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10 Best Movies Like The Poor Simp

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

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#1
Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry

1986★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poor Simp 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....

#2
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poor Simp 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
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#4
The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poor Simp 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....

#5
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poor Simp 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...

#6
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poor Simp 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....

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