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Movies Like About My Father

If you liked About My Father (2023), a comedy movie directed by Laura Terruso, 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. 1Duplex

    Duplex (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

  2. 2The Big Brawl

    The Big Brawl (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

  3. 3St. Vincent

    St. Vincent (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

  4. 4Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

    Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who…

  5. 5Daddy's Home

    Daddy's Home (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to…

  6. 6The Front Page

    The Front Page (1974)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.

  7. 7The Secret of My Success

    The Secret of My Success (1987)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who…

  8. 8The Big Wedding

    The Big Wedding (2013)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic…

  9. 9Thunderstruck

    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.

  10. 10Greedy

    Greedy (1994)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

  11. 11Grudge Match

    Grudge Match (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

  12. 12Brighton Beach Memoirs

    Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through…

  13. 13How to Be a Latin Lover

    How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

  14. 14Anger Management

    Anger Management (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But…

  15. 15Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

    Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

  16. 16Little Murders

    Little Murders (1971)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.

  17. 17Oscar

    Oscar (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…

  18. 18Summer Rental

    Summer Rental (1985)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local…

  19. 19Cheaper by the Dozen

    Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business.

  20. 20The Mouse That Roared

    The Mouse That Roared (1959)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…

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