20 movies like Overboard, ordered by similarity : My Man Godfrey(1936), The Palm Beach Story(1942), A Private Function(1984), Alles Wat Mal Is(2013), Scorched(2002), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936), Topper(1937), Arthur(1981), Night of the Living Deb(2015), Tully(2018), Educating Rita(1983), The Human Comedy(1943) ...
Comedy
USA
1987
112 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Edward Herrmann Katherine Helmond Michael Hagerty Roddy McDowall Jared Rushton Jeffrey Wiseman Brian Price Jamie Wild Frank Campanella
wealthy woman widower millionaire wife carpenter butler amusing madcap spirited yacht small town mansion amnesia motherhood class distinctions schemes role reversal relationships transformation rise
A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her they're husband and wife.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
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
South Africa
2013
92 Minutes
Erica Wessels Louw Venter Meme Ditshego
mother wife blogger journalist alter ego maid woman husband amusing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic outlandish south africa house home motherhood alter ego change
Everything begins to go wrong in Helena's life. The chaos finally reaches breaking point and Helena's challenging alter ego makes her appearance and decides to intervene.
Comedy
USA
2002
91 Minutes
Alicia Silverstone Rachael Leigh Cook Woody Harrelson John Cleese Paulo Costanzo David Krumholtz Josh Leonard Ivan Sergei Marcus Thomas Jeffrey Tambor Max Wein
bank teller bank manager millionaire friend unfaithful boyfriend boss amusing lighthearted madcap united states bank small town mansion bank robbery infidelity schemes coincidence dysfunctional relationship revenge 2000s
By chance 3 employees rob their bank the same weekend.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Cary Grant Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Eugene Pallette Arthur Lake Hedda Hopper
ghost millionaire wife butler detective bellhop madcap charming uplifting long island, n.y. resort ghosts redemption husband/wife relationship good deeds second chance transformation quest 1930s
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
Comedy
USA
1981
97 Minutes
Dudley Moore John Gielgud Liza Minnelli Geraldine Fitzgerald Jill Eikenberry Stephen Elliott Ted Ross Barney Martin Thomas Barbour Anne De Salvo Marjorie Barnes
wealthy man drunk butler heiress waitress amusing cheeky wild new york city apartment love romance wealth class distinctions arranged marriage alcoholism love growing up wretched excess transformation
Alcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.
Comedy
USA
2015
85 Minutes
Maria Thayer Ray Wise Michael Cassidy Chris Marquette Syd Wilder Brian Sacca Julie Brister Almarie Guerra
zombie love interest woman man attacker friend amusing thrilling lighthearted witty cheeky hilarious united states apartment bar zombies lovers secrets comedy relationships
After a girls' night out, endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. She's thrilled, but she can't remember much of what got her there.... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Charlize Theron Mackenzie Davis Mark Duplass Ron Livingston Emily Haine Elaine Tan Asher Miles Fallica Lia Frankland Gameela Wright Colleen Wheeler Maddie Dixon-Poirier
mother wife husband brother child nanny amusing emotional tense raw touching house school parking lot barbecue concert stage motherhood marriage relationships childcare
A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Michael Caine Julie Walters Michael Williams Maureen Lipman Jeananne Crowley Malcolm Douglas Pat Daly Godfrey Quigley Dearbhla Molloy Kim Fortune Philip Hurd-Wood
hairdresser wife husband professor blue-collar worker alcoholic witty endearing touching amusing charming england the open university office great britain hair salon college campus student-teacher relationship self-esteem adult education
An alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Comedy
USA
1983
91 Minutes
Michael Keaton Teri Garr Ann Jillian Frederick Koehler Taliesin Jaffe Courtney White Brittany White Martin Mull Jeffrey Tambor Christopher Lloyd Tom Leopold
father mother housewife engineer child boss hilarious madcap touching detroit suburbia house grocery store financial crisis marriage career parenthood role reversal transformation love
After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
102 Minutes
Holly Hunter Mary Steenburgen Tim Robbins Alfre Woodard Scott Glenn Veanne Cox Ann Wedgeworth Trey Wilson Amy Wright Bert Remsen Christine Lahti
orphan cousin beauty pageant contestant seamstress southern belle lighthearted amusing spirited confident yazoo city, miss. house hall beauty pageant competition small town individuality schemes small-town life underdog quest
Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
Comedy
USA
1987
92 Minutes
Ally Sheedy Beverly D'Angelo Dick Shawn Michael Ontkean Valerie Perrine Tom Skerritt Merry Clayton Begonia Plaza
heiress maid chauffeur cook millionaire fairy amusing lighthearted playful los angeles jail mansion beverly hills, calif. wealth loss of money magic learning experience servitude class distinctions transformation
A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
111 Minutes
Joanna Lumley Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Imelda Staunton David Hayman John Sessions Josie Lawrence Indra Ové Victoria Wicks Marianne Oldham Sian Thomas
jilted lover husband best friend sister man amusing charming emotional touching mansion apartment dance hall park rome divorce starting over romance dancing family dysfunction family relationships
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Comedy
UK
1959
85 Minutes
Terry-Thomas Brenda De Banzie George Cole Bernard Bresslaw Sidney James Joe Melia Vera Day Nicholas Parsons Rosalie Ashley
millionaire kidnapper criminal wife husband amusing madcap london mansion kidnapping theft family dysfunction incompetency mistaken identity ransom revenge pursuit 1950s
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Comedy, Adventure
2018
134 Minutes
Huang Bo Qi Shu Wang Baoqiang Zhang Yixing Hewei Yu Wang Xun
man colleague castaway coworker survivor amusing hilarious dark tense emotional uneasy island forest beach cave post-apocalypse stranded irony relationships friendship
After a meteorite strikes the planet, a man and some of his odd co-workers become shipwrecked on an island.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships