Movies like Budapest (2018)
The best movies like Budapest (2018) are Life for Real (2023), Five (2016) and The Magic Tuche (2018). If Budapest hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFive (2016)7.0/10 from 1,359 votes
- Newest72 HOURS (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchLife for Real (2023)Also in French
Life for Real (2023)
Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determined to track down his great mini-club childhood love, Violette. He shows up in Paris, naïve and lost but glad to be lodged by Louis, a half-brother he never knew he had. In order to be rid of the cumbersome Tridan, Louis passes one of his fling off as Violette, and Tridan, all emotional, thinks he recognizes her at first glance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisThe Magic Tuche (2018)
After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new President of France and moves in the Elysee with his family to govern the country.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStuck Together (2021)
Seven families live in the Parisian apartment building at 8, Rue de l’Humanite - and they didn’t escape to the countryside at the arrival of the coronavirus. Three months of life under lockdown will reveal the best and worst of these neighbours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenny Pincher! (2016)
François Gautier is stingy! Saving puts the joy, it causes pay sweats. His life is set for the sole purpose of never spend anything. A life that will switch in one day: he falls in love and discovers he has a daughter he did not know existed. Forced to lie in order to hide his terrible default, this will be the beginning for François problems. Because lie can sometimes be expensive. Very expensive…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOldies But Goodies (2024)
As the Lino Vartan shelter, which takes orphans and seniors in, has to shut down for health issues, Milann has no choice but to accept the invitation of a retirement home in the south of France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisC'est la vie! (2017)
Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVive la France (2013)
Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! But the France that Muzafar and Feruz discover is far from what they had expected...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDirty Kids (2017)
French seniors enroll in summer camp.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMicrobe and Gasoline (2015)
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSerial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPerfumes (2020)
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, with a strong temper. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her. No doubt this is the reason why she does not fire him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing to Declare (2010)
During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelete History (2020)
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s family allowance, is afraid of losing her son’s respect because of a sex tape. Bertrand can’t say no to advertising calls and is fighting to protect his daughter, who is being bullied online. Christine, after losing everything because of her addiction to TV series, wonders why her rating as an Uber driver is not taking off. These three lone fighters are incapable of finding a solution to their problems on their own — until they join forces to declare war on the tech giants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIf I Were a Boy (2017)
Jeanne wakes up one morning and her life is about to take a funny turn, at first sight nothing has changed in her - to a small detail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe No-Job Agency (2016)
Stéphane, Cathy and Thierry are the best employees of the Employment Agency of their city. But their results are so good that the agency will have to close because of a lack of unemployed. The three colleagues then have the crazy idea of creating unemployment to save their job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Game (2018)
A rebellious teenager must travel the country with his sick grandpa to get to his basketball game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Happy Holiday (2018)
Marion and Ben, thirty years old, meet on Tinder. That's about all they have in common; but the opposites attract each other, and they decide in the early morning of their meeting to go on vacation together despite the advice of their entourage. They will finally leave - to Bulgaria, halfway to their dream destinations: Beirut for Marion, Biarritz for Ben. Without a precise plan and, as they will soon discover, with very different conceptions of what a dream holiday should be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisGangsterdam (2017)
Ruben, Durex and Nora are three students in their last year of college. Ruben has already failed his exams once due to his lack of self-confidence. He's been as useless with Nora, to whom he dares not confess his feelings. And his childhood friend Durex, the most embarrassing guy in the world, is no help at all. When Ruben discovers that Nora is a dealer and that she's going to Amsterdam to bring back a new kind of drug, Ruben bucks up the courage to accompany her. This trip to Amsterdam is an ideal situation in which to at last seduce Nora. But his bad luck: Durex comes along for the ride. While the trio discover Europe's craziest capital, their lives really get complicated when they realize that the drug they've just picked up belongs to one of Amsterdam's most dangerous gangsters. Very quickly, Ruben, Durex and Nora will understand that to get their old lives back, they must stop being nerds in order to become true heroes.
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 thisSerial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarry Me, Dude (2017)
Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLes Gazelles (2014)
Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPaulette (2012)
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing to Hide (2018)
To spice up a dinner party, old friends agree to share every private message that pops up on their phones -- with disastrous results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this72 HOURS (2026)
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wedding Year (2019)
A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMe Time (2022)
With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Budapest?
The closest matches to Budapest are Life for Real (2023), Five (2016) and The Magic Tuche (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Budapest?
People who watched Budapest most often go on to Life for Real (2023), Five (2016) and The Magic Tuche (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Budapest?
Five (2016), rated 7.0/10 by 1,359 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Budapest?
72 HOURS (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Budapest?
Yes: Life for Real (2023), Five (2016) and The Magic Tuche (2018).
How are movies similar to Budapest chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Budapest, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.