Movies like Funny Farm
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Funny Farm (1988)
24K
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, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Style:
feel good, humorous, parody, funny, light, road movie, unusual plot structure, entertaining, social, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, farce, writers, christmas, husband wife relationship, aspiring writer, chase, snake, catastrophe, spy, revenge, natural disaster, life, divorce, beautiful scenery, justice, lone hero, espionage, fantasy world, destiny, brutality, runaway, holiday, childhood ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vermont, new york, san francisco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, cult film and feel good films with plots about dialogue, mentor, catastrophe, storytelling, adaptation, lone hero and brutality mostly in Comedy, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Funny Farm: Madhouse (1990), Cops and Robbersons (1994), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Nothing But Trouble (1991), The Money Pit (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, semi serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
uninvited guest, family gatherings, nothing goes right, eccentricity, pregnancy, family life, lifestyle, down on your luck, couples, family problems, disorder, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hard-as-nails cop Jake Stone moves in with the Robbersons so he can watch a hitman who has moved in next door. The Hitman is one thing, but can you survive the Robberson family.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, emotional, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, justice, family relations, police surveillance, disorder, frame up, odd couple, nothing goes right, goofy hero, fish out of water, suburbs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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100%
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:
road movie, funny, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
road trip, youth, cross country, plan gone awry, small town, on the road, dog, couple relations, relatives, family holiday, disorder, couples ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, chicago illinois, california, usa, arizona ...
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100%
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 ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
christmas, holiday, farce, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, culture clash, creativity, eccentric family, nothing goes right, neighbor, down on your luck ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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100%
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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, disturbing, melancholic, not serious, campy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
chase, dark humor, small town, dysfunctional family, justice, on the run, hip hop, eccentric family, disorder, buddies, goofy hero, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buys what looks like the home of their dreams – only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling ...
Style:
realistic, light, entertaining, romantic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
home renovation, screwball, house, farce, writers, adaptation, culture clash, love story, greed, life philosophy, chaos, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, rio de janeiro
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
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funny, entertaining, humorous, stylized, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, farce, moving, dysfunctional family, kung fu, con men, truck, justice, creativity, stereotypes, technology, parallel universe ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, idaho, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Pesci stars as Louie Kritski, a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option, which he accepts -- he must live in his rat-infested hell ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
culture clash, fish out of water, justice, stupidity, misfit, self discovery, parents and children, african american, racial slur, court, brutality, fight scenes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, millionaire, lawyer, hotel, childhood, inheritance, photographer, culture clash, destiny, police investigation, fight scenes, money ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, manhattan new york city, usa ...
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41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from ...
Style:
light, funny, realistic, feel good, not serious ...
Plot:
farce, spy, mistaken identity, espionage, hotel, secret service, assassin, secret agents, disorder, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, showbiz ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, year 1938
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, visually appealing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
amish, fish out of water, farce, embezzlement, lawyer, wealth, impersonation, marital reconciliation, marital discord, small town, true love, runaway ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sweet, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bank robbery, farce, love triangle, dog, dishonesty, couple relations, bank teller, disorder, love and romance, on the run, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, dysfunctional family, obsession, farce, family relations, casino, nothing goes right, parents and children, teenage life, christmas, desert, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, witty, humorous, talky, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, fired from the job, on the road, marriage, couples, fish out of water, americana, nothing goes right, promotion, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, new york, los angeles, california, arizona
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39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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 yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, underdog, summer vacation, screwball, rivalry, on the road, friendship, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to ...
Style:
humorous, light, funny, sentimental, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, fish out of water, stupidity, self discovery, misfit, getting home, family life, life philosophy, life & death, lone hero, police investigation, mentor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
boston, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An 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.
Style:
humorous, light, inspirational, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
prison, mistaken identity, cons and scams, unlikely friendships, fish out of water, baseball, disorder, dishonesty, nothing goes right, misfit, prison life, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, melancholic, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
culture clash, crime gone awry, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, fish out of water, showbiz, couples, actor's life, young lovers, celebrity culture, hollywood ...
Time:
80s, 18th century, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
radio, psychiatrist, mental illness, farce, weapons, childhood, disaster, dysfunctional family, satire, psychopath, psychology, superhero ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, california, london, england ...
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38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
Style:
light, feel good, humorous, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
job seeking, happy ending, family problems, nothing goes right, disorder, midlife crisis, renewed love, fish out of water, travel, justice, fish, marriage ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, boston, manhattan new york city, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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, absurd, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada, california, usa, chicago illinois, wisconsin
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38%
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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
Plot:
childhood, teenager, parents and children, when the parents are away, happy ending, unlikely friendships, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children, child care, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
wisconsin, california, chicago illinois, usa
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38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, parody, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
culture clash, immigrants, deportation, mistaken identity, adaptation, farce, twists and turns, fish out of water, disorder, false accusation, comedy of errors, interracial relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico, los angeles, latin america, california, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, scenic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
obsession, friendship, bird, competition, father son relationship, eccentricity, camp, marital problem, ambition, rivalry, midlife crisis, storm ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, new jersey, china, california ...
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When letters written to God start getting results, and replies, people everywhere are amazed. The Post Office however is annoyed.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, humorous, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
con artists, money, office, courtroom, lawyer, christmas, philosophy, afterlife, nude, holiday, disaster, life & death ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers ...
Style:
humorous, funny, sentimental, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, youth, children, childhood, rich and poor, social differences, family problems, spoiled brat, fish out of water, life philosophy, twists and turns, millionaire ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, louisiana
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he ...
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Henderson Dores (Daniel Day Lewis), a New York based art dealer from England, travels to Georgia to persuade patriarch, Harry Dean Stanton, to sell a Monet previously thought lost.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, georgia, england
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter ...
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funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, friendship, rescue, on the road, nothing goes right, goofy hero, fish out of water, inheritance, hitchhiker, elephant, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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