ill-fated road test that teaches Mike the true meaning of buyer's remorse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Family Jewels (1965)
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMe and My Pal (1933)
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAffairs of the Art (2021)
Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHow to Make a Killing (2026)
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRicky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMagnum Opus (2022)
Groot sets out to paint a family portrait of himself and the Guardians, only to discover just how messy the artistic process can be.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTowed in a Hole (1932)
Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Magic Glass (1914)
A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Panda Syndrome (2004)
A young boy, Bjørn, discovers on his 17th birthday that his problems with the girls might not be self-inflicted.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Wawa (2008)
Garance has just lost her Wawa. It’s going to be picked up, rolled around, transported, thrown away, carted off, dragged off, snatched up, shot, smashed, trampled, given away, pushed around, stolen, soiled, forgotten, chewed on, slapped, crushed, banged up, and found again. This is the story of the unfortunate trip of a stuffed dog through the streets of Paris.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Antoine and Colette (1962)
After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen-year-old Antoine Doinel is now an upstanding member of society working for Philips Records, which allows him to indulge in his love of music. At the Youth Concerts, he has noticed the same young woman at several performances. She is Colette, and the two begin to date. Colette treats Antoine like a buddy, while Antoine has fallen in love with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVolver (2006)
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUrbanissimo (1967)
A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Reseda (2019)
The story of 4 unlikely housemates. Through years of strife and misadventure, this bunch redefines what it means to be a family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Mister Chair (2020)
The man needs the trip. The job impedes him to do so. Then the man stuck to his chair! Loosely based on a short short story named "A Man Called Desk" from the book "Password Incorrect" written by Nick Name
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
A Man Walks Into a Bar... (2016)
A man walks into a bar, the start of a bad joke with an even worse pun? or a cautionary tail that tells us, don't tempt fate.........just don't.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Hezarfen (2010)
Hezarfen is a historical Turkish character. The story takes place in 1632 in Istanbul, where he will attempt the first flight of the human being.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like La barba?
The closest matches to La barba are The Price of Family (2022), Oliver the Eighth (1934) and Perfect Day (1929). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after La barba?
Start with The Price of Family (2022), the closest match to La barba.
What is the highest-rated movie like La barba?
Volver (2006), rated 7.5/10 by 2,004 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like La barba?
How to Make a Killing (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like La barba?
Yes: The Price of Family (2022).
How are movies similar to La barba chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La barba, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.