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Movies that feel likeWhy Him? (2016)

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

If you loved Why Him?, the closest films we have are Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) and Babysitting (2014). All three share Why Him?'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

🍅 40% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Hamburgwittyplayful
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Starz

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016 · dir. Nicholas Stoller
🍅 64%★ 5.7comedyNetflixStarz

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

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Babysitting
2014 · dir. Philippe Lacheau
★ 6.8comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Looking for a baby-sitter for the night, Marc Schaudel entrusts his son Remy to the care of his employee Franck, a straight man. But the thing that Marc doesn't know, is that Franck is getting 30 years old this weekend and that his son Remy is a very capricious child. The next day, Marc and his wife Claire are awakened by a call from the police. Remy and Franck are missing, and the house is totally devastated. The police finds a camera in the leftovers. Marc, Claire and the police start watching the video that has been recorded the day before during the night and find out what happened to Franck and Remy.

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My Mom Is a Character
2013 · dir. André Pellenz
★ 6.8comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.

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I Can Quit Whenever I Want
2014 · dir. Sydney Sibilia
★ 7comedy

The shared currency is play

A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.

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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
★ 6.9comedy

The same comedy instincts

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Daddy's Home
2015 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 30%★ 6.2comedyParamount+Starz

Both are built on the same subject: rivalry

The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

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Bad Moms
2016 · dir. Scott Moore
🍅 59%★ 6.2comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.

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Dirty Grandpa
2016 · dir. Dan Mazer
🍅 10%★ 5.9comedy

Both are comedy through and through

Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride.

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Horrible Bosses 2
2014 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 35%★ 6.3comedyParamount+

Both play comedy straight

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.

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Sun in Buckets
2013 · dir. Gennaro Nunziante
★ 6.3comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%★ 5.5comedy

Comedy approached the same way

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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