Movies like The Big Year: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Big Year (2011) — a comedy film directed by David Frankel — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Big Year most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like new york city, friendship and california. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Three Stooges 2012★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 2005★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1965★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bad Guys 2 2025★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Boeing, Boeing 1965★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But when there's a change in their working schedule, they will be able to be home every second day instead. Bernard's carefully structured life is breaking apart
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Knight and Day 2010★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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The Brothers Grimm 2005★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Planes 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ghostbusters 1984★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 1974★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Angry Birds Movie 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sony Liv
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The Jerk 1979★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lost City 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Hot Shots! 1991★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pitch Perfect 2 2015★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Big Trouble 2002★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Gumball Rally 1976★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now