20 movies like Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, ordered by similarity : Murder, He Says(1945), Herbie: Fully Loaded(2005), Little Sister(2016), Analyze That(2002), Johnny Dangerously(1984), Judge Hardy's Children(1938), Win Win(2011), Logan Lucky(2017), Freaky Friday(2003), And Now for Something Completely Different(1972), Saving Face(2004), Jadoo(2013) ...
Comedy
2009
103 Minutes
Tyler Perry Derek Luke Keshia Knight Pulliam David Mann Tamela Mann RonReaco Lee Ion Overman Vanessa Ferlito Robin Coleman Viola Davis Sofía Vergara
grandmother assistant district attorney prostitute daughter brother lawyer hysterical madcap endearing jail law office car courtroom diner church prison motherhood crime law and order class conflict
After a high-speed car chase and anger-management issues land Madea (Tyler Perry) behind bars, she befriends a young prostitute (Keshia Knight Pulliam).
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, Kids & Family
USA
2005
100 Minutes
Lindsay Lohan Michael Keaton Matt Dillon Breckin Meyer Justin Long Cheryl Hines Jimmi Simpson Jill Ritchie Jeremy Roberts Jim Cody Williams Cass Asher
race car driver father rival friend herbie daughter cheery rousing lighthearted locker room house junkyard racetrack car nascar coming of age father/daughter relationship rivalry unexpected success supernatural car
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
91 Minutes
Addison Timlin Ally Sheedy Keith Poulson Peter Hedges Barbara Crampton Kristin Slaysman Molly Plunk Rhonda Hansome
nun mother father brother friend family member cheeky hilarious creative church convent north carolina house street car religion love acceptance self-confidence identity
Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, returning to her childhood home in Asheville NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters.
Comedy
USA
2002
95 Minutes
Robert De Niro Billy Crystal Lisa Kudrow Joe Viterelli Reg Rogers Cathy Moriarty John Finn Kyle Sabihy Callie Thorne Pat Cooper Frank Gio
mafia boss therapist prison guard hit man gangster fbi agent melodramatic hysterical madcap prison new york city movie set restaurant apartment office prison release therapy going straight unlikely friendship organized crime
Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.
Comedy
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Michael Keaton Joe Piscopo Marilu Henner Maureen Stapleton Peter Boyle Griffin Dunne Richard Dimitri Glynnis O'Connor Byron Thames Danny DeVito Dom DeLuise
gangster mafia boss rival thug mother brother madcap hilarious outlandish new york city neighborhood street nightclub jail family crime mafia double life lawyers rivalry
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Betty Ross Clark Ann Rutherford Robert Whitney Ruth Hussey
judge son daughter wife love interest lobbyist amusing charming washington, d.c. small town courtroom mount vernon houseboat museum law small-town life family government scandal quest
Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.
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, Crime, Drama
USA|China
2017
119 Minutes
Channing Tatum Adam Driver Farrah Mackenzie Riley Keough Daniel Craig Katie Holmes Charles Halford Seth MacFarlane Jack Quaid Brian Gleeson Katherine Waterston
brother friend robber prisoner construction worker bank robber amusing brooding confident gripping madcap west virginia prison dump racetrack heist nascar hard times family honor bad luck
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2003
96 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Lindsay Lohan Mark Harmon Harold Gould Chad Michael Murray Stephen Tobolowsky Christina Vidal Ryan Malgarini Rosalind Chao Lucille Soong Willie Garson
mother daughter brother teacher boss fiancé lighthearted hilarious restaurant high school office los angeles mother/child relationship respect switched identities confusion transformation rivalry growing up 2000s
An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
Comedy
UK
1972
89 Minutes
Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Carol Cleveland
comedian milkman sexy woman police officer bank robber grandmother amusing frenetic cheeky hysterical creative office restaurant army base street bar england animals babies law
An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
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
UK
2013
79 Minutes
Amara Karan Tom Mison Madhur Jaffrey Adeel Akhtar Paul Bazely Ray Panthaki Harish Patel Nikesh Patel Kulvinder Ghir Romy Ahluwalia
brother chef rival daughter lawyer restaurateur amusing airy lighthearted engaging witty heartwarming england brother relationship family feud running a business sibling rivalry restaurant business indian cuisine love
This comedy revolves around two brothers, both wonderful chefs, who fall out catastrophically. At the climax of their dispute they rip the family recipe book in half - one brother gets the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2009
105 Minutes
Paul Rudd Jason Segel Rashida Jones Jaime Pressly Andy Samberg J.K. Simmons Jane Curtin Jon Favreau Sarah Burns Rob Huebel Joe Lo Truglio
real estate agent best friend girlfriend mother father brother hilarious endearing quirky hysterical los angeles household office restaurant garage wedding friendship love marriage male bonding
Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?
Romance, Comedy, Drama
2016
97 Minutes
Virginie Efira Vincent Lacoste Melvil Poupaud Laurent Poitrenaux Laure Calamy Alice Daquet Julie Moulier Elsa Wolliaston Sophie Fillieres Liv Harari Jeane Arra-Bellanger
frenchwoman lawyer sex addict ex-husband friend daughter cheeky emotional fascinating paris courtroom wedding bedroom bar restaurant law parenthood sex addiction nervous breakdown recovery
Late 30-something Victoria, a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer who also happens to be a self-involved workaholic sex-addict, feels completely torn apart by pressure from all sides until she rediscovers her own desires.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Comedy
Japan
1999
112 Minutes
Hikari Ishida Masanobu Andô Yutaka Matsushige Kazue Tsunogae Yu Tokui
clerk nurse boss gangster beautiful woman punk hilarious madcap suspenseful office road ambulance river car hospital car accident organized crime doomed romance on the run theft
A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse.
Comedy
USA
2008
108 Minutes
Josh Zuckerman Amanda Crew Clark Duke James Marsden Seth Green Alice Greczyn Katrina Bowden Michael Cudlitz Dave Sheridan Charlie McDermott Mark L. Young
virgin best friend love interest brother teenager amish man charming madcap hysterical illinois tennessee car the open road household sex road trip car theft virginity coming of age romance
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
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
1923
60 Minutes
Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Margaret Leahy Wallace Beery Joe Roberts Lillian Lawrence H.A. Morgan Oliver Hardy Blanche Payson
hero girl villain father mother roman hilarious cheery playful city cave rome racetrack car romantic dilemma courtship family time competition modernity
A boy (Buster Keaton) loves a girl (Margaret Leahy) in parallel stories set in the Stone Age, ancient Rome and modern times.
Comedy
India
2009
160 Minutes
Aamir Khan Kareena Kapoor Madhavan Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Akhil Mishra Mona Singh Rajeev Ravindranathan Pitobash Tripathy Aakash Dabhade Rahul Kumar
young man classmate friend girlfriend mother father hilarious lighthearted hysterical emotional moving india college hospital house bungalow friendship brotherhood relationships education
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".