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Movies that feel likeDumb and Dumber (1994)

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.

If you loved Dumb and Dumber, the closest films we have are Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Dinner Game (1998). All three share Dumb and Dumber's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Green Butchers (2003).

🍅 69% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Farrellywittyplayful
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedyParamount+

Two mismatched travelers rack up disasters trying to get somewhere together

The difference: A grounded odd-couple comedy over the Farrellys' gross-out cartoon energy

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

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Happy Gilmore
1996 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 66%★ 7comedyStarz

Witty and playful in the same breath

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

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The Dinner Game
1998 · dir. Francis Veber
🍅 73%★ 7.6comedy

One guileless fool wrecks every plan around him without ever noticing

The difference: A French dinner-party farce, not a cross-country suitcase caper

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
🍅 72%★ 7.5comedy

Bad luck piles onto a well-meaning lead who never stops trying anyway

The difference: A family holiday meltdown instead of two buddies out on the road

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%★ 7.5comedyParamount+

A cast of oddballs takes something trivial dead seriously, to funny effect

The difference: A mockumentary ensemble instead of one dim duo's cross-country quest

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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There's Something About Mary
1998 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 84%★ 7.1romance · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Peter Farrelly

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Dumb and Dumber does

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

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Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 47%★ 6.6comedy

A well-meaning doofus barrels through life chasing the same kind of woman

The difference: Splits the idiocy into two warring personalities, not one clueless duo

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

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Four Rooms
1995 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 13%★ 6.7comedy

Absurd strangers keep landing one hapless guy in outrageous predicaments

The difference: Four separate vignettes instead of one continuous cross-country goof

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 · dir. Mel Brooks
🍅 42%★ 6.7comedy

A parade of goofball characters bumble through one broad, silly plot

The difference: A medieval spoof, not a road-trip comedy about two Midwestern idiots

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

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Step Brothers
2008 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 54%★ 6.9comedy

The same preoccupation in both: buddy

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.

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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

A pair of hapless pals stumble into a scheme way over their heads

The difference: Danish black comedy with a much darker, grislier punchline

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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Kindergarten Cop
1990 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 54%★ 6.3comedy

A tough guy gets in over his head trying to play a role he's not built for

The difference: An undercover-cop premise, not two dimwits chasing a lost suitcase

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

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