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Movies that feel likeThe Santa Claus Gang (2010)

On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...

If you loved The Santa Claus Gang, the closest films we have are The Boss of It All (2006), My Mom Is a Character (2013) and Adrift in Tokyo (2007). All three share The Santa Claus Gang'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 The Green Butchers (2003).

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The Boss of It All
2006 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 74%★ 6.6comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

The owner of an IT firm wants to sell his business for profit; however, when he started his firm, he invented a nonexistent president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with 'The Boss' face to face, the owner hires a failed actor to play the part.

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My Mom Is a Character
2013 · dir. André Pellenz
★ 6.8comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
★ 7.2comedy

Both lean on play more than on comedy

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
★ 6.9comedy

Both work the same play

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%★ 7.5comedyParamount+

Both are comedy through and through

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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Daddy's Home 2
2017 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 20%★ 6.1comedy

Both are built on the same subject: christmas

Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets put to the test when Dusty's old-school, macho dad and Brad's gentle father arrive to turn the holiday upside down. After a sudden change in plans, the four men decide to take the kids to a luxury resort for a fun-filled getaway that turns into a hilarious and chaotic adventure.

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Head Over Heels
2010 · dir. Roberto Santucci
★ 5.7comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

After being left by her husband and fired from her work, a workaholic, thirtysomething businesswoman is forced to go through a big change in her life and becomes a partner on a decadent sex shop.

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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 6.3comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme
2013 · dir. Julia Rezende
★ 5.8comedy

Comedy in the same key

The immature and cheap douche bag Fábio Clóvis marries the pseudo-intellectual Miá and they travel in a cruise to Europe on board of a fancy passenger vessel. Fabio and Miá are invited to have dinner with the wealthy Beto Assunção and his gorgeous wife Laura in a VIP restaurant on the vessel. Soon Fábio discovers that Beto was Miá's boyfriend and Miá learns that Fábio had a crush on Laura that was his classmate. Meanwhile the cynical chamber maid Suzana Mello and her estranged husband, the entertainer Wilson, make a bet that Fábio and Miá will split before the end of the trip and poison their relationship. When the ship arrives in Casablanca, Fábio meets his bothersome childhood friend Cabeça that affects their honeymoon.

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Till Luck Do Us Part
2012 · dir. Roberto Santucci
★ 5.6comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%★ 5.5comedy

Comedy approached the same way

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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