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Movies Like Dads 'n Lads

If you liked Dads 'n Lads (2005), a movie directed by Paul Barresi, 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. 1Pretty Boy

    Pretty Boy (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen…

  2. 2Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

    Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Based on the bestselling book series, this outrageous comedy tells the story of George and Harold, two overly imaginative pranksters who hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s an enthusiastic, yet dimwitted…

  3. 3Think Like a Man

    Think Like a Man (2012)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men…

  4. 4Return of the Seven

    Return of the Seven (1966)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The…

  5. 5Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…

  6. 6How to Eat Fried Worms

    How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10

    During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.

  7. 7Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based…

  8. 8Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy

    Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy (2026)

    ★ 8.4/10

    When Snoopy's beloved doghouse goes missing, he tries to track it down, and learns what makes a house feel like home.

  9. 9The Fearless Vampire Killers

    The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

  10. 10Old Boys

    Old Boys (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.

  11. 11Stick It

    Stick It (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a…

  12. 12Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

    ★ 7/10

    While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for…

  13. 13The Rewrite

    The Rewrite (2014)

    ★ 6/10

    An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

  14. 14Watching the Detectives

    Watching the Detectives (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…

  15. 15Monster Trucks

    Monster Trucks (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his…

  16. 16The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…

  17. 17Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

    Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    The film chronicles George's adventures as he befriends Kayla, a baby elephant, at a magic circus show and helps her travel across the country to be reunited with her family.Accompanied by his friend, the Man with the…

  18. 18Flicka

    Flicka (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets…

  19. 19Carry On Dick

    Carry On Dick (1974)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the…

  20. 20Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

    Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (2019)

    ★ 7.4/10

    ZIM discovers his almighty leaders never had any intention of coming to Earth and he loses confidence in himself for the first time in his life, which is the big break his human nemesis, Dib has been waiting for.

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