Movies Like The Likely Lads
If you liked The Likely Lads (1976), a comedy movie directed by Michael Tuchner, 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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Sydney White (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyCollege freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed since her parent's day. Banished to a…
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyIt's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious…
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The First Wives Club (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyAfter years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a…
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Grown Ups (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyAfter their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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Tommy Boy (1995)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyTo save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
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The Odd Couple (1968)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyIn New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so…
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Wayne's World (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyThe adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention…
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RV (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyClimbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending…
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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
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Old Boys (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyIn 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.
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Bonnie Scotland (1935)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyStan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
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Leo (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyJaded 74-year-old reptile Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one year left to live, he plans to escape to experience life on the…
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Airborne (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyGood-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…
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Yankee Zulu (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyTwo South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a…
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Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyThe Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works…
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
★ 7.8/10Also comedyMarty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set…
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Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyTo 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…
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3 Men and a Baby (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyThree bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
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Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also comedyAfter a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
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