20 movies like The Best of Times, ordered by similarity : The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Henry's Crime(2010), Harry and Walter Go to New York(1976), The Big Job(1965), The Longest Yard(2005), The Confirmation(2016), Memories of Me(1988), 1981(2009), Podium(2004), College Coach(1933), The Parent Trap(1998), City Island(2009) ...
Comedy
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Robin Williams Kurt Russell Pamela Reed Holly Palance Donald Moffat Margaret Whitton M. Emmet Walsh Donovan Scott R. G. Armstrong Kirk Cameron
bank employee mechanic wife father-in-law teammate son rousing amusing lighthearted charming california football field bank garage regret football reunion family feud redemption high school
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Keanu Reeves James Caan Vera Farmiga Judy Greer Peter Stormare Fisher Stevens Bill Duke Currie Graham David Costabile Danny Hoch
bank robber actress prisoner ex-wife thief woman amusing charming witty lighthearted melodramatic emotional united states prison bank bank robbery love love interest money prison
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
Comedy
USA
1976
111 Minutes
James Caan Elliott Gould Michael Caine Diane Keaton Charles Durning Lesley Ann Warren Val Avery Jack Gilford Dennis Dugan Carol Kane Kathryn Grody
thief friend entertainer prisoner gangster bank robber engaging witty playful charming lighthearted positive prison bank new york city restaurant big city home bank robbery prison break
Two hopelessly-out-of-their-class conmen attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the nineteenth century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world, and the ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1965
88 Minutes
Sidney James Sylvia Syms Dick Emery Lance Percival Joan Sims Jim Dale Edina Ronay Deryck Guyier Brian Rawlinson Reginald Beckwith David Horne
bank robbers prisoner police captain girlfriend airy amusing hilarious charming prison police station bank bank robbery life after prison prison release money love rise revenge quest adventure
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2005
113 Minutes
Adam Sandler Chris Rock Burt Reynolds Nelly James Cromwell William Fichtner Michael Irvin David Patrick Kelly Bill Romanowski Bill Goldberg Brian Bosworth
quarterback prison guard warden coach teammate prisoner cheeky rousing amusing jail football field football prison life friendship redemption fixed game revenge underdog transformation 2000s
Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
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
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.
Comedy
Canada
2009
102 Minutes
Jean-Carl Boucher Claudio Colangelo Sandrine Bisson Gabriel Maillé Dany Bouchard Léo Caron Marjolaine Lemieux Élizabeth Adam Simone Chevalot Pierre Mailloux
young boy family parent student teacher narrator amusing charming endearing moving playful quirky school home city love growing up moving childhood school
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
Comedy
Belgium|France
2004
94 Minutes
Benoît Poelvoorde Jean-Paul Rouve Julie Depardieu Marie Guillard Anne Marivin Odile Vuillemin Nadège Beausson-Diagne Nicolas Jouxtel Olivier Mag Evelyne Thomas Dominique Besnehard
singer impersonator husband banker wife friend amusing campy spirited lighthearted household bank paris stage husband/wife relationship celebrities fame second chance television show impersonation
Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive, married, with a son. He used to have another profession: look-a-like of French star Claude François. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
75 Minutes
football player college student football coach wife college president husband rousing inspiring emotional university football field household classroom restaurant ethics college athletics college life marital problems infidelity football
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
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.
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
UK
1999
96 Minutes
Om Puri Linda Bassett Jordan Routledge Archie Panjabi Emil Marwa Chris Bisson Jimi Mistry Raji James Ian Aspinall Lesley Nicol Gary Damer
father wife son daughter friend charming amusing london family home father/son relationship family dysfunction arranged marriage racism teenage rebellion growing up rivalry 1970s
In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
Comedy
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Morgan Freeman Michael Caine Alan Arkin Ann-Margret Joey King John Ortiz Peter Serafinowicz Kenan Thompson Matt Dillon Christopher Lloyd Siobhan Fallon Hogan
old man friend bank employee bank teller bank robber charming playful uplifting confident big city apartment bank desperation heist bank robbery economic deprivation financial crisis adventure growing up pursuit
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
94 Minutes
Ice Cube Keke Palmer Tasha Smith Jill Marie Jones Dash Mihok Miles Chandler
teen girl uncle coach football player father inspiring amusing emotional illinois small town football field football family teamwork coming of age sports underdog growing up love 2000s
The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1994
105 Minutes
Rick Moranis Ed O'Neill Shawna Waldron Mary Ellen Trainor Matthew McCurley Susanna Thompson Brian Haley Sam Horrigan Todd Bosley Eddie Derham Danny Pritchett
coach brother tomboy quarterback father daughter unrestrained lighthearted amusing ohio small town football field football family father/daughter relationship first love competition the big game underdog rivalry
Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.
Comedy
USA
2018
109 Minutes
Jim Gaffigan Anna Gunn Samantha Mathis Alex Karpovsky Logan Miller Danielle Campbell Theresa Burkhart Daniel Rashid Hayes MacArthur Michelle Hurd
teenager teen boy father family love interest mother engaging hilarious amusing charming lighthearted heartwarming united states family father/son relationship secret secret life secret love comedy adventure
A normal father's family life is turned upside down when his son discovers his dad has another family.
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, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Comedy
USA
1993
99 Minutes
John Goodman Cathy Moriarty Simon Fenton Omri Katz Lisa Jakub Kellie Martin Jesse Lee Soffer Lucinda Jenney James Villemaire Robert Picardo Jesse White
producer actress girlfriend son friend daughter charming campy lighthearted amusing key west, fla. military base movie theater high school cuban missile crisis b-movies cold war paranoia filmmaking family
A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.