Movies like Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)

Disaster Holiday (2024)

A workaholic dad, trying to win over his kids, heads to the coast of Durban for a big work meeting — under the guise of a family road trip vacation.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

I 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

Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Sextuplets (2019)

Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

My Girl 2 (1994)

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

RV (2006)

Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

See Spot Run (2001)

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Spy Kids (2001)

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Son of Rambow (2007)

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Imagine That (2009)

A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a secret agent.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

The Wrecking Crew (2026)

Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Tommy 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

The Family Plan (2023)

Dan Morgan is many things: a devoted husband, a loving father, a celebrated car salesman. He's also a former assassin. And when his past catches up to his present, he's forced to take his unsuspecting family on a road trip unlike any other.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Little Big League (1994)

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014)

Velma discovers she's inherited her great-great-uncle's cursed castle in Transylvania, Pennsylvania. The team decide to go there on a spooky adventure.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Bad Moms (2016)

When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Achayans (2017)

Three cousins and their best friend leave for a road trip, hoping for one final hurrah before one of them gets married. Their path crosses with that of two girls who are on a getaway of their own. Their plans are derailed after a suspicious death. Who was the killer and why forms the plot.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Ilyes Djadel : en vrai de vrai (2026)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Four Christmases (2008)

Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Lucky Miles (2007)

It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly caught by officials, three men with nothing in common but their misfortune and determination to escape arrest, begin an epic journey into the heart of Australia.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Angels in the Attic (1998)

The attic of Brad and Franky's apartment building holds a suitcase full of cash. Now, these two good-hearted Robin Hoods are on a mission of mercy to save some needy neighbors with gifts of money and presents. But the suitcase belongs to a bank robber and now the two young heroes must figure out a way to capture the thief and return the money while saving their neighbors one last time!

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

The Maginot Line (TBA)

A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she has an extremely combative relationship.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

George of the Jungle 2 (2003)

George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Where do you come from? What are you doing? Where are you going? (2012)

A dismissed chef and a failed rapper rob a car to flee from the city after having a very bad day. On their way, they meet a mentally unstable girl who thinks of herself as an angel. Later they find out that a gang is chasing after them, because of the car they robbed. The trio has different destinations in life but rides on the same journey. Will they reach their destinations? Three people, two days, one journey.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy