50 Movies Like The Mask (1994) You Need to Watch Next
Updated August 2026
View The Mask details →Chuck Russell's 1994 comedy blends slapstick, crime caper and cartoon fantasy around Jim Carrey's rubber-limbed physicality. Stanley Ipkiss, a timid banker who has lost his appetite for life, stumbles onto an ancient mask that transforms him into a brash, suave, cartoon-like alter ego who promptly upends his ordinary existence. The film treats its wish-fulfillment gimmick as a playground for exaggerated gags, green-faced mischief and a light romantic thread. It suits viewers who want broad, energetic comedy with a comic-book sensibility and don't mind sincerity mixed into the mayhem. Come for the manic transformations, stay for the mild-mannered heart beneath all the noise and mischief.
If you loved The Mask (1994) by Chuck Russell, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Groundhog Day, Hit Man, Focus. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Movies Similar to The Mask
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the movies that share the most with The Mask in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
Groundhog Day
1993 · Harold Ramis
A cynical TV weatherman, along with his idealistic producer and his sardonic cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Hit Man
2024 · Richard Linklater
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
In common: Comedy · Crime · Romance
Focus
2015 · John Requa
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
In common: Comedy · Crime · Romance
Practical Magic
1998 · Griffin Dunne
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselve
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Just Like Heaven
2005 · Mark Waters
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Billy Wilder
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
In common: Comedy · Crime · Romance
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Adam Shankman
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment in
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Cinderella
2021 · Kay Cannon
Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Splash
1984 · Ron Howard
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Aquamarine
2006 · Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love ex
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Bedazzled
2000 · Harold Ramis
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Heartbreakers
2001 · David Mirkin
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husban
In common: Comedy · Crime · Romance
Bewitched
2005 · Nora Ephron
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Son of the Mask
2005 · Lawrence Guterman
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney chil
In common: Comedy
Batman
1989 · Tim Burton
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of vill
In common: Crime · Fantasy
Shazam!
2019 · David F. Sandberg
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
2023 · David F. Sandberg
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon th
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Batman Forever
1995 · Joel Schumacher
Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge
In common: Crime · Fantasy
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Steven Brill
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds h
In common: Comedy · Romance
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Taika Waititi
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
The Princess Bride
1987 · Rob Reiner
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicili
In common: Comedy
Shallow Hal
2001 · Peter Farrelly
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigue
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Ruby Sparks
2012 · Jonathan Dayton
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a cha
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
The Flintstones
1994 · Brian Levant
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Minin
In common: Fantasy · Comedy
A Dog's Will
2000 · Guel Arraes
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
The Family Man
2000 · Brett Ratner
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
In common: Comedy
Enchanted
2007 · Kevin Lima
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this stra
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Weird Science
1985 · John Hughes
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
13 Going on 30
2004 · Gary Winick
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Midnight in Paris
2011 · Woody Allen
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Elemental
2023 · Peter Sohn
In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.
In common: Comedy
Beetlejuice
1988 · Tim Burton
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000 · Ron Howard
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Amélie
2001 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-goo
In common: Comedy · Romance
Matilda
1996 · Danny DeVito
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loy
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
In common: Comedy · Romance
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2018 · Susan Johnson
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
In common: Comedy · Romance
Bridesmaids
2011 · Paul Feig
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expens
In common: Comedy · Romance
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005 · Judd Apatow
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsesse
In common: Comedy · Romance
My Fair Lady
1964 · George Cukor
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
In common: Comedy · Romance
Crazy Rich Asians
2018 · Jon M. Chu
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
In common: Comedy · Romance
The Birdcage
1996 · Mike Nichols
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
In common: Comedy · Romance
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be oper
In common: Comedy · Crime
Ted 2
2015 · Seth MacFarlane
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Freakier Friday
2025 · Nisha Ganatra
Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess a
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
White Chicks
2004 · Keenen Ivory Wayans
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disf
In common: Comedy · Crime
Ted
2012 · Seth MacFarlane
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
American Pie
1999 · Paul Weitz
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselve
In common: Comedy · Romance
Anyone But You
2023 · Will Gluck
After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adul
In common: Comedy · Romance
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