Movies like El genio alegre (1939)
The best movies like El genio alegre (1939) are La ciudad no es para mí (1966), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and Thunderstruck (2012). If El genio alegre hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFather There Is Only One (2019)7.7/10 from 776 votes
- NewestCrazy Magical Mexico (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishLa ciudad no es para mí (1966)Also in Spanish
La ciudad no es para mí (1966)
Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lonely and decides to go to the big city, where his son, a famous doctor, lives with his wife and daughter. Agustineis received by his children with great coolness, as he does not fit in the environment in which they operate. The life of his son, his daughter-in-law, and even the maid is too sad for this simple town man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChinese Take-Away (2011)
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrandma's Wedding (2019)
A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChief Daddy 2: Going for Broke (2021)
The Beecroft family are ready to spend all of Chief Daddy's inheritance, but not if the CEO of his company has anything to do with it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOld Man Made in Spain (1969)
A widow shepherd who lives at the Aragonese Pyrenees sees how his three young daughters, Cándida, Visi, and Nieves, go to Madrid to find a better life and leave him alone. There they all get married, have sons and forget their father. One day, Marcelino receives a letter from Cándida, who wants him to stay with her family for some time. What she really wants is some help from her father, as she's not able to take care of her ten daughters and her upcoming child. Marcelino goes to Madrid, but, once there, he only finds an unknown, frantic and hostile world, and also three unhappy daughters...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDuplex (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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClear History (2013)
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEasy Money (1983)
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrazy Magical Mexico (2026)
A man finds the best motivation to secure and save his town: making an independent Mexican film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHomo Argentum (2025)
The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMe gusta, pero me asusta (2017)
Brayan Rodriguez is an innocent heir to a criminal Sinaloa family sent to Mexico City to expand the business, and where he meets Claudia, and their worlds collide. Love and fun are everywhere.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdventures in Public School (2018)
A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather There is Only One 4 (2024)
The eldest of the family, Sara, comes of age and brings chaos to the family by announcing her intention to marry Ocho. Javier and Marisa try to avoid it at all costs. At the same time Dani has an existential crisis, Paulita feels jealous of Cris, Carlota announces that she has found a boyfriend from a high society family and Rocio has finally managed to be cast in her first film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Loud House Christmas (2021)
Lincoln Loud gears up for the ultimate Christmas, until he finds out that most of his sisters have plans to be elsewhere for the big day. Determined to remind his family that they all need to be together, Lincoln and his best friend Clyde McBride embark on a mission to preserve the family’s holiday traditions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFather There Is Only One (2019)
Javier is what we have dubbed as a "husband-in-law." That is that without taking care of the care of the house and children at all, he knows exactly what needs to be done, and that he continuously collects a sum of sentences from the type: "It is that you do not organize", or "do not get nervous", you already consider that overflowing woman drowns in a glass of water. Javier will have to face the reality of dealing with five children (between four and twelve years old) when his wife decides to go on a trip and leave him alone with them. The chaotic situation that takes place at home will progressively evolve ecologically to the most absolute disaster, but at the same time it will give parents and children the opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves for the first time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGoing Down in Morocco (1989)
Chusa shares a flat in central Madrid with her cousin Jaime and her lover Alberto. The group makes ends meet by smuggling and selling drugs from Morocco. They take in a naive young woman, Elena, and decide to include her in their next scheme although this will prove complicated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanky Panky (2007)
In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. He is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPadre no hay más que uno 5: Nido repleto (2025)
Some parents experience the anguish of the "empty nest" when their children leave home. Javier, on the other hand, suffers the trauma of the "full nest": no one wants to leave home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like El genio alegre?
The closest matches to El genio alegre are La ciudad no es para mí (1966), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and Thunderstruck (2012). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after El genio alegre?
Start with La ciudad no es para mí (1966), the closest match to El genio alegre.
What is the highest-rated movie like El genio alegre?
Father There Is Only One (2019), rated 7.7/10 by 776 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like El genio alegre?
Crazy Magical Mexico (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like El genio alegre?
Yes: La ciudad no es para mí (1966), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and Grandma's Wedding (2019).
How are movies similar to El genio alegre chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside El genio alegre, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.