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Movies that feel likeRobin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

If you loved Robin Hood: Men in Tights, the closest films we have are Young Frankenstein (1974), Happy Gilmore (1996) and Clockwise (1986). All three share Robin Hood: Men in Tights' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Used Cars (1980).

🍅 42% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mel Brookswittyplayful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Robin Hood (1973) · Robin Hood (2010) · Robin Hood (2018)

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Young Frankenstein
1974 · dir. Mel Brooks
🍅 95%★ 8comedy

Mel Brooks directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

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Happy Gilmore
1996 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 66%★ 7comedy

Both are built on the same subject: taxes

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

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Clockwise
1986 · dir. Christopher Morahan
🍅 83%★ 6.6comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

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The Dinner Game
1998 · dir. Francis Veber
🍅 73%★ 7.6comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedyParamount+

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%★ 7.5comedyParamount+

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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Four Rooms
1995 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 13%★ 6.7comedy

The same preoccupation in both: witch

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

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Kindergarten Cop
1990 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 54%★ 6.3comedy

A streak of play through both

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

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Twins
1988 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 44%★ 6.2comedy

Both know what they want from comedy

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
🍅 72%★ 7.5comedy

Both are comedy through and through

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

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Used Cars
1980 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 77%★ 6.7comedyPrime Video

Both working the same comedy territory

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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