20 movies like The Dish, ordered by similarity : Rango(2011), The Experts(1989), Run Ronnie Run!(2002), Angel in My Pocket(1969), The Reluctant Astronaut(1967), Carnival in Flanders(1935), Babe(1995), Weekend(1967), Bye Bye Birdie(1963), Son of Flubber(1963), Hindi Medium(2017), Space Cowboys(2000) ...
Comedy
Australia
2000
100 Minutes
Sam Neill Kevin Harrington Tom Long Patrick Warburton Genevieve Mooy Tayler Kane Bille Brown Roy Billing Andrew Gilbert Lenka Kripac Matthew Moore
mayor wife scientist mathematician american guard amusing inspiring australia small town countryside apollo program astronomy daunting task eccentricity heroism adventure underdog 1960s
A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
2011
105 Minutes
sheriff outlaw mayor chameleon snake tortoise amusing heartwarming quirky wild suspenseful wild west small town desert nevada office mojave desert new identity survival deception
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Comedy
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
John Travolta Arye Gross Kelly Preston Deborah Foreman James Keach Charles Martin Smith Jan Rubes Brian Doyle Murray Mimi Maynard Eve Brent Rick Ducommun
american russian kgb agent hipster hero villain hilarious playful outlandish lighthearted united states town secret location russia nebraska midwest nightclub training culture america
Two NYC guys get jobs starting a nightclub in Smalltown, USA. They don't know it's a spy training model town in USSR .
Comedy
2002
86 Minutes
David Cross Bob Odenkirk Nikki Cox E.J. De La Pena R. Lee Ermey M.C. Gainey David Koechner Suli McCullough Jill Talley
redneck ex-wife british man television producer child prison guard hilarious cheeky madcap endearing american south jail street studio mansion town celebrity reality television lawlessness unrequited love
A man (Bob Odenkirk) creates a reality-television show in which a crew follows a Georgia slacker (David Cross) who has a knack for getting arrested.
Comedy
USA
1969
105 Minutes
Andy Griffith Lee Meriwether Jerry Van Dyke Kay Medford Henry Jones Edgar Buchanan Gary Collins Parker Fennelly
reverend wife mayor rival brother-in-law attorney amusing lighthearted playful emotional kansas small town church family home religion feud gossip family government ineptitude new life
A homespun minister (Andy Griffith) and his family move to a small town where he tries to win the support and trust of his new congregation.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Don Knotts Leslie Nielsen Joan Freeman Arthur O'Connell Jesse White Jeanette Nolan Frank McGrath
neurotic father mother astronaut sweetheart aunt lighthearted positive amusing madcap nasa facility small town fair house spaceship space race misunderstanding lie father/son relationship phobias
A NASA janitor is sent into space.
Comedy
France|Germany
1935
110 Minutes
Francoise Rosay Jean Murat Alerme Delphin
mayor wife duke soldier rousing amusing flanders small town carnival deception hospitality royalty small-town life abandonment underdog 17th century
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia|USA
1995
94 Minutes
James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Mary Acres David Webb Marshall Napier John Doyle Paul Goddard
farmer wife animal pig dog uplifting endearing inspiring positive farm countryside fair animals social change grief growing up transformation underdog 1990s
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1967
103 Minutes
Mireille Darc Jean Yanne Jean-Pierre Kalfon Valerie Lagrange Paul Gégauff Virginie Vignon Jean Eustache Ernest Menzer Jean-Pierre Léaud
husband wife saint madcap frenetic amusing france countryside paris weekend getaway marriage murder accident adultery adventure quest 1960s
A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Janet Leigh Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Paul Lynde Mary LaRoche Michael Evans Robert Paige Gregory Morton
singer songwriter secretary fan father mother campy amusing madcap sweet apple, ohio office small town stage celebrities adolescence pop music family fame jealousy underdog
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1963
100 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Elliott Reid Joanna Moore Leon Ames Ed Wynn Charles Ruggles Paul Lynde
professor scientist wife student loan shark government official amusing lighthearted outlandish emotional college classroom house laboratory football field inventions weird science government secrets marriage debt
When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.
Drama, Comedy
India
2017
133 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Saba Qamar Deepak Dobriyal Delzad Hiwale Taran Bajaj Jaspal Sharma Swati Das Vijay Kumar Dogra
young man husband wife daughter hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap amusing india town city house school chasing dreams education confusion impersonation false identity quest
A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Tommy Lee Jones Donald Sutherland James Garner James Cromwell Marcia Gay Harden William Devane Loren Dean Courtney B. Vance Barbara Babcock Rade Serbedzija
pilot engineer navigator friend boss wife cheeky amusing positive tense thrilling united states space spaceship training area outer space spacecraft reunion heroism disaster
When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Comedy
India
2003
150 Minutes
Juhi Chawla Sanjay Suri Rahul Bose Rinke Khanna Shayan Munshi Riya Sen Shashikala Vijayendra Ghatge Parmeet Sethi Dinyar Contractor Raja Vaid
young man wife friend daughter amusing hilarious emotional heartwarming india city house hospital office marriage husband/wife relationship friendship musicians musical influences musical performance love
Two copywriter brothers and their apprentice compete in a music contest.
Comedy
France|Italy
1965
94 Minutes
Jean Marais Louis De Funès Mylène Demongeot Jacques Dynam Christian Toma Michel Duplaix Pietro Tordi Robert Dalban Henri Attal
masked man man detective kidnapper commissar scientist amusing hilarious engaging witty charming playful france investigation comedy crimefighting science kidnapping adventure escape
When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.
Comedy
USA
1969
140 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Virna Lisi Hardy Kruger Sergio Franchi Renato Rascel Giancarlo Giannini Valentina Cortesa Edward Ciannelli Leopoldo Trieste
mayor townsperson captain nazi drunk endearing inspiring amusing italy small town vineyard wine nazi occupation deception courage resistance quest underdog 1940s
During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans
Comedy
USA
1988
103 Minutes
Chevy Chase Madolyn Smith Kevin O'Morrison Joseph Maher Jack Gilpin Brad Sullivan MacIntyre Dixon
sportswriter author sheriff mayor editor wife amusing tense madcap redbud, vt. farm small town small-town life jealousy daunting task writer's block relocation farming rivalry quest
A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Rod Steiger Joan Collins Eli Wallach Alexander Scourby Michael Dante Berry Kroeger Sebastian Cabot Marcel Hillaire John Beradino Alphonse Martell
thief protégé stripper security guard safecracker professor intricate suspenseful amusing monaco casino party monte carlo, monaco jealousy impersonation heist gambling daunting task money adventure
A motley crew of professional thieves plans the robbery of a Monte Carlo casino vault.
Comedy
USA
1936
89 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin Hank Mann Stanley Blystone Cecil Reynolds
factory worker orphan police officer amusing witty playful countryside factory prison nightclub aspirations modernization man vs. machine adventure discovery escape underdog 1930s
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Comedy, Western
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy James Finlayson Sharon Lynne Stanley Fields James Mason James C. Morton Frank Mills Dave Pepper Vivien Oakland Harry Bernard
saloon owner prospector young girl hapless men playful cheeky amusing frenetic wild west saloon countryside gold rush small town friendship deception adventure 19th century
Stanley and Ollie are enlisted to deliver the deed to a goldmine in a small village, only for it to be stolen.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|France|USA|China|Canada
2017
103 Minutes
Hugh Grant Sally Hawkins Hugh Bonneville Brendan Gleeson Julie Walters Jim Broadbent Samuel Joslin Madeleine Harris Peter Capaldi Tom Conti Joanna Lumley
teddy bear family aunt amusing charming confident creative inspiring lighthearted playful positive united kingdom london theft family life investigation mystery adventure quest
Paddington (Ben Whishaw), now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's (Imelda Staunton's) 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.