Movies like Dead Weight (2002)
The best movies like Dead Weight (2002) are Locked Out (2006), The Brice Man (2005) and Bernie (1996). If Dead Weight hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Dinner Game (1998)7.8/10 from 2,128 votes
- NewestSuperwho? (2022)Released 2022
- In FrenchLocked Out (2006)Also in French
Locked Out (2006)
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Brice Man (2005)
A wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBernie (1996)
Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes that his family was victim of a plot and this is why they deserted him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDidier (1997)
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWould I Lie to You? (1997)
Jobless loner Eddie Vuibert gets a lucky break when a rich Jewish entrepreneur mistakes him for a Jew and gives him a sweet job in the Parisian fashion district.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Crime in Paradise (2001)
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bet (1997)
Two rival "brothers-in-law" make a bet that they can stop smoking for 2 weeks. But, it's just not that easy...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 11 Commandments (2004)
After an evening of drinking, six men find themselves in front of The God of the Joke. Distressed to find that people aren't laughing anymore, He gives the six friends a mission: to save the world with the Eleven Commandments of the Joke. The men enthusiastically take on their task. They undertake various tests aimed at pushing the limits of stupidity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this9 Month Stretch (2013)
Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the prosecution charged with an atrocious attack! Ariane doesn't remember any of what has happened, so she has no idea what to expect...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCoexist (2017)
An opportunistic music producer brings together a rabbi, a priest, and an imam to preach about peaceful coexistence through song. But he's in for a surprise when he realizes the religious leaders are far from saints.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Under-Gifted (1980)
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDikkenek (2006)
Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in finding the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlack Bay (2016)
Summer, 1910. Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate the mysterious disappearances of several tourists on the beautiful beaches of Slack Bay, where a strange community of fishermen lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Adulteen (2013)
Arnaud Mustier, lawyer and brilliant philosopher, arouses the annoyance of his younger brother Jules, age sixteen. One day, Arnaud is a victim of a late adolescent crisis. Helped by Jules, he is going to catch up this phase of the life which he did not live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Tickles (2018)
Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like this2 Alone in Paris (2008)
A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeven Years of Marriage (2003)
After seven years of marriage, a couple of professional workers (he, a doctor and she, a banker) try to refresh their sex life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Best Friend (2006)
Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTanguy (2001)
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWould I Lie to You? 2 (2001)
Eddie, Dov, and Yvan are back, still working in Paris' Sentier textile district, This time they're confronting the high-stakes world of large distribution after striking a deal with Eurodiscount, a European hypermarket chain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDieudonné - Dépôt de bilan (2008)
The comedian, through a gallery of quirky and offbeat characters, paints a biting portrait of our society. Dieudonné tackles bankruptcies in all their forms: social, historical, animal...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Dinner Game (1998)
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChacun pour tous (2018)
In order to participate with medal options in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, the national coach of France decides to form a basketball team composed mostly of fake mentally disability. Once in Australia, the fraudsters must fake their disability by living with the other athletes in the Olympic village or by attending the media in the post-match press conference.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pimp (2010)
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dream Team (2012)
A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 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 thisOut of It (1978)
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Dead Weight?
The closest matches to Dead Weight are Locked Out (2006), The Brice Man (2005) and Bernie (1996). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dead Weight?
People who watched Dead Weight most often go on to Locked Out (2006), The Brice Man (2005) and Bernie (1996).
What is the highest-rated movie like Dead Weight?
The Dinner Game (1998), rated 7.8/10 by 2,128 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dead Weight?
Superwho? (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Dead Weight?
Yes: Locked Out (2006), The Brice Man (2005) and Bernie (1996).
How are movies similar to Dead Weight chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dead Weight, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.