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10 Best Movies Like The Merry Jail

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

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#1
El Sinvergüenza

El Sinvergüenza

1983★ 7.8

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

Married man hires a surrogate to pose as the father of the four children he has had with his mistress....

#2
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1996★ 6.9

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

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves....

#3
Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933★ 7.1

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

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention....

#4
Cyrus

Cyrus

2010★ 5.9

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

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another ...

#5
A California Christmas

A California Christmas

2020★ 6.4

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

With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas....

#6
One Small Hitch

One Small Hitch

2013★ 6.6

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

On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly g...

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