Movies Like Early Bird Gets the Worm
If you liked Early Bird Gets the Worm (1969), a comedy movie directed by Hussain Al-Saleh, 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.
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Why Him? (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyLarry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own…
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Bad Moms (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWhen three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
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Keeping Mum (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
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She-Devil (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedyA cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
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Serial Mom (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBeverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
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Old Dads (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyA cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedySue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly…
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I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyA hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
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Switching Channels (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyA television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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One Battle After Another (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyWashed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former…
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Over Your Dead Body (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
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Breathless (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyLorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband Dale’s criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do…
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St. Vincent (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyA young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
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Barbie (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living…
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Life of the Party (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea…
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyHoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s…
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Game Night (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyMax and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be…
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The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family…
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The Trouble with Angels (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyMary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…