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Light-hearted movies similar to My Cousin Vinny, Uncle Buck, While You Were Sleeping and Rat Race?

posted 3 years ago by robocop2019 (215)
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Looking for movies that are light-hearted. I love all the four movies I mentioned in the title. They happen to be filmed around the same time period. I hate slapstick comedy and I ABSOLUTELY hate raunchy comedy movies like American Pie.

Though I do enjoy animated movies when I am in the mood for one at the moment I am not looking for an animated movie. It's something about the movie shot during the late 80s and early 90s that sets the mood that I love. What are your recommendations?

[–] FredBurroughs (21600) 3 years ago

The movie you are looking for is none other than Robot in the Family (1993).

[–] robocop2019 (215) 3 years ago

Um.. I do understand that IMDB is not very trustworthy but 1.8/10 · ‎236 votes??

[–] chilidoggg (14326) 3 years ago

LOL I gotta check out that one!

[–] Sparky123 (1680) 3 years ago

What about, Big Business (1988)

My Mrs was saying that she watched it years ago, id never heard of it.
It wasn't bad at all, I didn't tell her that🤣

[–] chilidoggg (14326) 3 years ago

Lily Tomlin always easy breezy...

All Of Me (1984)

[–] bellington83 (3289) 3 years ago

The Blues Brothers (1980)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Empire Records (1995)
Almost Heroes (1998)

[–] moviechatterer (15787) 3 years ago

Two of my favourites there!
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[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

Try Fitzwilly. Or Arsenic and Old Lace. Or What's Up, Doc?. Or Ruthless People.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Moonstruck (1987)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
See No Evil Hear No Evil (1989)
Midnight Run (1988)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Raising Arizona (1987)

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 3 years ago

Omg, see no evil, hear no evil is hilarious 👍

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Yeah Wilder and Pryor were such a funny duo.

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 3 years ago

9-5. Such a funny film. Love z bit of Dolly 🥰

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

What a great screen debut for Dolly. She was every bit the equal of Fonda and Tomlin.

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 3 years ago

That was her first film? I never knew that.

[–] MonStar (12999) 3 years ago

Liar, Liar (1997) - Comedy involving a court case, but not as much as "My Cousin Vinny".

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - "Rat Race" is an homage to this original all-star film.

Add:
Sabrina (1995) or the original Sabrina (1954) - as in "While You Were Sleeping", romance involving two brothers.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77566) 3 years ago

If you are feeling a bit low and want something silly, funny and perfect to watch then look for The Princess Bride

Pretty much the perfect entertainment for light hearted laughs and comedy

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Great recommendation!