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10 Best Movies Like He Took a Powder

If you loved He Took a Powder, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965★ 6.3

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

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charle...

#2
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

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

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#3
Me Time

Me Time

2022★ 5.9

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

With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure....

#4
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977★ 6.6

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

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

#5
The Wedding Year

The Wedding Year

2019★ 6.0

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

A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year....

#6
The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday

2013★ 6.5

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

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited....

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