Movies Like Works in Progress

If you liked Works in Progress (2009), a comedy and family movie directed by Stephen Wallace Pruitt, 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
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and…
2
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedy
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
3
Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
4
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who…
5
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the…
6
The Little Rascals (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy
When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.
7
Den Brother (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and family
Alex Pearson has a lot to learn about teamwork. As the star of the Lemon Oaks hockey team, Alex almost always has his way on and off the ice. That is until he pulls a stunt so outrageous not even his own coach can give…
8
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy and family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…
9
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also family and romance
The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show…
10
Prom Pact (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…
11
iParty with Victorious (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and family
Scorned girlfriends Carly and Tori hatch a plot against the boy that they are both dating.
12
This Little Love of Mine (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s…
13
It Takes Two (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and family
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker…
14
The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also family and comedy
The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
15
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
16
A Christmas Miracle for Daisy (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
Whitney Alder owns interior design firm Marietta Designs, which she runs with her friend Andi in the small town of Marietta, Montana. Whitney is designing Santa’s float for the annual Marietta Christmas Parade when a…
17
Meet Cute (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance
A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the…
18
The Thrill of It All (1963)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
19
One Crazy Summer (1986)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
20
You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.