Movies like The Out-of-Towners (1970)
The best movies like The Out-of-Towners (1970) are The Odd Couple (1968), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975). If The Out-of-Towners hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Odd Couple (1968)7.4/10 from 691 votes
- NewestThe Out-of-Towners (1999)Released 1999
The Odd Couple (1968)
In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sunshine Boys (1975)
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeems Like Old Times (1980)
After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must hide from her husband, who’s throwing a party for law enforcement officials.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Front Page (1974)
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
How Sweet It Is! (1968)
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSo Fine (1981)
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success - the bottomless pants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Going in Style (1979)
Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad daylight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Secret of My Success (1987)
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlaza Suite (1971)
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention and help save their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to seduce his former one-time flame Muriel. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and persuade their daughter, a bride to-be with cold feet, out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding ceremony.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHardly Working (1980)
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisContinental Divide (1981)
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDivorce American Style (1967)
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
House Calls (1978)
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNickelodeon (1976)
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTravels with My Aunt (1972)
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn God We Tru$t (1980)
A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Avanti! (1972)
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Out-of-Towners (1999)
The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Party (1968)
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Touch of Class (1973)
Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNeighbors (1981)
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own fragile relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
King Ralph (1991)
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMax Dugan Returns (1983)
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Out-of-Towners?
The closest matches to The Out-of-Towners are The Odd Couple (1968), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Out-of-Towners?
People who watched The Out-of-Towners most often go on to The Odd Couple (1968), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Out-of-Towners?
The Odd Couple (1968), rated 7.4/10 by 691 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Out-of-Towners?
The Out-of-Towners (1999) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Out-of-Towners?
Yes: The Odd Couple (1968), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975).
How are movies similar to The Out-of-Towners chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Out-of-Towners, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.