
Movies that feel likeThe Nutty Professor (1996)
If you loved The Nutty Professor, the closest films we have are Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), 50 First Dates (2004) and Palm Springs (2020). All three share The Nutty Professor'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 Cold Comfort Farm (1995).
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If The Nutty Professor hit the spot, these will too

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same mix in both: ideas, then romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Science fiction with a pulse of play, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Nutty Professor does

Both lean on romance more than on romance
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than The Nutty Professor does


Romance built on play, twice over

Science fiction with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Both are comedy through and through



Both working the same romance territory
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