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10 Best Movies Like La joyeuse prison

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

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#1
My Best Pals

My Best Pals

1989★ 6.2

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

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a...

#2
Une époque formidable

Une époque formidable

1991★ 6.4

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

Michel Berthier, a senior executive at a mattress manufacturing company, has just been fired. As he does not dare to tell the truth to Juliette, his partner, he goes into debt to m...

#3
Dead Weight

Dead Weight

2002★ 5.8

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

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket....

#4
It Boy

It Boy

2013★ 6.5

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

38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses ...

#5
Those Happy Days

Those Happy Days

2006★ 7.3

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

Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to chil...

#6
The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

1958★ 6.7

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

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeder...

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