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Movies that feel like The In-Laws (1979)

If you loved The In-Laws, the closest films we have are Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Project A (1983). All three share The In-Laws's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Arthur Hillerwittyplayfulepicromantic

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023 Β· dir. John Francis Daley
β˜… 7.2adventure Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Plays it as fantasy more than The In-Laws does

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 Β· dir. Terry Jones
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.2adventure Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Epic and romantic in the same breath

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

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

Both trade on wit more than on being comedy

The difference: None of the romance that defines The In-Laws

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

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Missing the romance of The In-Laws

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

Comedy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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

Witty adventure in both cases

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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Roger & Me
1989 Β· dir. Michael Moore
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5documentary Β· history Β· comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

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.

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

Epic adventure in both cases

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

Cut from the same comedy cloth

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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

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The Muppet Movie
1979 Β· dir. James Frawley
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6family Β· comedy Β· adventure

Both are adventure through and through

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

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The Darjeeling Limited
2007 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· drama Β· comedy

Comedy approached the same way

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

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Sullivan's Travels
1941 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· romance Β· adventure

Romance is the shared currency

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

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