Movies Like Dear Dictator

If you liked Dear Dictator (2018), a comedy movie directed by Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario, 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
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
2
Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
3
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an…
4
The Meteor Man (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and…
5
My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
6
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.
7
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
8
So Undercover (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter…
9
Matchbox the Movie (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
When a group of former childhood friends reconnect, their reunion takes a wild turn as they stumble upon a dangerous international plot—and must save the world.
10
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
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.
11
Men in Black (1997)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new…
12
Pirates (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
13
Love and Monsters (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite…
14
Down Periscope (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record…
15
The Warriors Gate (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the…
16
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
17
Airborne (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…
18
Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
19
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
20
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…