Movies like They stole the bride (2012)
The best movies like They stole the bride (2012) are Bachelor Party (1984), Take the Money and Run (1969) and The In-Laws (1979). If They stole the bride hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Bad Guys 2 (2025)7.6/10 from 949 votes
- NewestThe Bad Guys 2 (2025)Released 2025
Bachelor Party (1984)
On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTake the Money and Run (1969)
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe In-Laws (1979)
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite Chicks (2004)
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisExcess Baggage (1997)
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder Mystery 2 (2023)
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHorrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather Hood (1993)
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Odd Couple II (1998)
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnalyze This (1999)
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
A grown-up Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm decide to get married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Trouble (2002)
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmall Time Crooks (2000)
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTommy Boy (1995)
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDate Night (2010)
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily Plot (1976)
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bad Guys 2 (2025)
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMulan II (2004)
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNuns on the Run (1990)
Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBefore the Corpse of a Leader (1974)
A union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, then the wife, mistress, police, co workers, reporters, colleagues, and political figures arrive to the hotel and each has its own intentions.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Fly Away, Young Man! (1947)
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTo byla svatba, strýčku (1977)
Alfons is invited by his brother-in-law to his niece's wedding. The uncle arrives in his luxury car. However, the wedding guests ignore his anxious worries about the car and send him here for beer, there for cement. The uncle objects, but the energetic bridesmaid acts. The car suffers, and so does the uncle. When the wedding guests finally decide to go to the town hall, the car is almost impassable. However, the confusion is far from over...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Tangled Ever After (2012)
The kingdom is in a festive mood as everyone gathers for the royal wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn. However, when Pascal and Maximus, as flower chameleon and ring bearer, respectively, lose the gold bands, a frenzied search and recovery mission gets underway. As the desperate duo tries to find the rings before anyone discovers that they’re missing, they leave behind a trail of comical chaos that includes flying lanterns, a flock of doves, a wine barrel barricade and a very sticky finale. Will Maximus and Pascal save the day and make it to the church in time? And will they ever get Flynn’s nose right?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMe and My Gal (1932)
Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleepwalk with Me (2012)
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Treasure of the Snails (2004)
After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Bachelorette (2012)
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSave the Date (2012)
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisEk Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012)
Rahul and Riana meet each other for the first time, get drunk, and awake the next morning to find that they have gotten legally married to each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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What are the best movies like They stole the bride?
The closest matches to They stole the bride are Bachelor Party (1984), Take the Money and Run (1969) and The In-Laws (1979). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after They stole the bride?
Start with Bachelor Party (1984), the closest match to They stole the bride.
What is the highest-rated movie like They stole the bride?
The Bad Guys 2 (2025), rated 7.6/10 by 949 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like They stole the bride?
The Bad Guys 2 (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
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