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Movies Like Gad Elmaleh: American Dream

If you loved Gad Elmaleh: American Dream's Comedy storytelling, these films deliver a similar experience — carefully selected for tone, themes, and emotional depth. Each pick includes where to watch it right now.

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Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
6.7

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

2025

Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.

Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry
7.0

Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

2016

Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

Eric Andre: Legalize Everything
6.0

Eric Andre: Legalize Everything

2020

Comedian Eric Andre presents his very first Netflix original stand-up special. Taking the stage in New Orleans, Andre breaks the boundaries of comedy as he critiques the war on drugs, the war on sex, and the war on fart jokes!

Eddie Murphy Raw
7.3

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

Me Time
5.9

Me Time

2022

With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.

Tom Segura: Disgraceful
7.2

Tom Segura: Disgraceful

2018

Tom Segura gives voice to the sordid thoughts you'd never say out loud, with blunt musings on porn, parking lot power struggles, parenthood and more.

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
6.9

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer

2023

From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.

Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis
7.2

Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis

2020

Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is halfway through her 20s — and she's over it. From dating losers to a failed engagement, she takes aim at her life choices.

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Ricky Gervais: Humanity
7.6

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

2018

In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

Dave Chappelle: The Closer
7.2

Dave Chappelle: The Closer

2021

As he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest.

Rowan Atkinson Live
8.1

Rowan Atkinson Live

1992

Rowan Atkinson and Angus Deayton in Boston doing a live performance of the same styles of humor we've seen in Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Included are lessons on Shakespearean acting, a school headmaster meeting with the father of a boy he's beaten to death, and tips for having a successful date.

Marc Maron: Too Real
6.8

Marc Maron: Too Real

2017

Battle-scarred stand-up comedian Marc Maron unleashes a storm of ideas about meditation, mortality, documentary films and our weird modern world.

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation
7.5

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation

2017

Comedy juggernaut Dave Chappelle's fourth Netflix Special, taped on November 20th, 2017 at Los Angeles' Comedy Store.

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
7.1

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain

2011

Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts!

Much Ado About Nothing
6.8

Much Ado About Nothing

2013

A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

American Dreamer
5.8

American Dreamer

2022

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

The Hangover Part III
6.2

The Hangover Part III

2013

This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.

Standing Up, Falling Down
6.3

Standing Up, Falling Down

2020

An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives.

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
7.4

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

2022

With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.

Good Hair
6.6

Good Hair

2009

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Gad Elmaleh: American Dream (2018): Comedy themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of Gad Elmaleh: American Dream.

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