Movies like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau (1993)
The best movies like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau (1993) are Comédie-Française (2026), Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020) and The Wild Goose Chase (1975). If Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRicky Gervais: SuperNature (2022)7.4/10 from 385 votes
- NewestComédie-Française (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchComédie-Française (2026)Also in French
Comédie-Française (2026)
At the Comédie-Française, there is one golden rule: the play is never canceled. Unfortunately for Nina, everything else is—just three hours before the premiere of her first staging. An actor is stuck on a train, tensions explode, equipment breaks down, egos clash, and panic sets in. With no way out and time slipping away, Nina must hold the show together at all costs. Will she make it until the curtain rises?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)
Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage in New York and tackles talking vs. texting, bad buffets vs. so-called "great" restaurants and the magic of Pop Tarts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wild Goose Chase (1975)
The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The third part of Seventh Company adventures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOh, Hello on Broadway (2017)
Two delusional geriatrics reveal curious pasts, share a love of tuna and welcome a surprise guest in this filming of the popular Broadway comedy show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRicky Gervais: SuperNature (2022)
With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016)
He's a kamikaze gambler. A one-arm cuddler. And if his fly is down, so be it. A night of sly riffs and slow burns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRicky Gervais Live 2: Politics (2004)
A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuch Ado About Nothing (2013)
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParade (1974)
The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLouis C.K.: Ridiculous (2026)
From a bee getting shot in New York City to paying strangers to take his aging father, Louis C.K. unleashes the ridiculous thoughts in his mind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRicky Gervais: Armageddon (2023)
Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMike Birbiglia: The New One (2019)
Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (1998)
Taped for HBO in August 1998, on the final date of Jerry Seinfeld's tour appearances at New York City's Broadhurst Theater, I'm Telling You for the Last Time presents the standup comedian's so-called "final" standup, or at least his final tour with the standup material that made him famous.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008)
One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or as he calls them: relentless psycho robots. A keenly observant social commentator, Bill Burr is also one of the funniest voices in comedy today.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNoises Off... (1992)
Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSincerely Louis C.K. (2020)
Louis C.K. muses on religion, terrorism, small towns, Florida, disabilities, dogs, Auschwitz, marriage, sex, vegans, and his personal sexual controversy, in a live performance from Washington, D.C.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPapy fait de la résistance (2021)
A staging of Martin Lamotte and Christian Clavier’s play “Papy fait de la résistance” by Serge Postigo.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Cinema Twain (2016)
Val Kilmer, master of reinvention, becomes Mark Twain, in a funny, moving, contemporary and reflective performance, based on the life of the man who was Samuel Clemens and on his writings as Mark Twain: his thoughts on politics, his family, his faith and God… Twain shows the greatness of his incomparable wit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Invitation (2020)
A cheating husband invents a fake best friend to cover up his affairs. When his suspicious wife insists on finally meeting this imaginary friend, the husband recruits a random, down-on-his-luck stranger from a bar to play the part, sparking a chaotic chain of events.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Le Médecin malgré lui (1973)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Les Tontons farceurs (2022)
July 14, 1962. It's the excitement at the famous cabaret "Le Glamour". The alluring singer Lola-Lola begins a new singing tour: we are sold out. But stupor and disaster! In the basement, in the toilets kept by the cantankerous Penelope, we discover a corpse in the ladies' room.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Trio in E Flat (1988)
Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
La Candidate (2017)
The sequel to "Panique au Ministère!" Amanda Lear is back in action. And this time, she's taking us on a journey to the Élysée Palace! Cécile Bouquigny has risen through the ranks since the first installment: she is now Minister of Youth and Sports! On a whim (and three months before the end of her term!), she decides to run for president. By upsetting an already precarious balance, she once again causes panic at the Ministry...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Tre calzoni fortunati (1959)
Don Felice Sciosciammocca, a poor and simple man, goes to the day, hoping that sooner or later will come the right opportunity to change his life. A nice day at Don Felice comes a parcel from a dear cousin, which contains three pairs of old trousers. Apparently only common value objects, but they will create great surprises.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
'Na santarella (1975)
Happy Sciosciammocca has a double life: he plays sacred music in the convent of Rondinelle and teaches music to the educators, at night he goes to Naples where he is known as the actor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau?
The closest matches to Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau are Comédie-Française (2026), Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020) and The Wild Goose Chase (1975). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau?
Start with Comédie-Française (2026), the closest match to Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau.
What is the highest-rated movie like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau?
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (2022), rated 7.4/10 by 385 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau?
Comédie-Française (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau?
Yes: Comédie-Française (2026), The Wild Goose Chase (1975) and The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977).
How are movies similar to Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Les Deschiens - Les pieds dans l'eau, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.