20 movies like Mr. Deeds, ordered by similarity : Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2006), Zelig(1983), No Postage Necessary(2017), Tillie's Punctured Romance(1914), The Story of Luke(2012), Love Meet Hope(2016), Run Ronnie Run!(2002), Sullivan's Travels(1941), Nothing Sacred(1937), Seven Chances(1925), The Magnificent Dope(1942), That Uncertain Feeling(1941) ...
Comedy
USA
2002
96 Minutes
Adam Sandler Winona Ryder Peter Gallagher Jared Harris Allen Covert Erick Avari John Turturro Peter Dante Conchata Ferrell Harve Presnell Steve Buscemi
restaurant owner love interest city slicker television producer reporter butler hilarious madcap endearing small town new york city airplane mansion newsroom tennis court inheritance outsider secret identity culture clash deception
A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA|UK|Kazakhstan
2006
84 Minutes
Sacha Baron Cohen Ken Davitian Luenell Mitchell Falk
reporter actress manager gay/lesbian love interest hilarious creative madcap california new york city shopping mall car washington, d.c. religion obsession love television culture clash road trip quest
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
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, Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
George Blagden Charleene Closshey Robbie Kay Stelio Savante Michael Beach Raymond J. Barry Michelle Moreno Matt Cornwell
hacker love interest husband marine widow impostor amusing touching shocking quirky hilarious fast food restaurant ice cream parlor police station restaurant house hackers deception theft love
Straight out of jail, a hacker steals letters hoping to find cash. He reads one of the letters, falls in love with the writer and decides to change his ways to be worthy of her.
Comedy
USA
1914
73 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Marie Dressler Mack Swain Mabel Normand Charles Bennett Joe Bordeaux Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Charlie Chase Charles Murray
heiress father uncle con artist girlfriend police officer hilarious melodramatic frenetic restaurant mountain movie theater city mansion party city vs. country inheritance con game marrying for money feminism
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Amanda Markowitz Bradley Fowler Ed Asner Peter Mackenzie Tim Joyce Ken Garr Victoria Matlock Cassandra Federman
divorcée young woman love interest grandfather author uplifting moving emotional endearing engaging united states california love hope romance love interest love letters family love growing up
A grandfather's love stories enlighten a jaded man and a moonstruck girl about the realities of love.
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
1941
91 Minutes
Joel McCrea Veronica Lake Robert Warwick William Demarest Franklin Pangborn Porter Hall Byron Foulger Margaret Hayes Robert Greig Eric Blore
director actress butler spinster warden tramp heartwarming hilarious somber powerful hollywood, calif. mansion train las vegas small town movie making chain gangs wealth mistaken identity love
A Hollywood director, John L Sullivan, sets out to experience life as a poor, homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fredric March Charles Winninger Walter Connolly Sig Ruman Frank Fay Max Rosenbloom Margaret Hamilton
doctor reporter editor patient amusing endearing winsome vermont small town new york city hotel newsroom fraud romance deception illness celebrity newspapers adventure love
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Comedy
USA
1925
57 Minutes
Buster Keaton T. Roy Barnes Snitz Edwards Ruth Dwyer Frances Raymond Jules Cowles Erwin Connelly Jean Arthur
stockbroker love interest woman best friend bride relative hilarious madcap tender city river mountain street house wealth daunting task race against time marriage inheritance underdog
A man learns he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7 p.m. that same day.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2009
109 Minutes
George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick Jason Bateman Danny McBride Melanie Lynskey Amy Morton Sam Elliott J.K. Simmons Zach Galifianakis Chris Lowell
corporate downsizer co-worker love interest sister brother-in-law boss charming moving airplane airport office hotel apartment travel love loneliness business transformation quest love
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.
Comedy
1927
65 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anne Cornwall Flora Bramley Harold Goodwin Grant Withers Buddy Mason Snitz Edwards Carl Harbaugh Sam Crawford Florence Turner Lee Barnes
scholar pretty woman jock dean coach mother madcap hilarious endearing playful college los angeles coliseum restaurant soda shop dorm river college life love triangle sports unrequited love
To impress his sweetheart (Anne Cornwall), a bookworm (Buster Keaton) goes out for baseball and crew.
Comedy
USA
1969
103 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ingrid Bergman Goldie Hawn Jack Weston Rick Lenz Vito Scotti Irene Hervey Eve Bruce Irwin Charone Matthew Saks
dentist mistress nurse author charming hilarious cheeky new york city dentist's office deception romance devotion love attempted suicide love pursuit transformation 1960s
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
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, Romance
Italy|Spain|USA|UK|Sweden
2015
87 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Raoul Bova Claudia Cardinale Rosie Day Paz Vega Chiara Bassermann Marco Bonini Barney Harris
single mother teacher woman mother daughter teen girl former lover romantic interest couple love interest man lighthearted positive emotional endearing airy amusing charming rome italy
Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
USA|Canada
2002
104 Minutes
Tim Allen Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Eric Lloyd Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson Spencer Breslin Liliana Mumy Danielle Woodman Aisha Tyler Kevin Pollak
santa claus elf love interest son tooth fairy child lighthearted hilarious endearing north pole airplane factory town house marriage christmas family going home father/son relationship good versus evil
Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for nearly ten years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.
Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
2012
95 Minutes
dracula daughter frankenstein's monster mummy invisible man human lighthearted madcap endearing amusing eerie hilarious hotel transylvania festival airplane town forest monsters birthday party
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.