Movies Like The Nutty Professor
If you liked The Nutty Professor (1996), a comedy and science fiction movie directed by Tom Shadyac, 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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Shallow Hal (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceAfter taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and comedyAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
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The Mask (1994)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceTimid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask infused with the spirit of the Norse god Loki. Donning it transforms him into an unrestrained, green-faced, cartoon-like wild man. While the mask grants him the…
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceVan Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the…
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The DUFF (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyBianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite…
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It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceA visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's…
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Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fictionA womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
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Date with an Angel (1987)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceAspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his…
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Saving Silverman (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romanceA pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
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Kissing Is the Easy Part (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and comedySean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.
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This Means War (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceTwo top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
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Moonshot (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceIn a future where Mars is terraformed and colonized by the best humanity has to offer, two very different college students wind up joining forces and sneak onboard a space shuttle to the red planet in order to be…
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Absolutely Anything (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionEccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and science fictionMiles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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Isn't It Romantic (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceFor a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out…
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The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyIt's the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to…
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The Rewrite (2014)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyAn Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceShortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts…
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Just Friends (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceWhile visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.