Movies Like What Happened To Father
If you liked What Happened To Father (1927), a comedy movie directed by John G. Adolfi, 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.
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Driver's Ed (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
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Dough and Dynamite (1914)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyPierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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Shanghaied (1915)
★ 6/10Also comedyA shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The…
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Hail, Caesar! (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyWhen a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
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I Love My Dad (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyA hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
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A Woman (1915)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyMother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for…
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyStan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyA collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links…
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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAfter 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.
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedyWhen a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
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Son of Rambow (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyWill is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.
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Sextuplets (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyFather-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.
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The Air Up There (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyJimmy 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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Taking Care of Business (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAn 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.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyWhen 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.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyThe Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
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Paddington 2 (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyPaddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Confess, Fletch (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyThe roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of…
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My Wife's Relations (1922)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyBuster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyThe Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.