Movies like Welcome Reverend! (1950)
The best movies like Welcome Reverend! (1950) are Driver's Ed (2026), The Marquis of Grillo (1981) and American Dreamer (2022). If Welcome Reverend! hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Marquis of Grillo (1981)7.8/10 from 508 votes
- NewestDriver's Ed (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianThe Marquis of Grillo (1981)Also in Italian
Driver'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 Marquis of Grillo (1981)
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmerican Dreamer (2022)
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Paper Tigers (2020)
Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFun 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last One for the Road (2025)
A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015)
Five down-on-their luck strangers meet by chance while looking at a property in the country none of them are able to afford. They decide to join forces and risk everything to turn it into a B&B, only for the local mafia to show up demanding their "fair" share.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDon't Stop Me Now (2019)
Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFiasco in Milan (1959)
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Price of Family (2022)
Heartbroken that their children no longer want to spend time with them, two parents fake an inheritance to bring the family together for Christmas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGaribaldi's Lovers (2012)
A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Errand Boy (1961)
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Country Boy (1984)
A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI'm Back (2018)
Benito Mussolini resurfaces in Rome 72 years after his death, as if not a single day had passed. Finding a country still full of problems, both old and new, his firebrand rhetoric wins him once again the hearts and minds of millions of Italians — who see him as a wacky reenactor who speaks inconvenient truths to power.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBabes (2024)
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFist Fight (2017)
When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZoran: My Nephew the Idiot (2013)
Paolo, 40 years old, lives in a small Friulian town close to the north-eastern border. Unreliable and with a passion for good wine, he spends his days at the local tavern and stubbornly stalks his ex-wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Time for Sergeants (1958)
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Welcome Reverend!?
The closest matches to Welcome Reverend! are Driver's Ed (2026), The Marquis of Grillo (1981) and American Dreamer (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Welcome Reverend!?
Start with Driver's Ed (2026), the closest match to Welcome Reverend!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Welcome Reverend!?
The Marquis of Grillo (1981), rated 7.8/10 by 508 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Welcome Reverend!?
Driver's Ed (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Welcome Reverend!?
Yes: The Marquis of Grillo (1981), The Last One for the Road (2025) and The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015).
How are movies similar to Welcome Reverend! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Welcome Reverend!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.