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10 Best Movies Like Pardon My Backfire

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

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#1
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977★ 6.5

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

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

#2
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

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

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....

#3
Great Guns

Great Guns

1941★ 5.9

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

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted....

#4
Chris Rock: Tamborine

Chris Rock: Tamborine

2018★ 6.4

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

Chris Rock takes the stage for his first comedy special in 10 years, filled with searing observations on fatherhood, infidelity and American politics....

#5
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#6
Adventures in Public School

Adventures in Public School

2018★ 6.3

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

A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

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