Movies Like 18 Again! (1988)

18 Again! is a 1988 comedy, fantasy film from Paul Flaherty with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Vice Versa and Like Father Like Son.

Comedy Fantasy

Vice Versa

1988

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

5.8

MagicScore

Like Father Like Son

1987

Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.

5.7

MagicScore

Bedazzled

2000

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 basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.

6.1

MagicScore

Big

1987

Marco, a nine year old boy, is in love with his elementary teacher, and feels neglected by his workaholic parents. When they forget about his birthday he wishes he could grow up at once. This really happens and Marco begins a new life as an adult. He rents a room in his teacher's flat and she falls in love with him. He even fakes a kidnapping when he runs out of money but he is mistaken for the kidnapper.

6.0

MagicScore

On Borrowed Time

1939

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

7.5

MagicScore

A Wish Come True

2015

On the night of her 30th birthday, Lindsay Corwin, an unlucky environmentalist with a string of bad relationships, decides to make the ultimate wish: for all of her birthday wishes to come true. When her nearly three decades of wishes, including everything from losing weight to meeting Mr. Right, start magically coming true all at once, Lindsay is awestruck—until she realizes the life, and the man, she’s always wished for might not be the one she really wants.

6.0

MagicScore

The Change-Up

2011

Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

6.2

MagicScore

Ted

2012

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.

6.4

MagicScore

Bedtime Stories

2008

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 inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?

6.2

MagicScore

#10

If I Were You 2

2009

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

6.1

MagicScore

#11

Switch

1991

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Liar Liar

1997

Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

16 Wishes

2010

The story about Abby Jensen, a girl who's been eager to reach her 16th birthday and has kept a secret wish list since she was a little girl. When the Big Day actually arrives, utter disaster strikes, leaving Abby to think her birthday is ruined. But when a mysterious box of magical birthday candles arrives to turn things around, Abby's 16 Wishes start to come true. Her day gets better and better...until she makes one wish that threatens to change everything.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Dear Santa

2011

Crystal, a rich party girl, finds a little girl's letter to Santa asking for a new mother, and she vows to win over the father and daughter before the holidays.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Unleashed

2017

When a cosmic event turns Emma's dog and cat into two perfect guys, Emma reconsiders her outlook on dating, hilariously works out her trust issues, and ultimately learns to love herself.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

Wicked Stepmother

1989

A pair of witches descend upon a family and wreak havoc. Now it's up to the family's matriarch, a private detective, and a suspended police officer to stop them.

4.5

MagicScore

#17

¿Quién es quién?

2024

The Fuentes are not the best family in the world. But what family is it? Work, school and routine have plunged them into a spiral of disconnection that seems impossible to stop. However, everything changes when the youngest of the group, Valentina, makes a wish for her ninth birthday. The next day, all the members of the family wake up with their bodies swapped: The father is in his wife's body, the girl is trapped in the grandmother's body, the teenage twins are not themselves... Chaos takes over. the family and, desperate, they ask themselves: Who is who? While the family faces crazy situations and hilarious circumstances, the Fuentes must learn to get under each other's skin and trust each other to turn the situation around. Will they be able to return to their original bodies and get their lives back?

5.8

MagicScore

#18

The Dude in Me

2019

Dong-hyun is a high school student. One day, he falls from the rooftop and bumps into Pan-soo who is a passerby. Pan-soo is a member of a criminal organization. When the two men wake up in the hospital, they discover that they have switched bodies.

7.8

MagicScore

#19

Send Help

2026

Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist

1942

Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like 18 Again!?

The top films similar to 18 Again! by MovieMagicScore are Vice Versa (5.8), Like Father Like Son (5.7), Bedazzled (6.1). Each shares comedy/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is 18 Again! worth watching?

18 Again! holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 93 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is 18 Again!?

18 Again! (1988) is a comedy, fantasy film directed by Paul Flaherty, starring George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts.

Where can I find more recommendations like 18 Again!?

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About movies like 18 Again!

This ranked list pairs 18 Again! (1988), a comedy and fantasy film from Paul Flaherty, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of George Burns take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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