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10 Best Movies Like My Name Is Petersen

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

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#1
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Name Is Petersen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpilla...

#2
Rocky V

Rocky V

1990★ 5.8

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

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and ...

#3
Fantozzi in Heaven

Fantozzi in Heaven

1993★ 5.8

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

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in ...

#4
Boy

Boy

2004★ 5.7

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

Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which has killed a local girl. When th...

#5
Fantozzi to the Rescue

Fantozzi to the Rescue

1990★ 6.1

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

Fantozzi is now retired but continues to go to the office where it is held up as a fine example of employees intending to do career....

#6
My Friends Act II

My Friends Act II

1982★ 7.6

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

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes...