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10 Best Movies Like I'm for the Hippopotamus

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

#1
Crime Busters

Crime Busters

1977★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store....

#2
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

1981★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and ...

#3
Odds and Evens

Odds and Evens

1978★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation....

#4
Go for It

Go for It

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After Doug picks up hitchhiking Rosco with his truck, they are mistaken for two bank robbers by the traffic police. They manage to escape only to be confused for two secret agents...

#5
Bomber

Bomber

1982★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money....

#6
Pumaman

Pumaman

1980★ 2.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'm for the Hippopotamus for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which...