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Movies that feel like Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

If you loved Daddy's Home 2, the closest films we have are Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), The Santa Claus Gang (2010) and Instant Family (2018). All three share Daddy's Home 2's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets put to the test when Dusty's old-school, macho dad and Brad's gentle father arrive to turn the holiday upside down. After a sudden change in plans, the four men decide to take the kids to a luxury resort for a fun-filled getaway that turns into a hilarious and chaotic adventure.

🍅 20% Rotten Tomatoes6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sean Anderswittyplayful
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Horrible Bosses 2
2014 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 35%6.3comedy

Both are Sean Anders's work, and they rhyme

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.

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The Santa Claus Gang
2010 · dir. Paolo Genovese
5.9comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: christmas

On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...

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Instant Family
2018 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 82%7.3comedy · drama

Sean Anders working the same nerve twice

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

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Suck Me Shakespeer 2
2015 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
5.9comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

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Coming 2 America
2021 · dir. Craig Brewer
🍅 49%5.3comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%6.4comedy · drama

Common ground: holiday

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Daddy's Home 2 does

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%6.3comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016 · dir. Nicholas Stoller
🍅 65%5.7comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

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My Mom Is a Character 2
2016 · dir. César Rodrigues
6.6comedy

Both work the same play

Dona Hermínia is back, but now rich and famous since she is the host of her own successful TV show. However, the overprotective character will have to deal with her children's departures, as Marcelina and Juliano decide to move out. In counterpart, she will welcome, as a visitor, her sister Lúcia Helena, who's been living in New York.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%5.5comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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Sun in Buckets
2013 · dir. Gennaro Nunziante
6.3comedy

The same comedy instincts

The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.

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Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme
2013 · dir. Julia Rezende
5.8comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

The immature and cheap douche bag Fábio Clóvis marries the pseudo-intellectual Miá and they travel in a cruise to Europe on board of a fancy passenger vessel. Fabio and Miá are invited to have dinner with the wealthy Beto Assunção and his gorgeous wife Laura in a VIP restaurant on the vessel. Soon Fábio discovers that Beto was Miá's boyfriend and Miá learns that Fábio had a crush on Laura that was his classmate. Meanwhile the cynical chamber maid Suzana Mello and her estranged husband, the entertainer Wilson, make a bet that Fábio and Miá will split before the end of the trip and poison their relationship. When the ship arrives in Casablanca, Fábio meets his bothersome childhood friend Cabeça that affects their honeymoon.

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