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10 Best Movies Like The Carnation Kid

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

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#1
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

2016★ 7.3

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

Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee....

#2
Donald Glover: Weirdo

Donald Glover: Weirdo

2012★ 6.8

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

Fearlessly funny stand-up comic and sitcom star Donald Glover puts on a live show in New York, confessing his love for Cocoa Puffs and Toys "R" Us....

#3
Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry

1986★ 6.2

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

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff....

#4
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

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

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#5
Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'

1941★ 7.2

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

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way....

#6
Oscar

Oscar

1991★ 6.4

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

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making...

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