Movies like François Léveillée (2005)
The best movies like François Léveillée (2005) are Rowan Atkinson Live (1992), Foresti Party (2012) and Blanche Gardin - Bonne nuit Blanche (2019). If François Léveillée hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated8½ (1963)8.1/10 from 2,626 votes
- NewestFlorence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys (2024)Released 2024
- In FrenchForesti Party (2012)Also in French
Rowan Atkinson Live (1992)
Rowan Atkinson and Angus Deayton in Boston doing a live performance of the same styles of humor we've seen in Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Included are lessons on Shakespearean acting, a school headmaster meeting with the father of a boy he's beaten to death, and tips for having a successful date.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisForesti Party (2012)
Comedian Florence Foresti supersizes her act in an arena show packed with sketches, celebrity impressions, epic dance routines and special guests.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlanche Gardin - Bonne nuit Blanche (2019)
Blanche offers us her new stand-up, creation 2018. She spares no one. Not even her own guts, which she still delivers to us smoking on the altar of self-derision.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFabrice Éboué - Adieu Hier (2023)
Social networks, exacerbated militancy, Cancel Culture, the Covid crisis has only accelerated the emergence of the new world... Fabrice Eboué already feels overwhelmed... After the success of "Plus Rien à Perdre" and this long period of pandemic, Fabrice Eboué returns to the stage with his fourth and new show!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (2012)
In 1733, Johann Sebastian Bach gives an explosive and unexpected music lesson at the Leipzig church.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBo Burnham: Words, Words, Words (2010)
Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special, shot live in his home town of Boston.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlorence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale (2006)
Florence Foresti lets loose on stage at La Cigale in Paris, performing with total confidence. She brings to life a gallery of sharp and hilarious characters. Drawing on the trivialities of everyday life, the comedian exposes human flaws and turns them into sparkling, unexpected situations. From waking up next to a stranger after a Saturday night out, to a compulsive liar bragging about a fake love story, and a hysterical actress, she wraps up her show by taking aim at a plastic pop idol. The immaturity of men and the frivolity of women are among her favorite themes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJohn Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons (2018)
In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and heartbreak as he traces 3,000 years of Latin history in an effort to help his bullied son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGad Gone Wild (2017)
French comic Gad Elmaleh regales a Montreal crowd with tales of awkward mix-ups and baffling customs he's encountered since moving to the U.S.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlanche Gardin: I Talk to Myself (2017)
Touching on bulimia, death and cat sodomy, this French actress and comedian is keen to push the envelope in a one-woman show with understated flair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGeorge Carlin: On Campus (1984)
George Carlin hits the boards with the former Hippie-Dippie Weatherman's take on Brooklynese pronunciations of the names of sexually transmitted disease ("hoipes"), plus a prayer for the separation of church and state, feuds between breakfast foods, and the absurdity of wearing jungle camouflage in a desert.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002)
The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky Mr. Brown, deliver nonstop laughs. Live, love, rejoice...it’s Madea’s Family Reunion!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlorence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys (2024)
25 years after the beginning of her career, Florence Foresti speaks frankly about seduction, in a funny and striking tone. This is an opportunity for the comedian to take stock of the state of male-female relations five years after #MeToo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale (2006)
The affable, towheaded comic demonstrates his hysterical brand of self-effacing comedy and deadpan delivery at two sold-out shows at Chicago's Vic Theater. It's OK to laugh at this pale white guy...'cause nobody's laughing at Jim Gaffigan harder than Jim Gaffigan!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGad Elmaleh - La Vie normale (2001)
La Vie normale est un spectacle de Gad Elmaleh sorti en 2001 où sont dépeints les caractères de plusieurs personnages et où il joue son propre rôle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJim Gaffigan: Quality Time (2019)
Comedian Jim Gaffigan performs live at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMike Birbiglia: The New One (2019)
Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (1998)
Taped for HBO in August 1998, on the final date of Jerry Seinfeld's tour appearances at New York City's Broadhurst Theater, I'm Telling You for the Last Time presents the standup comedian's so-called "final" standup, or at least his final tour with the standup material that made him famous.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)
Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKlute (1971)
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNotting Hill (1999)
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPapy fait de la résistance (2021)
A staging of Martin Lamotte and Christian Clavier’s play “Papy fait de la résistance” by Serge Postigo.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Chris Gethard: Career Suicide (2017)
A comedy about depression, alcoholism, suicide and the other funniest parts of life. Gethard holds nothing back as he dives into his experiences with mental illness and psychiatry, finding hope in the strangest places. An adaption of his one-man off-Broadway show of the same name.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDead Ringers (1988)
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhite Man with Black Bread (2007)
Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("RAF") lives in Mali. In his compelling portrait, Jonas Grosch shows a man who simply cannot stand still if he senses injustice. The courage to stand up for one’s beliefs coupled with vanity? However one chooses to look at it, it is easy to imagine what made him connect with the "RAF". With his irrepressible will for freedom, Christof Wackernagel gets entangled in the horrors of day-to-day life in Africa.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Escape 360 (2021)
One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color rich visuals combined with a lush soundtrack that grounds the project. A unique cinematic experience.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Les Chevaliers du Fiel - Toute la télé des Chevaliers du Fiel (2010)
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like François Léveillée?
The closest matches to François Léveillée are Rowan Atkinson Live (1992), Foresti Party (2012) and Blanche Gardin - Bonne nuit Blanche (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after François Léveillée?
Start with Rowan Atkinson Live (1992), the closest match to François Léveillée.
What is the highest-rated movie like François Léveillée?
8½ (1963), rated 8.1/10 by 2,626 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like François Léveillée?
Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like François Léveillée?
Yes: Foresti Party (2012), Blanche Gardin - Bonne nuit Blanche (2019) and Fabrice Éboué - Adieu Hier (2023).
How are movies similar to François Léveillée chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside François Léveillée, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.