Movies like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
246K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick, light, sexy, christmas classics, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity, culture clash, neighbor, nothing goes right, eccentric family, down on your luck, family problems, sexy woman, redheaded woman, skinny dipping, xmas, farce, new year, christmas spirit ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
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Most similar movies to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out funny, humorous, feel good and entertaining films with plots about family, chase, mentor, dialogue, runaway, vengeance and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: Uncle Buck (1989), Four Christmases (2008), Vegas Vacation (1997), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Duplex (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
road trip, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
120K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, family values, child care, when the parents are away, parents and children, babysitter, fish out of water, respect, mischievous children, siblings relations, babysitting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, minnesota, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas time, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family bonds, new year, nothing goes right, in-laws, family drama, brothers, marriage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style:
feel good, road movie, funny, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens
Plot:
thanksgiving, road trip, holiday, train, travel, airplane, on the road, airport, husband wife relationship, railway, buddy, traveling salesman ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays ...
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, road movie, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
vacation, dysfunctional family, travel, on the road, road trip, american abroad, tourist, american tourist, family relations, nothing goes right, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
65K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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!
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, parody, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, dark humor, twists and turns, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, young lovers, thanksgiving, chocolate, fire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It'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 brother-in-law, Roman ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, slapstick, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
camp, family vacation, bear, summer vacation, wilderness, teenage girl, brother brother relationship, holiday, father daughter relationship, rivalry, father son relationship, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, minnesota, usa, wisconsin, canada ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
chase, dark humor, small town, justice, dysfunctional family, on the run, hip hop, eccentric family, disorder, danger, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of ...
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
parents and children, meet the parents, family relations, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, wedding, father in law son in law relationship, farce, ex cia agent, parenthood, sarcasm, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, christmas classics, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, christmas party, christmas time, suburban life, neighbor, cancer, farce, husband wife relationship, police, vacation, neighborhood ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
latin america, chicago, peru, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, ...
Style:
hilarious, rom com, humorous, slapstick, social ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, writers, husband wife relationship, aspiring writer, farce, christmas, chase, breakup, divorce, fishing, plagiarism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vermont, new york, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
345K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, christmas special, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, christmas eve, christmas time, corporate world, raccoon, man child ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, south pole, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand.
Style:
funny, entertaining, sexy, hilarious, humorous ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas party, stupidity, wild party, debauchery, holiday, workplace, office, cocaine, ceo, party, farce ...
Time:
year 2016, future
Place:
chicago, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style:
witty, light, not serious, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
mental illness, vacation, mental patient, mother daughter relationship, therapist, phobia, elevator, psychiatrist, yuppie, therapy, obsession, sarcasm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, slapstick, melancholic, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, father son relationship, holiday, christmas time, chase, santa claus, postman, shopping, toys, motorcycle, neighbor, xmas ...
Time:
90s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place:
usa, israel, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
138K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, slapstick, christmas classics ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
christmas, home alone, holiday, prank, winter, christmas time, silicon valley, kids and family, children, little boy, crime gone awry, burglar ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, chicago, california, illinois, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Style:
light, funny, saga, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, holiday, father son relationship, children, father and son, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, awkward situation, father son conflict, relationships, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, parents and children, neighbor, feud, small town, suburbs, christmas time, couple relations, dark humor, neighbor neighbor relationship, xmas ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
europe, england, massachusetts, latin america
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation, hoping Eddie won't sue him after being bitten by a lab monkey. When the Tuttle family winds up trapped on a tropical island, ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, happy ending, danger, nothing goes right, family in danger, escapades, isolation, goofy hero, family relations, holiday, xmas, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
189K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, adulthood, friends, party, sexual attraction, family relations, unlikely friendships, midlife crisis, parenthood, buddy, ex classmate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Using a professional grade video camera, a dysfunctional family records their Christmas Day in 1985, which descends into total chaos.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, light, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, satire, found footage, unwanted pregnancy, family relations, suburbs, family gatherings, uninvited guest, parents and children, couples, erotica, adult humor ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
704K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, sexy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
friendship, marijuana, sarcasm, party, bear, teddy bear, toys, buddy, friends, desire, weed, christmas ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, year 1985, 21st century
Place:
boston, peru, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
Style:
touching, funny, feel good, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, holiday, trapped in an elevator, family relations, parents and children, friendship, winter, animal, moral dilemma, save the day, animal life ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Style:
funny, christmas classics, slapstick, humorous, christmas comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, farce, christmas eve, new year, xmas, suicide, transvestite, veterinarian, lgbtq, bike, christmas spirit ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
california, seattle, italy, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
23%
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