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Movies that feel likeLisbela and the Prisoner (2003)

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

If you loved Lisbela and the Prisoner, the closest films we have are A Dog's Will (2000), Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and Obvious Child (2014). All three share Lisbela and the Prisoner'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 Igby Goes Down (2002).

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If Lisbela and the Prisoner hit the spot, these will too

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A Dog's Will
2000 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 8.6comedy · drama · fantasy

Guel Arraes working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Lisbela and the Prisoner does

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romanceApple TV+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: romance

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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Igby Goes Down
2002 · dir. Burr Steers
🍅 75%★ 6.8comedy · dramaPrime Video

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 6romance · comedyNetflix

Common ground: romance

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.

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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 6.5comedy · romance

Romantic romance in both cases

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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Squared Love
2021 · dir. Filip Zylber
🍅 20%★ 5.1romance · comedyNetflix

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A celebrity journalist and renowned womanizer starts to rethink his life choices after he falls for a mysterious model who leads a double life.

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DJ Cinderella
2019 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 4.7romance · comedyRent or buy

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

Cintia is modern princess, she's connected, decided and loves music. This "pop" princess used to live with their parents in a huge castle with a nice view to the city. Every night she looked through the window and watch the view dreaming with a prince she didn't met yet. But one day her castle crumbles with everything around her, after her parents divorce she went to live with her aunt and stops believing in love. What she didn't knew was that there was a charming prince in her history, that wanted to break the ice around our modern day cinderella.

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The Awful Truth
1937 · dir. Leo McCarey
🍅 94%★ 7.6comedy · romance

Both work the same romance

The difference: 66 years apart, and the 1930s show

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

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Isi & Ossi
2020 · dir. Oliver Kienle
★ 6.4romance · comedyNetflix

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.

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