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Movies that feel likeAnimal House (1978)

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

If you loved Animal House, the closest films we have are French Fried Vacation 2 (1979), Real Life (1979) and Used Cars (1980). All three share Animal House's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Clockwise (1986).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Landiswittyplayful
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French Fried Vacation 2
1979 · dir. Patrice Leconte
★ 7.4comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

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Real Life
1979 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 84%★ 7comedyRent or buy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

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Used Cars
1980 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 77%★ 6.7comedyPrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

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The Party
1968 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 83%★ 7.4comedyPrime Video

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

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Clockwise
1986 · dir. Christopher Morahan
🍅 83%★ 6.6comedy

Both run playful where it counts

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

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PlayTime
1967 · dir. Jacques Tati
🍅 98%★ 7.8comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

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.

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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 · dir. Jean Girault
★ 7.1comedy

Comedy in the same key

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedyParamount+

Both are comedy through and through

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

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★ 8.4comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
🍅 72%★ 7.5comedy

Both working the same comedy territory

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

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Young Frankenstein
1974 · dir. Mel Brooks
🍅 95%★ 8comedy

Both play comedy straight

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

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Coming to America
1988 · dir. John Landis
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romance

Both are John Landis's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Animal House does

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

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