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Step Brothers (2008)
339K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
Style:
humorous, hilarious, melancholic, talky, stylized, laugh out loud, not serious, feel good, mysterious, slapstick ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
friendship, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, slacker, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, divorce, drums, sibling rivalry, friendship between men, stupidity, family relations, father son relationship, stoner, man child, adulthood, goofy hero, living with parents, parents and children, family life, brothers, bromance, adult humor, illicit affair, stoned ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, seattle
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Most similar movies to Step Brothers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and absurd films with plots about storytelling, disorder, mentor, pornography, dialogue, brutality and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Sport and Adventure genres. Some movies like Step Brothers: Old School (2003), The Campaign (2012), 21 & Over (2013), Hot Rod (2007), Movie 43 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, north america, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
256K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, laugh out loud, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
college, party, college life, public nudity, friendship, caught cheating, fraternity, beer, youth, male nudity, college student, campus ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, san diego california, los angeles, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
141K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style:
parody, funny, satirical, political, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, satire, congressman, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, political corruption, sarcasm, election campaign, mentor, stereotypes ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
80K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
Style:
humorous, not serious, teen sex comedy, teen, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
college, youth, friends, college life, college student, adolescence vs adulthood, nothing goes right, cell phone, three friends, homoerotic friendship, high school, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
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99K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most ...
Style:
funny, feel good, witty, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, friendship, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, young man, team, goofy hero, contests and competitions, determination, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" ...
Style:
funny, humorous, spoof, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, betrayal, racing, stupidity, sport competition, farce, satire, car, auto racing, competition, championship, comeback ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
Similarity:
83%
120K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
Style:
parody, not serious, funny, sexy, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gross out humor, irreverence, stupidity, youth, toilet humor, sex, escapades, teenage life, satire, multiple storylines, disorder ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, dark comedy, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
satire, surrealism, stupidity, slacker, sexual abuse, goofy hero, parents and children, unsuccessful, dull life, stoner, dysfunctional family, bad taste humour ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, pakistan
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
stoner, marijuana, weed, geek, stupidity, adolescence, workplace, drug, dumb, caught masturbating, cannabis, sexual humor ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Style:
light, humorous, melancholic, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot:
insurance, happy ending, friendship, convention, justice, greed, life philosophy, adaptation, dysfunctional family, adultery, road trip, friends ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
iowa, usa, minnesota, wisconsin, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly
Plot:
stupidity, graduation, teacher, elementary school, prank, immaturity, bullying, happy ending, teachers and students, high school, dumb, party ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, friendship, teenager, small town, adolescence, election, bullying, high school life, nerd, loser, bully, salesman ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
idaho, america, usa, north america, utah ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, not serious, hilarious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
brother sister relationship, child in peril, comedy of errors, nanny, youth, party, restaurant, punched in the face, adopted son, drug dealer, infidelity, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
83%
363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
Similarity:
75%
258K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
absurd, humorous, hilarious, not serious, action comedy ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
silly humor, teddy bear, lawyer, marijuana, foul language, buddy, satire, adoption, anthropomorphism, sarcasm, buddies, friends ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new york
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, absurd, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
road trip, dumb, dimwit, stupidity, buddies, toilet humor, parakeet, odd couple, friendship, bromance, misfit, travel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style:
parody, humorous, absurd, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
journalism, satire, father son relationship, dog, reporter, workplace, stupidity, jealousy, friendship, rivalry, media, ambitious ...
Time:
20th century, year 2013, 70s, year 1979, year 1980 ...
Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city, san diego california
Similarity:
67%
60K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.
Style:
raunchy comedy, absurd, funny, light, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
best friend, sexual humor, grownups, first kiss, adult humor, school, child protagonist, fraternity, mischievous children, friend, friendship, police ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
82%
309K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
vacation, foul language, friendship, old friends reunited, kids and family, friends, reunited friends, breast feeding, family life, childhood, group of friends, buddy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 1978, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, entertaining, talky, not serious ...
Plot:
stupidity, farce, friendship, taxidermy, dumb, nothing goes right, misfit, moral dilemma, social satire, dinner, naivete, comedy of manners ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Style:
funny, spoof, parody, satirical, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
musician, music, addiction, divorce, singer, marijuana, stupidity, success, rock, satire, farce, hip hop ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 80s, 90s, 60s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, realistic, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, party, strip club, road trip, sex, hung over, friendship, disappearance, weed, bachelor party, memory loss, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, asia, thailand, usa, bangkok thailand ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Style:
mumblecore, humorous, melancholic, inspirational, touching ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, existentialism, slacker, twists and turns, midlife crisis, brothers, everyday life, naivete, loser, parents and children, character change, immature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, new jersey, seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.
Style:
humorous, cult classic, dark comedy, harsh, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, obsession, dark humor, ambition, life is a bitch, buddies, disorder, friendship, infidelity, crumbling relationship, instructor, school ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
314K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, parody, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, fashion model, male model, dumb, satire, brainwashing, orgy, assassination, seduction, fashion, stoner, fame ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, malaysia, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
14K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
parents separation, dysfunctional family, remarry, parents and children, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, siblings relations, family feud, couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Style:
humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, stylized, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, male nudity, jackass, dirty old man, prank, stupidity, funeral, goofy hero, disorder, elderly, irresponsible ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, nebraska, tennessee, america, usa ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style:
teen, cult classic, feel good, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, adolescence, teenager, friendship, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, party, last day of school, bullying, student, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, seattle, usa ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
journalism, nothing goes right, satire, ego clash, battle of the sexes, buddies, workplace, rivalry, farce, media satire, workplace situations, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In order to enjoy his retirement, a father takes drastic measures to get his twentysomething, slacker sons to move out and fend for themselves.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, silly humor, coming of age, friendship, disorder, father son relationship, cheerleader, profanity, sexual content, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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