Movies like The Three Stooges
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The Three Stooges (2012)
35K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
Style:
humorous, not serious, slapstick, feel good, light, sincere, entertaining, funny, ironic, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
three stooges, escapades, friends, nothing goes right, disorder, silly humor, buddies, goofy hero, save the day, fight, caper, friendship, love triangle, conspiracy, deception, chase, absurdism, race against time, money problems, golddigger, betrayal, inheritance, infidelity, husband wife relationship, disguise ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, canada
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Most similar movies to The Three Stooges
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, not serious and entertaining films with plots about disorder, family, farce, slug, chase, friends and silly humor mostly in Comedy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Three Stooges: Dennis the Menace (1993), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Daddy Day Care (2003), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Home Alone 4 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
20 years after the dimwits set out on their first adventure, they head out in search of one of their long lost children in the hope of gaining a new kidney.
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, slapstick, hilarious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
road trip, stupidity, friendship, on the road, nothing goes right, prank, farce, friends, disorder, goofy hero, misfit partners, escapades ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, el paso texas, rhode island
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
children, mischievous children, unemployment, nothing goes right, farce, fish out of water, kindergarten, goofy hero, friends, workplace situations, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, absurd, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
road trip, dumb, dimwit, stupidity, buddies, toilet humor, parakeet, odd couple, friendship, bromance, misfit, travel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Zambia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
home alone, christmas, mischievous children, prank, holiday, crime gone awry, save the day, when the parents are away, parents and children, young heroes, home invasion, youth ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, funny, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot:
comedy of errors, road trip, happy ending, stupidity, goofy hero, father son relationship, misfit, escapades, movie business, travel, child in peril, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, london, cannes, paris france, europe ...
Similarity:
67%
10K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Style:
humorous, light, melancholic, talky, absurd ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, date night
Plot:
prostitute, adventurer, prank, mistaken identity, goofy hero, nothing goes right, danger, insanity, luck, justice, stop motion, stupidity ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
usa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, slapstick, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
childhood, wealth, friendship, children, rich and poor, youth, money, when the parents are away, adolescence, superhero, billionaire, realism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife there are inevitably plenty ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, hilarious, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
oil, culture clash, fish out of water, social differences, cons and scams, odd couple, goofy hero, childhood, hillbilly, father daughter relationship, bowling, childhood love ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
beverly hills, california, arkansas, usa, canada ...
Similarity:
50%
17K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mr. Magoo, a man with terrible eyesight, gets caught up in a museum robbery.
Style:
humorous, feel good, not serious, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
stupidity, chase, millionaire, dumb, female martial artist, home invasion, woman fights a man, uncle nephew relationship, mistaken identity, adventurer, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pancho enjoys a life of luxury after winning the lottery. His friend and private assistant. Alberto, administers his tremendous fortune and tries to persuade him to give up his squandering ways and become financially responsible. One day, Pancho ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, millionaire, lottery, cons and scams, friends, disorder, estate, dog, frame up, abduction, silly humor, animal life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, when the parents are away, mischievous children, nanny, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, little boy, friendship, rivalry, babysitter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Larry's daughter wants only one thing for Christmas - a talking bear. His daughter's step-dad intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.
Style:
surprise ending, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, family relations, goofy hero, family life, parents and children, disorder, race against time, chases and races, nothing goes right, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Schools out and Fred Figglehorn's dream of water slides, horseback riding and monkey butlers during the summer turns into a nightmare of gruel and poisonous berries when his mom signs him up to an unsanitary camp.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, freeze frame ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
summer camp, friendship, teenage life, misfit, goofy hero, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, youth, disorder, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
921
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, stash, animal ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, rescue, soldier, buddies, young heroes, escapades, danger, daring rescue, animal life, disorder, laboratory, silly humor ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
Style:
light, funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
babies and infants, baby, fatherhood, custody, fish out of water, buddies, children, police, drug dealer, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
safecracker, youth, coming of age, family relations, kidnapping, friendship, airport, chase, silly humor, partner, friends, disorder ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) is back in a heartwarming adventure of presidential proportions! Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the president of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
veterinarian, silly humor, kids and family, heroic mission, race against time, danger, pets, escapades, save the day, imaginary, disorder, catastrophe ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Style:
humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy, raunchy comedy, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, camp, stupidity, childhood, handyman, bullying, camping, youth, happy ending, woods, native american, competition ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
african american, raccoon, couple relations, hip hop, buying a house, contractor, kids and family, family relations, suburbs, family life, renovation, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".
Style:
spoof, humorous, feel good, not serious, parody
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
jungle, treasure hunt, friendship, fish out of water, gambling, escapades, mischievous children, nothing goes right, buddies, disorder, rescue, danger ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, family comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
fish out of water, tooth fairy, disorder, imaginary, fairy, satire, misadventure, second chance, small town, school, redemption, community service ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
bodyguard, white house, childhood, president, friendship, usa president, shopping mall, boxing, fish out of water, mischievous children, secret service, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
47%
644
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Loonies is a touching comedy about five psychiatric patients who are forced to exchange their familiar surroundings for an old-fashioned, impersonal institution. Partly because of the severe regime of a dreadful nurse, the five decide to escape from ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, witty, slapstick
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
disorder, mental institution, goofy hero, mentally unstable, silly humor, fish out of water, escapades, misfit, doctors and patients, farce, nothing goes right, restraint ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
fast food restaurant, stupidity, competition, friendship, black romance, food, hamburger, teenage boy, business rivalry, recipe, buddies, teacher ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
north america
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Bannister family including former K-9 police hero Zeus (voiced by Mario López) is back, and this time they're spending their holidays at a beautiful Rocky Mountain resort. But toss in an unexpected visit from cocky Uncle Randy (Casper Van ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, dog, pets, save the day, animal life, holiday, destiny, love, christmas season, golden retriever, christmas eve, xmas ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
babies and infants, stupidity, chase, mischievous children, escapades, danger, crime gone awry, prank, young heroes, kidnapping, lost child, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A selfish con-man must show that he can be a family man to inherit his uncle's estate. As he tries to set up his scam family, he realizes that he really wants to have a one.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, family relations, disorder, frame up, cons and scams, suburbs, inheritance, caper, rivalry, debt, friendship, holiday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
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