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Movies that feel likeThe Producers (1968)

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

If you loved The Producers, the closest films we have are Blazing Saddles (1974), I'm All Right Jack (1959) and The Ruling Class (1972). All three share The Producers' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lost in America (1985).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mel Brookswittyplayfuldarkly funny
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Blazing Saddles
1974 · dir. Mel Brooks
🍅 89%★ 7.7western · comedy

Mel Brooks directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into western than The Producers does

Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.

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I'm All Right Jack
1959 · dir. John Boulting
🍅 85%★ 7.1comedy

One thread runs through both: satire

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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The Ruling Class
1972 · dir. Peter Medak
🍅 83%★ 7.2comedy · dramaMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Producers does

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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Lost in America
1985 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 95%★ 7comedy

Both are built on the same subject: satire

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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Withnail & I
1987 · dir. Bruce Robinson
🍅 84%★ 7.5comedy · dramaMax

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Common ground: adolf hitler

The difference: 47 years apart, and the 2010s show

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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A New Leaf
1971 · dir. Elaine May
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

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In the Loop
2009 · dir. Armando Iannucci
🍅 94%★ 7.4comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Trading Places
1983 · dir. John Landis
🍅 87%★ 7.5comedy

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

The shared currency is dark humor

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Life of Brian
1979 · dir. Terry Jones
🍅 96%★ 8comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Both sit in the same witty register

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

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