Movies like Dudes
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Dudes (1987)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, surreal, exciting, realistic, cult film
Plot:
punk, road trip, on the road, obsessive quest, love triangle, misfit, injustice, partners, fish out of water, mentally unstable, buddies, punk rock, revenge, cowboy, club, alienation, coming of age, gang, friends, graphic violence, teenage life, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, suburbs ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, new york, utah
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Most similar movies to Dudes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friends, disorder, on the road, buddies, partners, escapades and friendship mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Dudes: Friendship! (2010), Ass Backwards (2013), Noobz (2012), A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013), Wieners (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, obsessive quest, social relations, culture clash, fish out of water, disorder, friends, on the road, friendship between men, road trip, boy, best friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, germany, german democratic republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friends, friends, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, disorder, nothing goes right, follow your dream, escapades, physical appearance, homecoming, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of their lives?
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, light
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, obsessive quest, computers and web, on the road, contests and competitions, misfit partners, rivalry, friends, tournament, partners, disorder, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, remarry, obsessive quest, road trip, friends, escapades, sexual content, coming of age, friendship between boys, teenage boy, boyhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a Wiener Wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist.
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, tense, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, on the road, partners, female nudity, goofy hero, cross country, misfit partners, obsessive quest, prank, odd couple, disorder, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Films like Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From National Lampoon, the masters of raunchy comedy, comes a summer tale of beers, babes, and bros! In the surf town of Ventura, California, JD's surf board is stolen by a surfer from Los Angeles...a crime that cannot go unpunished. Gathering ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
beach, surfing, fight, juvenile delinquency, partners, best friends, youth, follow your dream, young lovers, criminal heroes, escapades, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three high school virgins, suspended from school on a bogus graffiti charge, flee to the inner city in an attempt to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye - a book they neither have read nor understand. BINDLESTIFFS documents their struggles ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loss of virginity, rebellion, rebelliousness, teenage life, buddies, youth, escapades, disorder, friends, looking for sex, city life, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Action
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He ...
Style:
exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous, buddy comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, adventurer, humour, fistfight, island, treasure, friends, map, disorder, escapades, buddies, reluctant partners ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kirk Redgrave and Flint Weaver met only three weeks ago. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming the greatest pirates the Great Salt Lake has ever known. Still, pirate life isn't all that it's cracked up to be. For Kirk, it's ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
pirate, adventurer, treasure hunt, friends, escapades, rebelliousness, buddies, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, ocean, battles, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Ohio teen moves to L.A. to find fame as a rock musician and to find a drummer.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
club, rock and roll, self discovery, friends, family relations, music band, artists and showbiz, coming of age, youth, law firm, on the road, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, ohio, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chaz and his friends take a road trip after discovering his landlord's plot to kill the creator of the Showboy magazine. Chaz must choose between his beloved magazines, his best friends, the girl of his dreams, or saving an innocent man's ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sex comedy
Plot:
friends, moral dilemma, buddies, on the road, road trip, slacker, magazine, convention, bar, garage
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
Style:
humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching, mumblecore ...
Plot:
aging, road trip, senior citizen, buddies, human spirit, self discovery, elderly, friendship, disorder, cult, travel, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four young Canadian men are out on a road trip when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. They each go their own way in search of a needed alternator, but along the way, each one experiences an unexpectedly memorable adventure...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
beer, farce, disorder, friends, misfit partners, partners, obsessive quest, nothing goes right, buddies, misfit, on the road, heist ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
california, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
Style:
witty, humorous, clever, unusual plot structure, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
safecracker, crime gone awry, mentor, caper, nude, sarcasm, drug addiction, hospital, creativity, first contact, race issues, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, england, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
Style:
road movie, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, marriage, couples, farce, divorce, destiny, fight scenes, catastrophe, fantasy world, culture clash, first contact ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Movies similar to National Lampoon's Vacation
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
711
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ramona works in a concert agency and is sent after the rock band 'Children of Paradise' who have disappeared. Since she can't drive, she has to take the train and bus and eventually hitchhike. On her way through the Canadian back ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
punk, road trip, rock band, female protagonist, violence, travel, filmmaker, misfit, music band, chase, obsessive quest, adventurer ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
What starts out as a boring day for Bobby, Johnnie and Chuck quickly escalates into a riotous backyard adventure. A swarming beehive, a lawn mower with a mind of its own, a mysterious junkman and the neighborhood bully are just some of the hilarious ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, disorder, teenage life, buddies, small town, summer vacation, heroes, friends, when the parents are away ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A comfortable underachiever and serial prankster, in the midst of their quarter life crisis, reunite against childhood enemies in a contemporary suburban epic.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prank, misfit, love and romance, social misfits, best friends, friends, friendship, true love, rivalry, youth, uninhibited rivalry, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
americana, disorder, friendship, friends, unemployment, desire for fame, dark humor, buddies, partners, aviation, experimenting, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Movies like Wild Hogs
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
road trip, marijuana, stoners, weed, college, stoner, drugs, nothing goes right, party, teenager, friendship, racial slur ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
799
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up learning things about each other they had not previously known.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
gangsters, hip hop, road trip, bus trip, bus, ambition, sexual content, on the road, destiny, partners, friends, ego clash ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem, new york city, miami, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
on the road, silly humor, disorder, escapades, misfit partners, friends, buddies, journey, fraternity, sorority, catholic, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Style:
road movie, realistic, humorous, semi serious, campy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hitchhiking, on the road, police, love and romance, couples, hopes, male female relationship, prostitute, fight, survival, lost girl, countryside ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
no overview yet.
Style:
captivating, humorous, thought provoking, road movie, light ...
Plot:
friendship, on the road, society, coming of age, rebelliousness, youth, cons and scams, track down, journey, self discovery, rebellion, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Films like Tommy Boy
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where he is assigned to build a bridge for the local ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sexy, parody, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
brainwashing, culture clash, jungle, gambling, chase, american abroad, gangsters, cold war, rescue, village, fall in love, identity ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
thailand, asia, yale university, new york, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Six rough and tumble motor cyclists meet at the side of an empty highway to plan their adventurous excursion cycling to Los Angeles. The burly bunch are Michael (John Alderman), David (Tom Basham), Henry (Bob Bihiller), Arnold (Bruce Kimbal), Eddie ...
Style:
surreal, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
biker, cult, motorcycle, transvestism, police, on the road, gang, gender, gays and lesbians, misfit, lifestyle, disorder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, parody, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
cold war, spy, race against time, kgb, espionage, buddies, farce, chase, mistaken identity, secret agents, secret service, nuclear war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, russia, pakistan, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Phillip (Phillips) and Geoffrey (Sampson) are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the un-official "Sons and Surf" website...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
save the day, friends, partners, lifestyle, nothing goes right, escapades, odd couple, misfit, unemployment, cons and scams, party, friendship ...
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, who's wife has just left him. The ultimate NZ roadtrip adventure.
Style:
road movie, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
car chase, on the road, road trip, nude, obsessive quest, chase, adventurer, escapades, partners, friendship, heist, teenage life ...
Time:
future, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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