Movies Like The Dentist

If you liked The Dentist (1932), a comedy movie directed by Leslie Pearce, 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
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.
4
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.
5
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
6
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
7
Baseball Bugs (1946)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
8
The Girl Most Likely To... (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
9
Caveman (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he…
10
Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her…
11
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.
12
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.
13
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
14
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.
15
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.
16
2 Minutes of Fame (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.
17
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…
18
Donald's Golf Game (1938)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Donald Duck tries to exhibit his golfing ability to his nephews only to have them tease him with sneezes, noises and "trick" clubs. Finally, they put a grasshopper in a ball and it "jumps" all over.
19
Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Aziz Ansari presents his highly anticipated debut hour long stand-up special. The critically acclaimed stand-up and actor (Parks and Recreation, Funny People) discusses topics ranging from sheets with fraudulent thread…
20
Busy Bodies (1933)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.