20 movies like Hook, Line & Sinker, ordered by similarity : Petulia(1968), One Hour With You(1932), The Marriage Circle(1924), Watermelon Man(1970), Turnabout(1940), Double Bunk(1961), Send Me No Flowers(1964), Making Babies(2018), A Private Function(1984), Please Give(2010), The Skeleton Twins(2014), The Birds, the Bees and the Italians(1966) ...
Comedy
USA
1969
92 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Peter Lawford Anne Francis Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Jimmy Miller Kathleen Freeman Jennifer Edwards Eleanor Audley Henry Corden Sylvia Lewis Philip Pine
insurance salesman husband doctor best friend wife madcap melodramatic california chile doctor's office operating room boat diagnosis insurance fraud fishing debt double-cross infidelity discovery revenge
Man (Lewis) is told by his doctor (Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. At his wife's urging, he lives life to the fullest, racking up insurmountable debts. When the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1968
104 Minutes
Julie Christie George C. Scott Richard Chamberlain Arthur Hill Shirley Knight Pippa Scott Kathleen Widdoes Roger Bowen Richard Dysart Lou Gilbert Nat Esformes
doctor newlywed son husband ex-wife wife cool melodramatic striking san francisco hospital charity event apartment motel starting over domestic violence adultery family romance midlife crisis
An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Roland Young George Barbier Josephine Dunn Richard Carle Charles Judels Barbara Leonard
cheater husband wife mistress doctor intricate hedonistic disheartening profound paris house dinner party infidelity husband/wife relationship friendship secret seduction forbidden love wretched excess discovery
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Comedy
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Florence Vidor Monte Blue Marie Prevost Creighton Hale Adolphe Menjou Harry Myers Dale Fuller Esther Ralston
professor wife husband best friend doctor private investigator playful cheeky spirited vienna apartment party living room office flirtation marriage infidelity deception investigation false accusations
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1970
97 Minutes
Godfrey Cambridge Estelle Parsons Howard Caine D'Urville Martin Mantan Moreland Kim Kimberly Kay E. Kuter Scott Garrett Erin Moran Irving Selbst Emil Sitka
insurance salesman bigot housewife police officer doctor secretary amusing confident shocking suburbia household town restaurant office doctor's office race relations hypocrisy cultural differences medical mystery persecution
An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it's like being a black man, firsthand!
Comedy
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard William Gargan Verree Teasdale Mary Astor Georges Renavent
wife husband client co-worker genie advertising executive hilarious crafty quirky house advertising office doctor's office role reversal body swap husband/wife relationship pregnancy magic spell argument transformation discovery
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Comedy
UK
1961
92 Minutes
Ian Carmichael Janette Scott Sidney James Liz Fraser Dennis Price Reginald Beckwith Irene Handl Noel Purcell Naunton Wayne Bill Shine Michael Shepley
newlywed husband wife friend girlfriend police officer amusing cheeky charming madcap lighthearted quirky london flat houseboat moor river thames france eviction boat race
When newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1964
100 Minutes
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Paul Lynde Hal March Edward Andrews Patricia Barry Clint Walker Clive Clerk Dave Willock Aline Towne
hypochondriac wife friend businessman doctor lighthearted amusing doctor's office cemetery suburbia terminal illness misunderstanding love triangle affair marriage love transformation 1960s
A hypochondriac believes he is dying and makes plans for his wife which she discovers and misunderstands.
Comedy
USA
2018
86 Minutes
Eliza Coupe Steve Howey Ed Begley Jr. Glenne Headly Robert J. Stephenson Elizabeth Rodriguez Jennifer Lafleur Jon Daly Sarah Mahmoodi Heidi Gardner Eric Normington
husband wife doctor friend family member amusing hilarious emotional endearing offbeat house doctor's office infertility babies family marriage love love adventure discovery
After years of "manually" trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.
Comedy
UK
1984
93 Minutes
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Denholm Elliott Liz Smith Richard Griffiths John Normington Bill Paterson Tony Haygarth Alison Steadman Pete Postlethwaite Jim Carter
husband wife mother solicitor doctor inspector witty madcap england small town movie theater farm country road food theft class distinctions mother/daughter relationship black market husband/wife relationship rise
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Catherine Keener Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Rebecca Hall Ann Morgan Guilbert Sarah Steele Lois Smith Thomas Ian Nicholas
husband wife teen girl young woman sister grandmother quirky hysterical melodramatic new york city apartment antique shop conflict of interest infidelity teen angst business husband/wife relationship guilt transformation wretched excess
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
91 Minutes
Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Luke Wilson Ty Burrell Boyd Holbrook Joanna Gleason Kathleen Rose Perkins Paul Castro Jr.
twin brother sister husband mother lover charming heartwarming inspiring melodramatic touching city house doctor's office bar gym office family dysfunction estrangement homosexuality
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Comedy
Italy|France
1966
115 Minutes
Virna Lisi Gastone Moschin Nora Ricci Alberto Lionello Olga Villi Franco Fabrizi Beba Loncar Gigi Ballista
doctor underage girl wife mistress father cashier amusing sultry cheeky playful italy small town doctor's office bedroom bank café sex infidelity small-town life secrets
Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
84 Minutes
Robin Williams Mila Kunis Peter Dinklage James Earl Jones Melissa Leo Hamish Linklater Sutton Foster Richard Kind Lee Garlington Olga Merediz Isiah Whitlock Jr.
robin williams sick person doctor brother lawyer estranged wife amusing heartwarming inspiring emotional melodramatic moving united states new york city brooklyn doctor's office street law firm fatal illness diagnosis
A perpetually angry man is informed he has 90 minutes to live and promptly sets out to reconcile with his family and friends in the short time he has left.
Comedy
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Debbie Reynolds Jason Robards Jean Simmons Van Johnson Joe Flynn Shelley Berman Martin Gabel Lee Grant Tom Bosley Emmaline Henry
husband wife friend ex-wife marriage counselor car dealer witty engaging fiery los angeles nightclub house suburbia divorce marriage new love reconciliation love rivalry wretched excess
After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1950
89 Minutes
Alec Guinness Beatrice Campbell Kay Walsh Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
salesman socialite society matron maid gambler doctor winsome charming resort brighton, england beach doctor's office fatal illness vacation friendship social standing mortality transformation 1950s
When a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1966
125 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ron Rich Cliff Osmond Judi West Lurene Tuttle Harry Holcombe Les Tremayne Marge Redmond Noam Pitlik Harry Davis
lawyer cameraman doctor athlete ex-wife investigator witty suspenseful cleveland stadium hospital household bar insurance friendly fire parallel universe food industry inventions great depression quest
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
Comedy
1964
120 Minutes
Rock Hudson Paula Prentiss Maria Perschy John McGiver Roscoe Karns Charlene Holt James Westerfield Norman Alden Forrest Lewis Regis Toomey Tyler McVey
fiancée salesman friend publicist fisherman boss madcap lighthearted amusing endearing san francisco department store outdoors lake deception competition fishing unlikely allies love triangle love
An all-talk tackle salesman (Rock Hudson) is forced by a PR woman (Paula Prentiss) to fish in a tournament.
Comedy
USA
1961
109 Minutes
Bob Hope Lana Turner Janis Paige Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss Don Porter Virginia Grey Agnes Moorehead Florence Sundstrom Clinton Sundberg John McGiver
bachelor sexy woman husband manager housewife amusing dreamy suburbia household office california romance taxes jealousy writing discovery transformation forbidden love 1960s
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Comedy, Drama
1995
81 Minutes
Robert Carlyle Juliet Aubrey James Nesbitt Sophie Okonedo John Brobbey Darren Tighe Berwick Kaler Sean McKenzie Sara Stockbridge Sean Rocks Dave Schneider
soccer player love interest doctor best friend endearing charming dark pub doctor's office soccer field budapest, hungary england multiple sclerosis soccer friendship relationships illness fall discovery transformation
With the help of his girlfriend (Juliet Aubrey), a British plasterer (Robert Carlyle) copes with the onset of multiple sclerosis.
Comedy
USA
2004
93 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Matthew Broderick Bette Midler Glenn Close Christopher Walken Roger Bart David Marshall Grant Jon Lovitz Faith Hill Mike White Lorri Bagley
husband wife friend neighbor housewife uneasy quirky connecticut stepford, conn. suburb household spa deception suburban life gender roles mind control husband/wife relationship male chauvinism discovery mystery
The secret to a Stepford wife lies behind the doors of the Men's Association.