Movies like It's for Your Own Good (2020)
The best movies like It's for Your Own Good (2020) are The Big Wedding (2013), Delivery Man (2013) and Daddy's Home (2015). If It's for Your Own Good hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedStatus Update (2018)7.3/10 from 587 votes
- NewestNo Ghosts on Good Street (2026)Released 2026
- In GermanThe Manny (2015)Also in German
The Big Wedding (2013)
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelivery Man (2013)
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy's Home (2015)
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKeeping Mum (2005)
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Nicky (2000)
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisThe 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Manny (2015)
Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nanny for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrading Mom (1994)
The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSouth Park the Streaming Wars Part 2 (2022)
A drought has brought the town of South Park to the brink of disaster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShe-Devil (1989)
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gnome-Mobile (1967)
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAddams Family Values (1993)
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisReal Life (1979)
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSt. Vincent (2014)
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSwitching Channels (1988)
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlaydate (2025)
When out-of-work accountant Brian joins stay-at-home dad Jeff for a playdate with their sons, he expects a laid-back afternoon. Instead, they're chased by mercenaries, and Brian—totally unprepared—must survive one absurd obstacle after another.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStatus Update (2018)
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDisaster 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006)
When Drake and Josh accidentally send their little sister Megan on a plane to L.A., they soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDie Halbzarte (1959)
Nicole is a young librarian who writes romantic poetry. A successful new erotic novel, gives her the idea to secretly write a daring play, only about sex.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLambran da Laana (2024)
A young man's hopes of marrying are hindered by a supernatural curse on his family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Galloping Bungalows (1924)
All the qualified men line up to be chosen, as an heiress advertises that she will marry the man with the most interesting mustache, that marriage which comes with a mansion. John Syrup Soother wins the marriage to who he believes is the heiress, Olive Palmer, a tank of a woman who has lost her beauty with age. But he learns that he his betrothed is not the heiress, Diana Palmer, but her mother. Howson Lotts, a shyster and one of Diana's other suitors, sells John a beach-front house for his new life, that house which is not all that it seems on the surface. In the meantime, others still will do anything to be Diana's betrothed, that choice in which John now has a different but still vested interest.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
No Ghosts on Good Street (2026)
Four siblings on the verge of coming-of-age try to build their independent lives without losing the bonds that connect them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScary Movie 4 (2006)
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSihinayaki Adare (2024)
The complicated love story of a man and a woman, whose pasts make it harder for them to love one another.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like It's for Your Own Good?
The closest matches to It's for Your Own Good are The Big Wedding (2013), Delivery Man (2013) and Daddy's Home (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after It's for Your Own Good?
Start with The Big Wedding (2013), the closest match to It's for Your Own Good.
What is the highest-rated movie like It's for Your Own Good?
Status Update (2018), rated 7.3/10 by 587 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like It's for Your Own Good?
No Ghosts on Good Street (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like It's for Your Own Good?
Yes: The Manny (2015) and Die Halbzarte (1959).
How are movies similar to It's for Your Own Good chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside It's for Your Own Good, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.