Movies like Black Sheep 1996
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Black Sheep (1996)
42K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, political, clever, parody, road movie, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
political satire, politics, sarcasm, political campaign, corruption, friends, parents and children, political conspiracy, partners, road trip, political candidate, brothers, election, satire, farce, catastrophe, natural disaster, god, police, death, crazy, weed, weapons, conspiracy, lone hero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, melancholic and realistic films with plots about mentor, life philosophy, brutality, storytelling, catastrophe, dialogue and fantasy world mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Romance genres. Some movies like Black Sheep: Tommy Boy (1995), The Campaign (2012), Grown Ups (2010), Dirty Work (1998), Head of State (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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91K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
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:
funny, humorous, road movie, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, dumb, twists and turns, adaptation, sarcasm, stupidity, screwball, goofy hero, family relations, buddies, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, ohio
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100%
133K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style:
parody, funny, ridiculous, humorous, political ...
Plot:
congressman, politics, farce, satire, election campaign, election, mentor, political corruption, twists and turns, sarcasm, stereotypes, campaigning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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100%
258K
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, buddy comedy, entertaining, ridiculous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, vacation, friends, old friends reunited, family life, childhood, foul language, teenager, kids and family, reunited friends, silly humor, group of friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 1978, 70s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, new jersey, usa
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67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, touching, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
childhood, youth, culture clash, family relations, nothing goes right, actor's life, child prodigy, parents and children, family life, disorder, satire, fantasy world ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose as ...
Style:
humorous, funny, talky, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
farce, vengeance, redemption, prank, prostitute, dishonesty, partners, underdog, buddies, infidelity, down on your luck, chase ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style:
political, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, usa president, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, ambition, state affairs, republican, fish out of water, head of state, satire, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., chicago illinois, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Style:
parody, funny, satirical, witty, clever ...
Plot:
culture clash, satire, politics, sarcasm, farce, nothing goes right, society, actor's life, stand up comedian, islam, lone hero, mentor ...
Place:
india, middle east, egypt, new delhi, asia ...
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24%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last ...
Style:
humorous, political, satirical, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
political satire, conspiracy, politics, president, cold war, culture clash, farce, political conspiracy, satire, dishonesty, world politics, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, canada, california, washington d.c., iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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28K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends are actively involved in saving the environment, but the two friends couldn't care less about saving the Earth. One day, when a group of scientists ...
Style:
funny, humorous, bad ending, scary, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stupidity, teenager, slacker, buddies, mad scientist, biosphere, environmentalism, fish out of water, friendship between men, drunk, teenage sex, disaster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, sexy, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
satire, surfing, dysfunctional family, culture clash, kidnapping, family vacation, television, camp, wedding, destiny, vengeance, fight scenes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
Style:
parody, humorous, melancholic, splatter, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
marijuana, weed, twins, mistaken identity, farce, destiny, fight scenes, gangsters, death, first contact, mentor, adaptation ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
17K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
Style:
parody, humorous, entertaining, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
rivalry, college, ambition, mentor, culture clash, stereotypes, creativity, goofy hero, nothing goes right, experiment gone awry, drugs, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts ...
Style:
bad ending, entertaining, harsh, clever, visually appealing ...
Plot:
lawyer, twins, vengeance, suspense, greed, gangsters, first contact, fight scenes, farce, fantasy world, radio, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, college life, fraternity, high school, friendship, university, party, hippie, satire, weekend, friends, social differences ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, light, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
janitor, white trash, adaptation, family relations, parent child relationship, obsessive quest, on the road, blonde, oil rig, misfit, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Place:
california, los angeles, austin texas, idaho, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
neighbor, love story, happy ending, justice, love and romance, buddies, unfulfilled love, looking for love, friendship, nothing goes right, couples, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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.
Style:
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 ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.
Style:
light, semi serious, humorous, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, beach, cheerleading, hip hop, juvenile delinquency, best friends, love and romance, lifestyle, society, nothing goes right, destiny, high school ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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, buddy movie ...
Plot:
farce, idiot, crazy, chase, firefly, dumb, stupidity, twists and turns, police corruption, ballet, partners, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn't ...
Style:
light, funny, sexy, witty, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
farce, womanizer, true love, infidelity, love and romance, goofy hero, nothing goes right, odd couple, buddies, sexual relations, dishonesty, satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
military, gambling, revenge, military base, camp, soldier, disorder, rivalry, cons and scams, disaster, satire, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, las vegas, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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
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19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style:
satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
farce, treasure hunt, road trip, corruption, betrayal, mentor, life philosophy, greed, brutality, twists and turns, adventurer, obsessive quest ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
russia, ussr, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
death, showbiz, actor's life, filmmaking, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, cons and scams, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ghost, stupidity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, paris france, france, europe, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Style:
light, road movie, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
road trip, prank, thanksgiving, mischievous children, holiday, culture clash, foe turned friend, working class, unlikely friendships, reluctant partners, partners, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
london, usa, australia, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.
Style:
humorous, light, funny, satirical, parody ...
Plot:
spy, farce, secrets, politics, hidden identity, revolution, political unrest, government agency, amateur detective, satire, espionage, adaptation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
cuba, latin america, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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:
road movie, buddy comedy, humorous, ridiculous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
road trip, friendship, farce, on the road, adoption, stupidity, prank, disorder, friends, misfit partners, escapades, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, el paso texas, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
weed, hip hop, marijuana, dishonesty, friendship, family relations, society, lifestyle, cons and scams, siblings relations, disorder, drugs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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