20 movies like Ass Backwards, ordered by similarity : Steamboat Bill, Jr.(1928), Drop Dead Gorgeous(1999), Uncle Drew(2018), Chokeslam(2016), Easy A(2010), Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa(2013), Daddy's Home(2015), Drive Me Crazy(1999), Smile(1975), Pork Pie(2017), The British Guide to Showing Off(2011), Adventures in Babysitting(2016) ...
Comedy
USA
2013
83 Minutes
June Diane Raphael Casey Wilson Jon Cryer Vincent D'Onofrio Brian Geraghty Bob Odenkirk Paul Scheer Alicia Silverstone
girl beauty pageant contestant amusing hometown reunion contest mishaps road trip rivalry
Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
Comedy
USA
1928
71 Minutes
Buster Keaton Ernest Torrence Marion Byron Tom Lewis Tom McGuire James T. Mack Joe Keaton
college graduate steamboat captain girlfriend rival first mate haberdasher amusing madcap heartwarming mississippi river boat town haberdashery reunion father/son relationship rivalry boats rivalry transformation love
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Comedy
Germany|USA
1999
99 Minutes
Kirsten Dunst Ellen Barkin Allison Janney Denise Richards Kirstie Alley Sam McMurray Amy Adams Tara Redepenning Shannon Nelson Sarah Stewart Brooke Bushman
beauty pageant contestant mother friend rival amusing dark playful minnesota town stage household beauty pageant competition small-town life aspirations jealousy friendship rivalry discovery 1990s
A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.
Comedy
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Kyrie Irving Lil Rel Howery Nick Kroll Shaquille O'Neal Chris Webber Reggie Miller Nate Robinson Lisa Leslie Erica Ash Tiffany Haddish JB Smoove
team owner teammate rival elderly man basketball player basketball coach amusing cheeky hilarious harlem, n.y. basketball court park van road club basketball road trip tournament prize rivalry
An anti-ageist comedy about a man's dream to win the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem.
Comedy
Canada
2016
102 Minutes
Chris Marquette Amanda Crew Michael Eklund Niall Matter Gwynyth Walsh Mick Foley Harry Smith Paul James Saunders Barry Flatman Agam Darshi Meghan Heffern
childhood sweetheart adult wrestler mother friend rival charming endearing lighthearted melodramatic mushy playful town reunion school delicatessen hometown love relationships rivalry
A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.
Comedy
USA
2010
93 Minutes
Emma Stone Penn Badgley Amanda Bynes Dan Byrd Thomas Haden Church Patricia Clarkson Cam Gigandet Lisa Kudrow Malcolm McDowell Aly Michalka Stanley Tucci
teen girl rival best friend virgin teacher parent hilarious engaging positive quirky amusing charming high school office party bedroom california home virginity sex
A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Comedy
USA
2013
92 Minutes
Johnny Knoxville Jackson Nicoll Zia Harris Georgina Cates Kamber Hejlik Jill Kill Madison Davis George Faughnan Grasie Mercedes Marilynn Allain Jack Polick
grandfather grandson stripper beauty pageant contestant mother mourner unrestrained brash outlandish funeral beauty pageant strip club bar pranks grandparent/child relationship road trip wretched excess rivalry adventure 2010s
86-year-old Irving Zisman takes a trip from Nebraska to North Carolina to take his 8 year-old grandson, Billy, back to his real father.
Comedy
USA
2015
96 Minutes
Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg Linda Cardellini Thomas Haden Church Scarlett Estevez Owen Vaccaro Hannibal Buress Bobby Cannavale Bill Burr Jamie Denbo Paul Scheer
stepfather wife radio producer birth father son daughter amusing hilarious heartwarming home well family home basketball court competition children contest schemes parenting serendipity rivalry
Brad Whitaker is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.
Comedy
USA
1999
91 Minutes
Melissa Joan Hart Adrian Grenier Susan May Pratt Kris Park Mark Webber Ali Larter Stephen Collins Gabriel Carpenter Mark Metcalf William Converse-Roberts Faye Grant
teen boy teen girl ex-girlfriend ex-boyfriend girl next door basketball player lighthearted playful amusing high school family home nightclub bedroom basketball court classroom schemes unlikely romance dating prom jealousy
Nicole and Chase used to be BFFs, then junior high happened. The high school centennial dance is coming but Nicole gets dumped. So does Chase. They stage a relationship to get at their exes. They visit each other's worlds. Love in the air?
Comedy
1975
113 Minutes
Bruce Dern Barbara Feldon Michael Kidd Geoffrey Lewis Nicholas Pryor Colleen Camp Joan Prather Denise Nickerson Annette O'Toole Maria O'Brien Melanie Griffith
executive husband judge contestant choreographer offbeat uneasy amusing california runway beauty pageant attempted suicide competition quest 1970s
A California pageant is full of sincere hopefuls and ambitious promoters in this satire targeting beauty contests.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
Documentary, Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2011
98 Minutes
beauty pageant contestants pageant queen interviewee artist master of ceremonies judge fascinating engaging inspiring amusing campy confident england alternative lifestyles beauty pageant footage interview misfits fashion discovery
British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, takes us under his glittering wing and inside his outrageous, anarchic and spectacular ... See full summary »
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
2016
90 Minutes
Sabrina Carpenter Sofia Carson Nikki Hahn Mallory James Mahoney Max Gecowets Jet Jurgensmeyer Madison Horcher Kevin Quinn
babysitter teenager runaway child supervisor rival cheeky amusing engaging lighthearted playful quirky city street house teamwork responsibility rivalry baby-sitting missing persons
Two teenage baby sitters (Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson) and a group of children spend a wild night in the big city.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France
2020
106 Minutes
Keira Knightley Gugu Mbatha-Raw Jessie Buckley Greg Kinnear Lesley Manville Rhys Ifans Keeley Hawes Charlotte Spencer Alexa Davies Suki Waterhouse Emma Corrin
woman beauty pageant contestant feminist african-american comedian bob hope amusing charming confident inspiring passionate spirited london beauty pageant protest stage feminism competition protest women's rights
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Comedy, Action
UK|USA|China
2010
117 Minutes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Christopher Mintz-Plasse Mark Strong Chloë Grace Moretz Clark Duke Lyndsy Fonseca Evan Peters Nicolas Cage Michael Rispoli Omari Hardwick Xander Berkeley
teen boy young girl superhero father villain girlfriend frenetic amusing unrestrained thrilling dark frightening high school city street apartment warehouse attic crime comic books
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
Finland|USA|UK
2019
96 Minutes
bird pig rival spy hero friend hilarious cheeky playful amusing lighthearted island house mountain forest village saving the day rivalry unlikely allies unlikely friendship
The flightless birds and scheming green pigs take their feud to the next level.
Comedy
USA
1952
78 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride James Best Lori Nelson Esther Dale
country girl family patriarch mother nemesis daughter hilarious cheery lighthearted fair farm church small town washington state contest horse racing cooking young love education husband/wife relationship adventure
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Comedy
Jamaica
1997
98 Minutes
Rick Elgood Audrey Reid Paul Campbell Pauline Stone-Myrie Cherine Anderson Mark Danvers Anika Grason Donald Thompson Patrice Harrison Henry Brown Carl Bradshaw
thug daughter single mother teen girl dance hall girl wealthy man quirky melodramatic kingston, jamaica city dance hall household street disguise mother/daughter relationship contest schemes poverty music underdog
A single street vendor disguises herself for a dance contest, and pits her enemies against each other.
Comedy
USA
1939
87 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Sara Haden Ann Rutherford June Preisser Maria Ouspenskaya Henry Hull Martha O'Driscoll
judge wife son daughter immigrant girlfriend amusing charming small town household high school family illness blackmail dating father/son relationship contest quest rescue temptation
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
Germany
2014
104 Minutes
Jasna Fritzi Bauer Lilly Forgách Nikolaus Frei Rafael Gareisen Michael Gempart Lauritz Greve Heike Koslowski Sandro Lohmann Heike Makatsch Aurel Manthei Simon Schwarz
young girl teen girl suicidal person family psychoanalyst lover amusing cheeky emotional touching uneasy heartwarming europe bavaria munich doctor's office home germany teenage rebellion teen angst
Charleen, 15, quick-witted and sassy, is Kurt Cobain's biggest fan and wonders why 'growing up' has to be so complicated. One day, feeling especially melodramatic and rebellious, she ... See full summary »