Movies Like The Best Job in the World (1996)

The Best Job in the World is a 1996 comedy, drama film from Gérard Lauzier with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Le Maître d'école and Menace II Society.

Comedy Drama

Le Maître d'école

1981

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

6.0

MagicScore

Menace II Society

1993

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

7.5

MagicScore

La Haine

1995

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

8.1

MagicScore

Colors

1988

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

6.5

MagicScore

School Life

2019

In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.

6.9

MagicScore

District 13: Ultimatum

2009

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

6.4

MagicScore

P.R.O.F.S.

1985

A clique of four young teachers at a high school looks critically at their colleagues. To avoid falling in the same routine, they bring new ideas into the school lessons and play little games and pranks in their spare time -- sometimes get even more childish than their pupils. When they get opposition from the other teachers, they play tricks to get rid of them.

6.1

MagicScore

House of Hummingbird

2019

14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.

7.5

MagicScore

Manhattan

1979

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Red-Headed Woman

1932

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

BoOzy’ OS and the Cristal Gem

2013

Coming from outer space, an intergalactic cow invites BoOzy’ OS to join the biggest animation film festival of the universe. BoOzy’ imagines himself winning the competition and decides to seek the famous "Cristal" of Annecy, with the help of OSmic the Hedgeh' OS and other cool dudes. But the dark paunchy Mari' OS is determined to recover the loot before him.

7.9

MagicScore

#12

Carry On Teacher

1959

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Three Dancing Slaves

2004

Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham...

5.6

MagicScore

#14

The Return of Don Camillo

1953

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

1964

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

Fireworks

2017

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

The Official Story

1985

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

The History Boys

2006

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Waterland

1992

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Days of the Bagnold Summer

2020

Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Best Job in the World?

The top films similar to The Best Job in the World by MovieMagicScore are Le Maître d'école (6.0), Menace II Society (7.5), La Haine (8.1). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Best Job in the World worth watching?

The Best Job in the World holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 109 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Best Job in the World?

The Best Job in the World (1996) is a comedy, drama film directed by Gérard Lauzier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Ticky Holgado, Michèle Laroque.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Best Job in the World?

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 Best Job in the World

This ranked list pairs The Best Job in the World (1996), a comedy and drama film from Gérard Lauzier, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gérard Depardieu 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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