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10 Best Movies Like Monkey Business

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

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#1
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948★ 7.0

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

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems....

#2
The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942★ 7.3

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

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher....

#3
The Grass Is Greener

The Grass Is Greener

1960★ 6.4

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

Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and tak...

#4
Wild River

Wild River

1960★ 7.2

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

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farm...

#5
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

2011★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monkey Business for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever h...

#6
Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

1936★ 6.5

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

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town...