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Movies like Plein face (2008)

The best movies like Plein face (2008) are Five (2016), Alter Ego (2026) and Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). If Plein face hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Five (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

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  2. Alter 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

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  3. Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. The Speech (2020)

    Meet Adrien! He's 35. He's stuck in a mid-life crisis. He's neurotic and hypochondriac. Tonight he's stuck in an endless family dinner and his girlfriend is not answering his texts. On top of that, his dumb brother-in-law asks him to prepare a speech for his wedding. Could it get even worse?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)

    Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. Hello (2013)

    The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. Barbecue (2014)

    On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  8. For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982)

    After getting screwed over by life (again), two losers decide that enough is enough. Using stolen ski masks and stolen toy guns, they take hostages in their local bank, holding them for ransom. Things go well until the hostages learn what's going on, and demand a piece of the action for themselves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. Umbrella Coup (1980)

    Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. Duplex (2003)

    When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005)

    Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Heartbeat (1938)

    A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. The Takedown (2022)

    Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a much bigger criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Mr. Bones (2001)

    A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Hold-up (1985)

    Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. It 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

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  17. Very Happy Alexander (1968)

    Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. Knock (2017)

    Doctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular method. It will make the villagers believe that they are not as healthy as they might think. It is thus that he will find in each one an imaginary symptom, or not, and thus will be able to exercise his profession lucratively. Under his seductive looks and after gaining the confidence of the village, Knock is on the verge of achieving his ends. But his past catches up with him and an old acquaintance disrupts the doctor's plans.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026)

    At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional and romantic failure. And to make matters worse, her son, Théo, announces that she's going to be a grandmother! Anne realizes that life never goes as planned and that, at any age, we are still learning to grow up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. Light-Fingered George (1963)

    Georges Lachaunaye is a member of an impoverished aristocratic family which needs money to live but of course doesn't want to work for it. He therefore has to think of something drastic in order for the family to survive. And then it comes to him: he'll rob the collection boxes in churches.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Plein face?

The closest matches to Plein face are Five (2016), Alter Ego (2026) and Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Plein face?

Start with Five (2016), the closest match to Plein face.

What is the highest-rated movie like Plein face?

Five (2016), rated 7.0/10 by 1,358 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Plein face?

Alter Ego (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like Plein face?

Yes: Five (2016), Alter Ego (2026) and The Speech (2020).

How are movies similar to Plein face chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Plein face, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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