Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like PlayTime

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for PlayTime.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
Ratatouille

Ratatouille

2007★ 7.8

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

Remy, a rat, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He dreams of becoming a chef, one who creates rather than scavenges. When fate deposits him in th...

#2
Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

1958★ 7.4

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

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an u...

#3
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972★ 7.5

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

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events ...

#4
What's in a Name

What's in a Name

2012★ 7.3

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

Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a s...

#5
Cycle of Time

Cycle of Time

2025★ 6.0

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

In 1950s France, Helene and Michel lead a simple life until a freak accident in 2025 leads to Helene becoming a bank executive and Michel struggling with unemployment and depressio...

#6
The Wing or the Thigh?

The Wing or the Thigh?

1976★ 7.2

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

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. Afte...

Advertisement