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10 Best Movies Like Banzaï

If you loved Banzaï, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Barbecue

Barbecue

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still ...

#2
The Kick of Sirocco

The Kick of Sirocco

1979★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France....

#3
My Best Friend's Girl

My Best Friend's Girl

1983★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The charming Pascal, owner of a clothing store in Courchevel, and the chubby and scruffy Micky, disc jockey in a nearby club, are best of friends. Pascal accumulates women, much to...

#4
Pick Up Your Belongings

Pick Up Your Belongings

1983★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pierre Cohen, a sophisticated Parisian psychologist, goes to his brother's farm in order to protect it from very hostile local landowners....

#5
Les Lumières de Vallot

Les Lumières de Vallot

2025★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Joseph Vallot, geographer, naturalist and mountaineer born in 1854 in Lodève, was a visionary man, full of humor and whose curiosity was insatiable. He had spent some forty years o...

#6
The School Teacher

The School Teacher

1981★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Banzaï for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluc...