Movies like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce (1901)
The best movies like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce (1901) are Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020) and Where’s Poppa? (1970). If Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
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- Highest ratedSteamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)7.6/10 from 417 votes
- NewestDance Till You're Dead (2025)Released 2025
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
The Banks Family reunites 25 years later for a very special event to benefit World Central Kitchen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere’s Poppa? (1970)
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDennis the Menace (1993)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMaggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap" (2021)
In a daycare far, far away… but still in Springfield, Maggie is on an epic quest for her stolen pacifier. Her adventure brings her face-to-face with young Padawans, Sith Lords, familiar droids, Rebel scum, and an ultimate battle against the dark side, in this original short celebrating the Star Wars galaxy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Love My Dad (2022)
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfter the Ball (2015)
After the Ball, a retail fairy tale set in the world of fashion. Kate's dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she is a bright new talent, Kate can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell, a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos? Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother and two wicked stepsisters. But with the help of a prince of a guy in the shoe department her godmother's vintage clothes and a shocking switch of identities, Kate exposes the evil trio, saves her father's company -- and proves that everyone can wear a fabulous dress.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLuxo Jr. (1986)
A baby lamp finds a ball to play with and it's all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds a ball ten times bigger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Three Stooges (2012)
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTaking Care of Business (1990)
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trouble with Angels (1966)
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli (2024)
Pete Davidson's fourth comedy special explores what it means to grow up, turning 30, love, life, and living in the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPardon Us (1931)
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania (2017)
Blast off to adventure in this animated feature where our favorite space-age family, The Jetsons, meet the superstars of WWE! When George unearths WWE’s Big Show, who has been frozen for 100 years, the futuristic face-off begins! Once thawed, Big Show wastes no time in taking the WWE belt from the current robot champ as well as taking total control of Orbit City. It’s up to The Jetsons to travel back in time and enlist help from WWE’s brightest stars: Sheamus, Alicia Fox, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and the Uso brothers. Can this cosmic tag-team prevail and set this twisted time-warp straight? Tune in and see with The Jetsons and WWE!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMabel's Married Life (1914)
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJoy Ride (2023)
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEasy Money (1983)
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilent Movie (1976)
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove in Quarantine (1910)
A quarrelling couple are forced to quarantine together after the household maid becomes ill of an infectious disease.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Sign Seeker (2011)
A superstitious guy, Bien, seeks all sorts of “divine” signs that will determine his decision of asking the girl of his dreams out on a date. The fear of rejection swallows him whole, making him justify his cause to seek for more unfathomable signs. But when each sign he asks for materializes, he soon learns that he has to be careful with what he wishes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Howl & the Fussyket (2011)
Eight-year old Aaron is dead set on winning the Grand Prize in his 2nd Grade declamation contest. He is determined to win despite his obvious “f” and “p” speech defect, a proclivity common amongst some Filipinos to interchange the pronunciation of English words with the letters “f” and “p”. His mother takes an active albeit humorous role in preparing him for the competition. This is a story of perseverance, family unity and the real meaning of triumph and possibly the “Rocky” of all declamation contests!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Paleface (1922)
A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 (2002)
An unnamed man is house-sitting for his friend Imogen. Imogen calls to remind him to take her dog Rothko for a walk, but Rothko takes him for a walk instead.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Dance Till You're Dead (2025)
A silent film exploring the life and times of Groover Walz, and the ultimate tragedy of the very thing that brings him joy — dance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
L'Aéroplane de Fouinard (1910)
Fouinard, a poor devil looking for a quick fix, steals a large paper windmill from a toy shop window. It was his first theft. Pursued, our vagabond leaps over a bicycle, collides with two porters, and grabs their cardboard boxes. Thus transformed into an airplane, the paper windmill serving as a propeller, the new aviator takes to the air, making his second flight. Hunted relentlessly, Fouinard smiles disdainfully at the hunter the police have ordered to bring him down. The volleys of gunfire don't frighten him either, and the cannonballs bring him a sweet joy. Alas! A child's pistol shatters his serenity. Struck in the eye, he falls to a startling crash and becomes the prey of a vociferous crowd.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Bat (1926)
A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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What are the best movies like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce?
The closest matches to Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce are Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020) and Where’s Poppa? (1970). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce?
Start with Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), the closest match to Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce.
What is the highest-rated movie like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce?
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), rated 7.6/10 by 417 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce?
Dance Till You're Dead (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce?
Yes: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020) and Where’s Poppa? (1970).
How are movies similar to Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce chosen?
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