Movies like The Right of the Maddest (1973)
The best movies like The Right of the Maddest (1973) are Dead Weight (2002), Ruby & Quentin (2003) and Excess Baggage (1997). If The Right of the Maddest hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThose Happy Days (2006)7.3/10 from 1,137 votes
- NewestDriver's Ed (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchDead Weight (2002)Also in French
Dead Weight (2002)
After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisRuby & Quentin (2003)
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin, Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExcess Baggage (1997)
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEenie Meanie (2025)
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ambulance (1990)
One minute Josh Baker is meeting the woman of his dreams. The next, he's watching her whisked away by a mysterious ambulance that never arrives at the local hospital. Doubted by the police, Josh is forced to carry on a one-man crusade that leads to a discovery more frightening than his worst fears.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFantomas Unleashed (1965)
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDriver's Ed (2026)
A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dream Team (1989)
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarry On Doctor (1967)
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMe, Myself & Irene (2000)
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuddy Buddy (1981)
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLa Chèvre (1981)
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThose Happy Days (2006)
Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to children about the rooms, trips, their belongings...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisThe Chase (1994)
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Italian Job (1969)
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
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 thisDirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKontroll (2003)
A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWell, Just You Wait! The False Motive (1977)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Well, Just You Wait! Fascinating Shoes (1977)
After putting on the shoes from the store, the wolf chases the hare, but soon they both lose the shoes on the way. The issue raises the problem of poor quality shoes produced in the Soviet Union at that time.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Let Go (2011)
Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
The wolf escapes from Alka-Fizz prison, but persistent Sergeant McPoodle (Droopy) of the Canadian Mounties follows his trail wherever he goes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOff the Wall (1983)
Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Well, Just You Wait! 5 (1972)
Volk is spying on Zayats with a spyglass "hidden" in a birdhouse..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Well, Just You Wait! 6 (1973)
In which Volk and Zayats go skydiving!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Well, Just You Wait! 7 (1973)
Volk desperately tries to get onto a cruise ship to get Zayats.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Right of the Maddest?
The closest matches to The Right of the Maddest are Dead Weight (2002), Ruby & Quentin (2003) and Excess Baggage (1997). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Right of the Maddest?
Start with Dead Weight (2002), the closest match to The Right of the Maddest.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Right of the Maddest?
Those Happy Days (2006), rated 7.3/10 by 1,137 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Right of the Maddest?
Driver's Ed (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like The Right of the Maddest?
Yes: Dead Weight (2002), Ruby & Quentin (2003) and Fantomas Unleashed (1965).
How are movies similar to The Right of the Maddest chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Right of the Maddest, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.