Movies Like Backseat Detour
If you liked Backseat Detour (2001), a comedy movie directed by Allie Sultan, 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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Life of the Party (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea…
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
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Incoming (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyTheir first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.
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Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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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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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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Old Dads (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyA cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
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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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Seriously Single (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyWhile her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
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Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyUnbridled comic Chris D'Elia reconsiders his approach to major life events like marriage, not having kids and buying pants for your friends.
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Sneakerella (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyWhen El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…
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29th Street (1991)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyAfter winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
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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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Mistress America (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.
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The F**k-It List (2020)
★ 6/10Also comedyAfter a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.
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Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyA 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
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Adult World (2014)
★ 6/10Also comedyAmy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyIt's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
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Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyChris Rock, the three-time Emmy Award-winner, comedian, actor, and host of HBO's acclaimed The Chris Show, stars in his fourth solo stand-up special for HBO, Chris Rock: Never Scared. Featuring his unique, insightful…
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Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.