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Movies Like Private Teacher

If you liked Private Teacher (1983), a comedy movie directed by Gary Graver, 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. 1Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  2. 2Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  3. 3Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  4. 4Good Neighbor Sam

    Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral…

  5. 5Old Boys

    Old Boys (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    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.

  6. 6American Dreamer

    American Dreamer (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

  7. 7Mr. Bones

    Mr. Bones (2001)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

  8. 8Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

  9. 9Cadet Kelly

    Cadet Kelly (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

  10. 10The Willoughbys

    The Willoughbys (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

  11. 11Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  12. 12The Trouble with Angels

    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Mary 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…

  13. 13Slumberland

    Slumberland (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

  14. 14The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

  15. 15Go West

    Go West (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

  16. 16Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

  17. 17Rookie of the Year

    Rookie of the Year (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.

  18. 18The Lizzie McGuire Movie

    The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.

  19. 19Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

  20. 20The Air Up There

    The Air Up There (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…

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