Movies like Undercover Grandpa (2017)
The best movies like Undercover Grandpa (2017) are The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Pants on Fire (2014) and The Letter Writer (2011). If Undercover Grandpa hooked you with its family and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAdventures in Babysitting (2016)7.2/10 from 450 votes
- NewestBalls Up (2026)Released 2026
The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015)
When Zeus accidentally destroys an important party, he gets sent to obedience school at the worst time! A trio of bumbling burglars is planning a heist. Can Zeus save the day?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Pants on Fire (2014)
Jack Parker has always skated by on his lies, especially the one about Mikey, an underprivileged (and made-up) teen who Jack "tutors"... until one day "Mikey" shows up for real, and all Jack's lies start coming true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Letter Writer (2011)
When a teenager receives a mysterious letter in the mail, she sets out to find the author. It's a journey that will change her life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Opposite Day (2009)
The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Bark Ranger (2015)
Two kids and their trusty dog, Ranger, stumble across a treasure map while playing in an abandoned ranger station. They set out on the adventure of a lifetime in search of a forgotten gold mine, but things take a turn for the worst when they come across a pair of bumbling crooks hiding out from the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Splitting Adam (2015)
After accidentally stumbling into his uncle's mysterious "tanning bed", Adam learns the answer to all of his problems - multiple Adams. With his new collection of clones, Adam is hopping on one wild summer ride with an epic splash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020)
When Henry proposes it looks like Rebecca will get her fairytale ending until her daughter invites a visitor from her past to the ranch that will change the Petersons and Landsburgs forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Bound & Babysitting (2015)
Forced to baby-sit with her college nemesis, a young woman starts to see the man in a new light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold (2014)
When Kassie and her friends stumble across an old, broken pocket watch they begin an unexpected journey to unlock the secret of the legendary Garrison Gold. They'll have to solve riddles and follow clues to find the lost treasure. With the help of her faithful dog, Scoot and her gang of misfit friends, Kassie is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime! - Written by BigK509
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Zapped (2014)
Zoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command. But she soon learns that it isn't the cure-all she had hoped for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Switch (2014)
Santa Claus temporarily switches bodies with a younger man to make his job easier during Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Rodeo and Juliet (2015)
Juliet heads to her grandfather’s ranch with her mother for Christmas, where she meets a horse named Rodeo and young cowboy who change her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisYours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Lesson in Romance (2014)
A successful career Mom gets a case of empty nest syndrome when her children go off to college, and her husband decides to join them and follow his own dreams. Fearing she might be losing her family for good, she enrolls determined to save her family. Will she win her family back, or drive them farther away?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Nicky Deuce (2013)
Teen Nicholas Borelli gets the surprise of his sheltered life when he ends up spending the summer with a cast of eccentric relatives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Field Day (2023)
Jen has moved back to her deceased husband’s home town with her daughter to start anew. She unexpectedly finds friendship and romance when she joins the school parent teacher organization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Our Wild Hearts (2013)
A wealthy teenage girl from Malibu falls in love with a beautiful wild mustang, adventure, and the father she has never known in the wild Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Little Savages (2016)
Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLake Effects (2012)
After the loss of their father, two estranged sisters reunite with their mother at their enchanting family lake house and find that the secret to overcoming tragedy and rebuilding hope lies in their ability to look deeper at themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Odd Squad: The Movie (2016)
The Odd Squad springs into action when a rival group called Weird Team starts to cover up problems instead of solving them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Your Love Never Fails (2011)
Your Love Never Fails is the story of Laura (Elisa Donovan), a working mother who just wants to spend more time with her daughter Kelsey, 9. Unfortunately, her demanding boss Paul (Fred Willard) has other ideas. When Kelsey’s father, Dylan (Brad Rowe) files for joint custody, Laura is forced to take Kelsey to Texas, where she confronts the lifestyle, church and father (Tom Skerritt) that she left behind. With the help of the local church Pastor, Frank (John Schneider), Laura and Dylan will find their way back to the commitment they made to each other and to Kelsey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove on the Sidelines (2016)
A down-on-her-luck young woman who falls into a job as a personal assistant to a star quarterback sidelined with an injury. He's never had a female assistant before and she knows nothing about football.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRodeo Girl (2016)
Shipped off to her American dad's ranch for the summer, a teen and her horse Lucky Lad compete for a spot at the National Youth Rodeo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Balls Up (2026)
Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAccident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRicky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
With a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBill Burr: Drop Dead Years (2025)
In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Undercover Grandpa?
The closest matches to Undercover Grandpa are The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Pants on Fire (2014) and The Letter Writer (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Undercover Grandpa?
People who watched Undercover Grandpa most often go on to The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Pants on Fire (2014) and The Letter Writer (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like Undercover Grandpa?
Adventures in Babysitting (2016), rated 7.2/10 by 450 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Undercover Grandpa?
Balls Up (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Undercover Grandpa?
Yes: The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Pants on Fire (2014) and The Letter Writer (2011).
How are movies similar to Undercover Grandpa chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Undercover Grandpa, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.