If You Liked The Importance of Being Earnest, Watch These Next
Finished The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Importance of Being Earnest, most of them are comedy.
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18 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Brain Donors(1992)
6.1ComedyAlso comedy
Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
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2.The Secret of My Success(1987)
6.5ComedyAlso comedy
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
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3.Thunderstruck(2012)
6.2ComedyFamilyAlso comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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4.Much Ado About Nothing(2013)
6.8ComedyAlso comedy
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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6.American Dreamer(2022)
5.9ComedyAlso comedy
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
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8.Bullets Over Broadway(1994)
7.1ComedyCrimeAlso comedy
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive…
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9.The Distinguished Gentleman(1992)
6.0ComedyAlso comedy
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
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10.The Devil's Disciple(1959)
6.6WarComedyHistoryAlso comedy
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
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11.There's No Business Like Show Business(1954)
6.1MusicComedyAlso comedy
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
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12.Taking Care of Business(1990)
6.3ComedyAlso comedy
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
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13.Shadow of the Thin Man(1941)
7.0ComedyCrimeMysteryAlso comedy
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corruption, blackmail, gambling scandals, and criminal intrigue. As Nick investigates, he encounters…
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14.See How They Run(2022)
6.3MysteryComedyCrimeAlso comedy
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously…
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15.Sextuplets(2019)
6.2ComedyAlso comedy
Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.
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16.High Anxiety(1977)
6.4ComedyMysteryThrillerAlso comedy
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
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17.Undercover Brother(2002)
5.9ActionComedyAlso comedy
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work…
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18.The Ladies Man(1961)
6.3ComedyAlso comedy
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?
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