Top 20 movies like Joe: The Busybody
Top 20 Movies like Joe: The Busybody
- 1. Perched on a Tree
- 2. Hibernatus
- 3. The Gendarme Takes Off
- 4. An Eye for an Eye
- 5. Monte Carlo or Bust!
- 6. Incognito
- 7. On the Bench
- 8. Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
- 9. Death in the Garden
- 10. The Little Bather
- 11. Fantôme avec chauffeur
- 12. Oscar
- 13. The Exchange Student
- 14. The Brain
- 15. Everybody Hates Johan
- 16. My Wife is a Witch
- 17. Neither Seen Nor Recognized
- 18. The Gunfighter
- 19. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
- 20. My Best Fiend
1. Perched on a Tree (Sur un arbre perché)
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
2. Hibernatus (Hibernatus)
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...
It has an average vote of 6.75 on TMDB.
3. The Gendarme Takes Off (Le Gendarme en balade)
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
It has an average vote of 6.385 on TMDB.
4. An Eye for an Eye
A former bounty hunter teams up with a younger one, to track down and kill the wanted gang leader who murdered his wife and little boy.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
5. Monte Carlo or Bust!
Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
6. Incognito (Incognito)
Bob Stanley was an American secret agent during World War II in France. After the war Stanley returns to France as a consul. In reality, he works for the FBI, to roll up the organization that manufactures fake U.S. dollars. A violent confrontation is insurmountable.
It has an average vote of 3.2 on TMDB.
7. On the Bench (Sur le banc)
La Hurlette and Carmen are a pair of philosophical tramps who enjoy simple pleasures in the company of the cheerful Sosthène. As in the fairy tales, La Hurlette learns that he has just inherited a tidy fortune, provided he can find a job. By dint of hard work, he manages to do so, and a banquet brings together his disinherited friends. Determined to live the high life, La Hurlette and Carmen lose all their inheritance at the Cabourg casino, and end up as philosophical as ever on their favorite bench.
It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.
8. Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil)
Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".
It has an average vote of 6.556 on TMDB.
9. Death in the Garden (La Mort en ce jardin)
In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.
It has an average vote of 6.478 on TMDB.
10. The Little Bather (Le Petit Baigneur)
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
It has an average vote of 6.68 on TMDB.
11. Fantôme avec chauffeur (Fantôme avec chauffeur)
A chauffeur for a corrupt CEO, and a few hours later, his boss himself, are killed by the industrialist's associate. But their ghosts remain on Earth, and they try to tell the millionaire's teenage son the identity of the killer.
It has an average vote of 4.948 on TMDB.
12. Oscar (Oscar)
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.
It has an average vote of 7.339 on TMDB.
13. The Exchange Student (Les Grandes Vacances)
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
14. The Brain (Le cerveau)
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
It has an average vote of 7.339 on TMDB.
15. Everybody Hates Johan (Alle hater Johan)
Johan, a loner with horses and explosives, is never accepted by the local community. We follow his struggle for belonging in the village and the lifelong, unrequited love for the girl next door, which he accidentally blew up in his youth.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. My Wife is a Witch (Mia moglie è una strega)
A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
17. Neither Seen Nor Recognized (Ni vu… Ni connu…)
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
It has an average vote of 6.895 on TMDB.
18. The Gunfighter
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
19. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob)
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
It has an average vote of 7.393 on TMDB.
20. My Best Fiend (Mein liebster Feind)
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
