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Movies that feel like Roger & Me (1989)

If you loved Roger & Me, the closest films we have are Best Worst Movie (2009), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Back to the Future Part II (1989). All three share Roger & Me's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Philo and Screambox Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Mooreepicwittyplayful

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Best Worst Movie
2009 Β· dir. Michael Stephenson
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2documentary Β· comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Missing the scale of Roger & Me

A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

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Back to the Future Part III
1990 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Epic comedy in both cases

The difference: Plays it as adventure more than Roger & Me does

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

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Back to the Future Part II
1989 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.8adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Both trade on scale more than on being documentary

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

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Winnebago Man
2010 Β· dir. Ben Steinbauer
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2documentary Β· comedy

History built on wit, twice over

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

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The Favourite
2018 Β· dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5history Β· comedy Β· drama

History with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Leans drama where Roger & Me does not

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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Back to the Future
1985 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.5adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Epic comedy, and it commits to that

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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The In-Laws
1979 Β· dir. Arthur Hiller
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· adventure

Documentary with a pulse of wit, in both cases

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.

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Project A
1983 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.

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Dumb and Dumber
1994 Β· dir. Peter Farrelly
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.3comedy

Comedy approached the same way

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.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.7adventure Β· comedy Β· crime

The same comedy instincts

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 Β· dir. Steve Oedekerk
πŸ… 23%β˜… 6.4crime Β· comedy Β· adventure

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

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Airplane!
1980 Β· dir. Jim Abrahams
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7comedy

Both are comedy through and through

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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