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10 Best Movies Like El padrecito

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

#1
El bombero atómico

El bombero atómico

1952★ 8.3

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

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas dec...

#2
El patrullero 777

El patrullero 777

1978★ 7.8

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

Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, &...

#3
El Siete Machos

El Siete Machos

1951★ 8.1

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

Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is res...

#4
El profe

El profe

1971★ 7.8

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

Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the t...

#5
El analfabeto

El analfabeto

1961★ 7.7

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

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or i...

#6
El bolero de Raquel

El bolero de Raquel

1957★ 7.3

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

The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of ...