Movies like Chinese In Paris (1974)
The best movies like Chinese In Paris (1974) are Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and The Dictator (2012). If Chinese In Paris 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 Great Dictator (1940)8.3/10 from 3,873 votes
- NewestChoque de Cultura: A Série (2025)Released 2025
- In FrenchGramps Is in the Resistance (1983)Also in French
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Dictator (2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAtlantic Wall (1970)
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mouse That Roared (1959)
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Phantom of Liberty (1974)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEmployee of the Month (2022)
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It's time for him to choose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBugonia (2025)
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlayTime (1967)
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Classe américaine (1993)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuck Soup (1933)
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBanzaï (1983)
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Troubles of Alfred (1972)
Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNow Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThey Cloned Tyrone (2023)
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe African Doctor (2016)
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Tired (1994)
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Night in Casablanca (1946)
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJust the Worst Time (2024)
The Devil stalks the streets of a metropolis at night making his classic Faustian bargain to unsuspecting victims - The only catch is he is unable to close a single deal... Until he comes across a man with a US flag pin who helps him develop his business acumen.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Spaceballs (1987)
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChoque de Cultura: A Série (2025)
The biggest names in alternative transportation reunite years after the show ended. Rogerinho is now a psychic. Renan got rich. Julinho has a death sentence hanging over him, and Maurílio created the first script.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Office Space (1999)
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNot Okay (2022)
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuitar Men: The Darkest Secret of Rock 'n Roll (2007)
Tough contract killers and secret organizations operating worldwide in a murderous battle for a relic that hides much more than just a simple instrument. The merciless hunt for the guitar of the "King of Rock'n Roll" leaves a trail of violence and death in its wake.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Director (2017)
After a series of mysterious studio firings, George Lucas tracks down the evil forces trying to ruin his beloved franchise's fate.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Anti-Exorcist (TBA)
A gender-divergent demon fights for liberation, clashing with a Catholic priest.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Hamlet 2 (2008)
Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Chinese In Paris?
The closest matches to Chinese In Paris are Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and The Dictator (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Chinese In Paris?
Start with Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), the closest match to Chinese In Paris.
What is the highest-rated movie like Chinese In Paris?
The Great Dictator (1940), rated 8.3/10 by 3,873 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Chinese In Paris?
Choque de Cultura: A Série (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Chinese In Paris?
Yes: Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009).
How are movies similar to Chinese In Paris chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chinese In Paris, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.