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10 Best Movies Like The Applicant

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

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#1
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Applicant 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....

#2
Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

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

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more....

#3
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

2000★ 8.1

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

Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more....

#4
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

2025★ 6.7

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

Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special....

#5
I Love My Dad

I Love My Dad

2022★ 5.9

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

A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect....

#6
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Applicant 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...

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