20 best movies like Take My Daughters, Please (1988)

List of the best movies like Take My Daughters, Please (1988): The One and Only Ivan, Work It, Café Society, Fright Night 2: New Blood, Django Unchained, Free Byrd, One Must Fall, Tone-Deaf, Rosy, Whitney.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, music
CountryUSA

A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA, Romania
Duration01:40

By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. When a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in her chilling web of lust and terror. Charlie and 'Evil' Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a 'new moon virgin', who just so happens to be Charlie’s ex-girlfriend.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:45

    With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    A middle-aged underachieving van driver, Jay (Randy Nazarian), is assigned to drive an irascible senior, Harry (Raymond J. Barry), to a new home. Along the way they have a series of misadventures, including being picked up by a troupe of burlesque dancers led by Red (Shondrella Avery) and performing an impromptu comedy act. An enlightening journey that gives both men new perspective on life.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUSA

    A horror-comedy slasher set in the 80's about a woman wrongfully fired from her office job and forced to take on a temporary job on a crime scene cleanup crew. With a maniacal serial killer on the loose leaving them lots of work, did he ever leave the scene of the crime?

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two generations collide with terrifying results.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A socially awkward young man kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love. A psychosexual noir that explores power dynamics between men and women.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Whitney is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 22, 2011 to March 27, 2013. The series originally aired in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real-life experience and her comedy routines. On September 25, 2011, the pilot of Whitney was multipurposed on various NBCUniversal networks, including Oxygen, E!, Style, and Bravo; it last aired on E!.On May 9, 2013, Whitney was canceled by NBC.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Spain
    Duration01:38

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

    Markimdb: 9.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    A couple faces unexpected parenting challenges when the father becomes a stay-at-home dad decides to home school their kids.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountryUSA

    Joe Mazzello, best known for his acting roles in Jurassic Park, HBO's The Pacific, The Social Network, etc, wrote and made his directorial debut with this story based on his brother's experience as a collegiate baseball star who was skipped over in the Major League Baseball draft. Story centers around an intramural baseball game with his misfit teammates that becomes incredibly important to him as he tries to come to grips with his dashed dream.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:32

    Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and hone their craft. Convinced their mysterious new neighbor is a talent agent, they take him hostage and demand acting careers as ransom.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics in a sketch special packed with celebrity guests.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA

    SMOKED is a controversial dark comedy about the misadventures of three gutter punk stoners whose housewarming party ends in flames. In their desperation, they create a half baked plan to rob an Oakland Cannabis Club. The stoners rob the club without knowing that the clubs owner is notorious crack kingpin Tyrone Shank. In retribution, Shank unleashes the contract killers known only as: The Four Horsemen. The hunt sends a wave of violence across the city as backyard brawls give way to frenzied shootouts while they try to escape through the criminal underworld. Ninjas, clowns, and freestyle rappers all get caught in the increasingly bizarre crossfire. Acclaimed underground Bay Area performers bring savage action and sharp dialogue together with an all original soundtrack! Cash. Crops. Corpses. They all burn the same...

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    The young lady Jelly gets into a crisis when her boyfriend Luke dumps her.




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