20 movies like Max Dugan Returns, ordered by similarity : Dean(2016), City Island(2009), The Confirmation(2016), The Young in Heart(1938), Till Death Us Do Part(1968), Gaz Bar Blues(2003), Memories of Me(1988), National Lampoon's Vacation(1983), Life With Father(1947), The Parent Trap(1998), Early Man(2018), Everybody's Fine(1990) ...
Comedy
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Matthew Broderick Dody Goodman Sal Viscuso Panchito Gomez Charley Lau Mari Gorman Brian Part Billie Bird
criminal single mother son police detective uplifting amusing los angeles family home baseball field father/daughter relationship redemption regret family dysfunction reunion transformation quest 1980s
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Comedy
USA
2009
103 Minutes
Andy Garcia Julianna Margulies Steven Strait Emily Mortimer Ezra Miller Dominik García-Lorido Carrie Baker Reynolds Hope Glendon-Ross Alan Arkin Louis Mustillo Jee Young Han
prison guard ex-convict wife daughter father son hilarious touching bronx, n.y. prison audition school family home island family forgiveness father/son relationship responsibility love new life
Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Comedy
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Paulette Goddard Roland Young
father mother son daughter elderly person lawyer amusing charming mellow french riviera london house car office fortune hunters family spinster inheritance love schemes
Thrown out of the Riviera, a family of grifters meets a lonely, vulnerable rich old woman and insinuate themselves into her life while they sponge off her.
Comedy
UK
1968
100 Minutes
conservative dockworker wife son-in-law daughter father amusing unrestrained hilarious london essex, england family home soccer game prejudice father/daughter relationship culture clash marriage blitz of london family love
The film version of '""Till Death Do Us Part" (1965)'. tells the story of Alf Garnett and his family living through the London Blitz.
Comedy
2003
115 Minutes
Serge Thériault Gilles Renaud Sébastien Delorme Danny Gilmore Maxime Dumontier Fanny Mallette Gaston Caron Gaston Lepage Daniel Gadouas Claude Legault Réal Bossé
gas station owner son neighbor photographer friend brother amusing touching montreal, quebec gas station family home parkinson's disease family business loss theft father/son relationship discovery sacrifice love
The owner (Serge Thériault) of a Montreal gas station/cafe deals with three sons, customers and the changing times.
Comedy
USA
1988
103 Minutes
Billy Crystal Alan King JoBeth Williams Janet Carroll David Ackroyd Phil Fondacaro Robert Pastorelli Mark L. Taylor
surgeon father son extra fiancée actor amusing lighthearted heartwarming tender new york city los angeles california hospital movie set family heart attack reconciliation father/son relationship film industry
On his girlfriend's insistence, a disgruntled man tries to make peace with his high-spirited, street-smart and often irritatingly careless father, a failed actor who never quit his dream to be a success.
Adventure, Comedy
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Christie Brinkley Anthony Michael Hall Imogene Coca Randy Quaid Dana Barron John Candy Eddie Bracken Brian Doyle Murray Eugene Levy
father wife son daughter aunt beautiful woman hilarious madcap chicago car los angeles hotel amusement park grand canyon travel family road trip vacation quest adventure
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Comedy
USA
1947
118 Minutes
William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor Edmund Gwenn ZaSu Pitts Jimmy Lydon Martin Milner
father mother son schoolgirl maid amusing endearing new york city household father/son relationship family marriage parenthood authority transformation love 1890s
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA|UK
1998
127 Minutes
Lindsay Lohan Dennis Quaid Natasha Richardson Elaine Hendrix Lisa Ann Walter Simon Kunz Polly Holliday Maggie Wheeler Ronnie Stevens Erin Mackey Joanna Barnes
twin mother father camper old man rival airy cheeky amusing california london summer camp queen elizabeth 2 reunion family sister relationship schemes impersonation love growing up
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA|France|Australia|Japan|Ireland|Germany|Finland|China|Belgium
2018
89 Minutes
caveman pig tribal leader tribesman conquistador prisoner amusing lighthearted emotional cheeky cheery charming forest village woods stadium city prison camp conquest saving the day
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1990
112 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Michèle Morgan Marino Cenna Roberto Nobile Valeria Cavalli Norma Martelli Antonella Attili Salvatore Cascio
bureaucrat family patriarch son daughter missing person touching melodramatic sicily train italy family secrets opera old age journey reunion quest mystery discovery 1980s
Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children.
Horror, Comedy
USA|UK
2017
123 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Selma Blair Anne Winters Zackary Arthur Olivia Crocicchia George Griffith Samantha Lemole Bishop Stevens Theresa Cook Brionne Davis Joseph D. Reitman
father daughter son mother sibling crazy person chilling disturbing frightening unrestrained outlandish small town united states home school paranormal strange behavior violence fighting death
A teenage girl and her younger brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
Comedy
Canada
2003
88 Minutes
Luke Kirby Ginette Reno Paul Sorvino Mary Walsh Claudia Ferri Peter Miller Sophie Lorain Tim Post
gay man son sister mother father love interest charming emotional uplifting amusing montreal apartment café family home disapproval coming out forbidden love acceptance homosexuality family
The son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
120 Minutes
Annette Bening Gwyneth Paltrow Brian Cox Jill Clayburgh Joseph Fiennes Joseph Cross Evan Rachel Wood Alec Baldwin Kristin Chenoweth Beth Grant Colleen Camp
son father mother psychiatrist daughter lover quirky dark amusing touching household office family home kitchen bedroom dining room family dysfunction adoption mental illness
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
Comedy
USA
1945
91 Minutes
surveyor mother son brother grandmother escaped convict outlandish madcap unrestrained rural community household dining room bank jail hillbillies family poison murder prison break impersonation
A pollster stumbles on a family of murderous hillbillies, and joins in their search for hidden treasure.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1984
72 Minutes
Patrick Tierney Berge Fazlian Sirvart Fazlian
young man father mother daughter impostor stranger creative profound disturbing amusing psychiatrist's office family home canada family dysfunction new identity parenthood adoption therapy video tape transformation
Unhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
Comedy
1998
107 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Christine Baranski Barnard Hughes Jonathan Silverman Jean Smart Lisa Waltz Mary Beth Peil Doris Belack Ellen Geer Jay O. Sanders
father friend son daughter ex-wife mother madcap hilarious playful florida new york city retirement home los angeles desert car reunion wedding road trip retirement unlikely friendship
A slob (Walter Matthau) and a neat freak (Jack Lemmon), former roommates, meet again years later for their children's wedding.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden Virginia Grey Marsha Hunt William T. Orr
father son aunt judge daughter friend amusing spirited detroit mansion small town nightclub inheritance family family bloodline wealth money transformation adventure quest
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the ... See full summary »