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Movies that feel like Twins (1988)

If you loved Twins, the closest films we have are Kindergarten Cop (1990), The Change-Up (2011) and Norbit (2007). All three share Twins' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, AMC+ and AMC and others, checked against today's data.

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

🍅 44% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ivan Reitmanwittyplayful
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Kindergarten Cop
1990 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 54%6.3comedy

Ivan Reitman working the same nerve twice

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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The Change-Up
2011 · dir. David Dobkin
🍅 26%6.3comedy

Both are working the same pair: twins, opposites

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

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Norbit
2007 · dir. Brian Robbins
🍅 9%4.3comedy

Both are built on the same subject: orphanage

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

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Clockwise
1986 · dir. Christopher Morahan
🍅 83%6.6comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

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Ghostbusters II
1989 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 57%6.6comedy · fantasy

Both are Ivan Reitman's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Twins does

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

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

Witty comedy in both cases

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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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 93%7.6comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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Used Cars
1980 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 77%6.7comedy

A streak of play through both

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

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Four Rooms
1995 · dir. Allison Anders
🍅 13%6.7comedy

Comedy in the same key

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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Daddy's Home 2
2017 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 20%6.1comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: amused

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.

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French Fried Vacation 2
1979 · dir. Patrice Leconte
7.4comedy

Both working the same comedy territory

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

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