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10 Best Movies Like Penélope

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

#1
Slayers Return

Slayers Return

1996★ 6.5

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

Lina Inverse and Naga the White Serpent are back! What begins as a routine bandit-stomping turns into the adventure of a lifetime involving magical golems, an ancient Elven weapon ...

#2
Fantozzi Retires

Fantozzi Retires

1988★ 6.1

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

After thirty years in the big corporation, Ugo Fantozzi retires. Suddenly, he needs things to do in everyday life and he tries a number of activities: helping Pina shopping; babysi...

#3
Fantozzi in Heaven

Fantozzi in Heaven

1993★ 5.8

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

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in ...

#4
The Way to the Heart

The Way to the Heart

2024★ 9.9

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

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to i...

#5
Return of Sabata

Return of Sabata

1971★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penélope for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. ...

#6
Fantozzi The Return

Fantozzi The Return

1996★ 5.8

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

Ugo Fantozzi has been ejected from Heaven and is sent back to Earth for a short period of time until the staff in Heaven can get Fantozzi a place there. Fantozzi goes through a var...