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Movies Like The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special

If you liked The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special (1991), a movie directed by Dick Martin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Mothman Prophecies

    The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous…

  2. 2Funny Farm

    Funny Farm (1988)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town…

  3. 3Tremors

    Tremors (1990)

    ★ 7/10

    Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

  4. 4Dead of Night

    Dead of Night (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10

    An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

  5. 5Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

    Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.

  6. 6What About Bob?

    What About Bob? (1991)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's…

  7. 7A Nightmare on Elm Street

    A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…

  8. 8The Car

    The Car (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…

  9. 9Creepshow 2

    Creepshow 2 (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

  10. 10It

    It (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

  11. 11Affliction

    Affliction (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

  12. 12Dark Harvest

    Dark Harvest (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.

  13. 13Men

    Men (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her…

  14. 14The Boy Behind the Door

    The Boy Behind the Door (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.

  15. 15Pollyanna

    Pollyanna (1960)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

  16. 16Lady in White

    Lady in White (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.

  17. 17Ghost Story

    Ghost Story (1981)

    ★ 6/10

    Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of…

  18. 18Pursued

    Pursued (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle…

  19. 19The Fog

    The Fog (1980)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio…

  20. 20A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

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