Movies like La Poubelle (2026)
The best movies like La Poubelle (2026) are Don't Die Too Hard! (2001), Superwho? (2022) and Taking Care of Business (1990). If La Poubelle hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
La Poubelle
Quick picks
- Highest ratedEddie Murphy Raw (1987)7.2/10 from 395 votes
- NewestTough Luck (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchDon't Die Too Hard! (2001)Also in French
Don't Die Too Hard! (2001)
Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Marie-Joelle (who in reality hates his guts), Ramzy stays at work late while Eric hangs around with him. As a result, the pair witness a gang of terrorists seize the tower and take its late-night occupants (including Marie- Joelle) hostage. Knowing that only they can save the day, Eric and Ramzy swing into action.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperwho? (2022)
A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaking Care of Business (1990)
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Boy (2013)
38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTough Luck (2026)
Arrested by mistake and mistaken for France’s most wanted man, Serge Martin, a peaceful retiree, becomes the target of the media. Caught up in a never-ending whirlwind, he’ll do everything he can to prove his innocence and get his life back… if that’s even possible!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarry On Regardless (1961)
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trouble with Angels (1966)
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016)
He's a kamikaze gambler. A one-arm cuddler. And if his fly is down, so be it. A night of sly riffs and slow burns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChris Rock: Kill the Messenger (2008)
An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket). Topics include the ongoing presidential campaign, the possibility of a black president, George W. Bush, gas prices, low-paid jobs, ringtones and bottled water, sex, relationships and the correct use of the n-word
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Brats (2013)
Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFive (2016)
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRookie of the Year (1993)
When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Love My Dad (2022)
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThemroc (1973)
Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The third part of Seventh Company adventures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlter Ego (2026)
A quiet, middle-aged man spirals into obsession and paranoia when a charismatic look-alike moves in next door, featuring the exact same face—and a full head of hair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSee Spot Run (2001)
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirty Money (1995)
A random man's life is torn apart after he's pulled into the aftermath of a payroll heist. He retaliates by stealing the loot, setting off an international manhunt as he's pursued by the cops and the murderous thieves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Ninja il Padrino - Parte II (2023)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Ozone: Attack Of The Redneck Mutants! (1989)
An ecological disaster turns some rednecks into flesh-eating mutants.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
ly débora (TBA)
The twin brothers who invented the "dab" tell their story.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Fisher of Men (2025)
A tentacled lake monster exacts revenge upon a noble but flawed fisherman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Placenta Holocaust (2025)
"Placenta Holocaust" is an underground extreme horror and gore film, made by independent filmmakers from the "trash cinema" subgenre, combined with its explicit, provocative and very bad images like Primarks, FunkoPops and UGGs, with the objective of breaking taboos and provoking the viewer. It will not leave you indifferent and will make you question your own existence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Stronger than the Gang (TBA)
A small-time criminal gang kidnaps Bore's friend Sensei to extort money from him, but they take things too far and Bore must settle the score.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Vogliamoci troppo bene (1989)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Alakazam - The Movie (2020)
A new nanny takes on the care of two children after a family tragedy. She discovers supernatural secrets about the children's lineage and must protect them from dangerous threats.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Hospital Dumpster Divers (2020)
Chaos breaks out at the hospital when a mutant dumpster troll is accidentally brought to life, as a result of shoddy waste management, by the shuffle dancing young man Rasmus. Hospital Dumpster Divers is a bat shit crazy medical waste themed mini-monster splatter melted together as a practical special effects gore feast.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like La Poubelle?
The closest matches to La Poubelle are Don't Die Too Hard! (2001), Superwho? (2022) and Taking Care of Business (1990). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after La Poubelle?
Start with Don't Die Too Hard! (2001), the closest match to La Poubelle.
What is the highest-rated movie like La Poubelle?
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), rated 7.2/10 by 395 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like La Poubelle?
Tough Luck (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like La Poubelle?
Yes: Don't Die Too Hard! (2001), Superwho? (2022) and It Boy (2013).
How are movies similar to La Poubelle chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La Poubelle, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.