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10 Best Movies Like The Carnation Kid

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

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#1
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

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

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

#2
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

#3
Chris Rock: Tamborine

Chris Rock: Tamborine

2018★ 6.4

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

#4
Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas

Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas

2017★ 7.6

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

Comedy icon Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, fresh stand-up specials. Filmed at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, in April 2015...

#5
Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry

1986★ 6.2

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

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff....

#6
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

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

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

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