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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?

[–] chilidoggg (14326) 3 years ago

Married To The Mob (1988)
Summer Rental (1985)

A Little Romance (1979)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)

[–] tcrum (31596) 3 years ago

Pure Luck (1991)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Snow Day (2000)
Grease 2 (1982)
My Spy (2020)
French Kiss (1995)
Serial Mom (1994)
All of Me (1984)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Stay Tuned (1992)

[–] blue1981 (7831) 3 years ago

Men at Work (1990)

[–] chilidoggg (14326) 3 years ago

The Muppet Movie (1979)

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

My Cousin Vinny, Uncle Buck, While You Were Sleeping and Rat Race

I just noticed... i haven't seen any of those movies.

[–] Mustang (5447) 3 years ago

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996)
The Ugly Truth (2009)
PS I Love You (2007) A little sad at the start but changes tact.
Leap Year (2010)
Serendipity (2001)
Love Actually (2003)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
I was a male war bride (1949)
My favorite wife (1940)

[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 3 years ago

The Princess Bride (1987)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Big (1988)
Tootsie (1982)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
School of Rock (2003)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

[–] CKid (3842) 3 years ago

A Good Year (2006) - you might not think that a Ridley Scott film which stars Russell Crowe could be light-hearted, but this one definitely is. Oh yeah, Marion Cotillard is also in it.

Another light-hearted favorite of mine is Defending Your Life (1991) with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep.
Ditto for Roxanne (1987) with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

I love Defending Your Life too 👍