Movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
If you like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" you are looking for light, funny and hilarious movies about / with stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb and bird themes of Comedy genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
350K
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 ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man . . . or beast!
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd, humorous, detective, entertaining, slapstick, talky ...
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, save the day, rescue, revenge, farce, animal, stoner, sexual intercourse, football, childhood, realism, nudity, cat, bodyguard ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
miami, usa, florida, seattle, new jersey
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, absurd, funny and not serious films with plots about storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, dialogue, farce, dumb and vengeance mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Liar Liar (1997), Grown Ups (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess ...
Style:
funny, parody, slapstick, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot:
jungle, dumb, human animal relationship, satire, curse, save the day, disorder, farce, goofy hero, road trip, animal, jungle adventure ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
africa, nigeria, china, asia, himalaya ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
split personality, stupidity, breast feeding, road trip, computer, sarcasm, dissociative identity disorder, dumb, alter ego, gross out humor, on the road, excrement ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s, year 1982 ...
Place:
rhode island, usa, new york
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:
91%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, laugh out loud, slapstick ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
lawyer, liar, father son relationship, lie, court, courtroom, dishonesty, change of heart, truth, ex husband ex wife relationship, trial, divorce ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, boston
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
309K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
vacation, foul language, friendship, old friends reunited, kids and family, friends, reunited friends, breast feeding, family life, childhood, group of friends, buddy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 1978, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly
Plot:
stupidity, graduation, teacher, elementary school, prank, immaturity, bullying, happy ending, teachers and students, high school, dumb, party ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa
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:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
farce, sexual humor, absurd humor, stupidity, undercover, terrorism, law enforcement, satire, sexy woman, gangster, race against time, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1988, 70s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style:
humorous, parody, spoof, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
house, satire, high school, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, workplace intrigue, suburbs, culture clash ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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:
100%
189K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the ...
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, funny, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, television, dark humor, stalking, friendship, psychopath, kidnapping, satire, stalker, insanity, falling from height, dumb ...
Time:
20th century, medieval times, 90s
Place:
usa, north america, canada
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:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, north america, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
920K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, entertaining, talky, not serious ...
Plot:
stupidity, farce, friendship, taxidermy, dumb, nothing goes right, misfit, moral dilemma, social satire, dinner, naivete, comedy of manners ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run ...
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, unusual plot structure, absurd ...
Plot:
idiot, taxi driver, police corruption, firefly, crazy, dumb, chase, stupidity, buddy, ballet, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
181K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style:
funny, cult classic, spoof, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, heavy metal, music, musician, dumb, satire, rock, basement, hard rock, stoner, sarcasm, rock music ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, milwaukee wisconsin, seattle, wisconsin ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
true love, dream girl, dumb, private detective, nothing goes right, ejaculation, sexual humor, wooing, hidden identity, high school, road trip, irreverent ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1985
Place:
miami, rhode island, florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
104K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
Style:
road movie, humorous, slapstick, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, dumb, stupidity, nothing goes right, odd couple, death of father, skinny dipping, twists and turns, on the road, entrepreneurship, immaturity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, chicago, ohio, seattle
Similarity:
100%
108K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Style:
parody, humorous, biblical, satirical, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
caveman, stupidity, satire, chosen one, slavery, road trip, sarcasm, farce, dumb, destiny, buddies, profanity ...
Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, stone age, year 2009
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, military, navy, rivalry, underwater, nothing goes right, goofy hero, stupidity, against the odds, boat, sailing ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, russia, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Style:
parody, spoof, not serious, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
who done it, serial killer, special agent, satire, fbi, law enforcement, crime scene, hospital, voyeur, bowling, fbi agent, exodus ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, semi serious, slapstick, intense ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, chase, scam, survival, partner, hitman, disguise, escapades, mafia, most dangerous game, meme, killing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, florida, usa, scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. The drug has an unforeseen side effect — Cassie starts to grow and grow and grow!
Style:
sexy, not serious, humorous, erotic, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleading, college, cheerleader, gender disguise, experiment gone awry, scientist, mutant, disorder, college life, giant monster, nudity, frustration ...
Similarity:
100%
118K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style:
funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, toddlers
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, fish out of water, amateur detective, dumb, satire, hotel, disguise, legend, obesity, fistfight, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
japan, beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
satire, stupidity, goofy hero, airplane, aviation, air force, secret mission, heroic mission, save the day, disorder, military base, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1971, 70s, year 1975 ...
Place:
iraq, mediterranean sea, california
Similarity:
50%
318K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, youth, dark humor, sarcasm, stupidity, gross out humor, graphic violence, creativity, adolescence, serial killer, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
50%
Related movie lists
