Movies Like April Fool

If you liked April Fool (1924), a comedy movie directed by Ralph Ceder, 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
The Tramp (1915)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life…
2
The Bank (1915)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
3
How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until…
4
The Railrodder (1965)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.
5
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…
6
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
7
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
8
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the…
9
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his…
10
Scary Movie (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer's crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe.
11
The Underdoggs (2024)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Jaycen 'Two Js' Jennings is a washed-up former pro football star who has hit rock bottom. When sentenced to community service coaching the Underdoggs, an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown, he sees it mostly…
12
Moonwalkers (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally…
13
Clerks (1994)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and…
14
The Onion Movie (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits…
15
Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
16
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.
17
The Hangover Part III (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
18
Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.
19
Sextuplets (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.
20
Major League (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the…