Movies like One A.M. (1916)
The best movies like One A.M. (1916) are Scram! (1932), Airplane! (1980) and Every Which Way but Loose (1978). If One A.M. hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAirplane! (1980)7.3/10 from 5,350 votes
- NewestPlaying with Fire (2019)Released 2019
Scram! (1932)
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAirplane! (1980)
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEvery Which Way but Loose (1978)
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
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 thisPlaying with Fire (2019)
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe World's End (2013)
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTurner & Hooch (1989)
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this21 & Over (2013)
Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Overnight (2015)
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Night Before Christmas (1941)
It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPirates (1986)
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
Tom And Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe."
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 Mouse Comes to Dinner (1945)
Tom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuper Troopers (2001)
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lonesome Mouse (1943)
Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom's head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry at first revels in his freedom, but soon tires of this, and, under a flag of truce, hatches a plan with Tom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMickey's House of Villains (2002)
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSmoke (1995)
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSwingers (1996)
After 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his friends try to reconnect him to the social scene and hopefully help him forget his failed relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCurious George (2006)
When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a non-stop, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeerfest (2006)
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJust My Luck (2006)
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss March (2009)
A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross-country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWanting (2014)
On a cold winter night, a taxi driver helps a young couple look for a love motel around Santiago Centro. As the search is prolonged into the early morning, the tedium of the situation pushes them to reconsider what they are searching, and what they ultimately want.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Bob Funk (2009)
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Saturday the 14th (1981)
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like One A.M.?
The closest matches to One A.M. are Scram! (1932), Airplane! (1980) and Every Which Way but Loose (1978). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after One A.M.?
Start with Scram! (1932), the closest match to One A.M..
What is the highest-rated movie like One A.M.?
Airplane! (1980), rated 7.3/10 by 5,350 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like One A.M.?
Playing with Fire (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like One A.M.?
Yes: Scram! (1932), Airplane! (1980) and Every Which Way but Loose (1978).
How are movies similar to One A.M. chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside One A.M., then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.