Movies Like The Beginner (1985)

The Beginner is a 1985 comedy film from Sigi Rothemund with a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Piratensender Powerplay and Die Supernasen.

Comedy

Piratensender Powerplay

1982

Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, Germany's most listened-to radio station. The police and the operators of the Bavarian Broadcast Company try to stop their illegal broadcast.

5.1

MagicScore

Die Supernasen

1983

Tommy loses his job as a make-up artist at Bayerischer Rundfunk after fogging an announcer with hairspray and then insulting her; Mike is dumped by his girlfriend because, on the one hand, he only cares about his music and, on the other hand, he is financially stranded. So they both need money and decide to become detectives. On behalf of a rich industrialist, they are to shadow his wife and take photos of her cheating. So Mike and Tommy travel to Bad Spänzer, where the lady is staying. But she is as faithful as gold, so Mike, disguised as a Prussian, makes advances to her so that Tommy can take the required photos. But Tommy soon has to slip into a costume, too: Since Tommy looks deceptively similar to an Arab sheik, he is hired by the sheik's secret service to double him. What Tommy doesn't know: assassins want to kill the sheikh at all costs.

4.6

MagicScore

Zwei Nasen tanken Super

1984

Tommy and Mike, again without a job and without money, are looking for a public toilet at a motor show.

4.8

MagicScore

Malcolm

1986

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. With Frank's help, Malcolm turns to a life of crime.

6.5

MagicScore

Click

2006

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

6.3

MagicScore

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

7.5

MagicScore

Funny Games

1997

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

7.3

MagicScore

Single White Female

1992

Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.

6.3

MagicScore

Chopping Mall

1986

High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for the Park Plaza Mall. When a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots" on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers!

5.8

MagicScore

#10

White Noise

2005

An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.

5.6

MagicScore

#11

Back to the Future

1985

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

8.3

MagicScore

#12

Modern Times

1936

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

8.3

MagicScore

#13

Pad Man

2018

Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

A Bug's Life

1998

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Modern Inventions

1937

Donald Duck goes to a museum of modern inventions. After getting in without paying, he meets a robot butler who takes Donald's hat every time he sees him. Donald is very annoyed by this and magically fixes himself a new hat every time this happens and strolls on. Ignoring the sign not to touch it, Donald starts playing with a wrapping machine and ends up being wrapped himself. He also encounters and tries out a robot nursemaid and a fully automatic barber chair. They both don't do him much good.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000

A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty and love.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Good Burger 2

2023

Dexter Reed is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Knight and Day

2010

A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Short Circuit 2

1988

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Beginner?

The top films similar to The Beginner by MovieMagicScore are Piratensender Powerplay (5.1), Die Supernasen (4.6), Zwei Nasen tanken Super (4.8). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Beginner worth watching?

The Beginner holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10 from 23 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Beginner?

The Beginner (1985) is a comedy film directed by Sigi Rothemund, starring Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger, Anja Kruse.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Beginner?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Beginner

This ranked list pairs The Beginner (1985), a comedy film from Sigi Rothemund, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Thomas Gottschalk take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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