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10 Best Movies Like The Square Peg

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

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#1
On the Beat

On the Beat

1962★ 7.7

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

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This le...

#2
Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

1985★ 6.6

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

Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anything to show for it, and witho...

#3
Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV and Strangle You, I Would

Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV and Strangle You, I Would

2010★ 6.6

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

Free the constraints of Mock the Week's panel show pleasantries, stand-up comedy's favourite pessimist Frankie Boyle takes to the stage in front of a live audience as part of his I...

#4
The Early Bird

The Early Bird

1965★ 7.6

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

Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his hor...

#5
The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy

1984★ 6.2

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

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man....

#6
Beware of the Car!

Beware of the Car!

1966★ 7.6

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

An insurance agent who moonlights as a car thief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best frie...