Movies Like Going Overboard

If you liked Going Overboard (1989), a comedy movie directed by Valerie Breiman, 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
Eddie Izzard: Definite Article (1996)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal herself sitting at the top of a staircase. Then discusses Caesar dog food, 24 hour garages, Latin, and winds her way through James Bond gadgets, Einstein…
2
Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humour to this HBO Special, extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism…
3
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian…
4
Rotting in the Sun (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
A filmmaker facing an existential crisis goes on a vacation to a Mexican gay nudist beach, where he meets a social media celebrity who convinces him to collaborate with him on his new TV show. But one disappears and…
5
The Dictator (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
6
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
7
Waiting... (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.
8
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.
9
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
★ 6/10Also comedy
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a…
10
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
11
Head Above Water (1996)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her…
12
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are…
13
Ladies First (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
An arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.
14
Nice Dreams (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spaced-out duo sells enough of their "specially mixed" ice cream to…
15
Idiocracy (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events…
16
72 HOURS (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
17
Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedy
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
18
Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
The standup sensation tackle's TV's "Shark Tank," what it means to be a woman and how to deal with the lawless party goblin that lives in us all.
19
Ricky Stanicky (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their…
20
Blazing Saddles (1974)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias…