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Movies Like Permission Streak

If you liked Permission Streak (2016), a comedy movie directed by Ryan Trecartin, here are 19 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Driver's Ed

    Driver's Ed (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

  2. 2Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

    Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.

  3. 3How High

    How High (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until…

  4. 4Babes

    Babes (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

  5. 5Ricky Gervais: Mortality

    Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.

  6. 6Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  7. 7Wet Hot American Summer

    Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.

  8. 8Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer

    Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.

  9. 9Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  10. 10Hard to Die

    Hard to Die (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…

  11. 11Sextuplets

    Sextuplets (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.

  12. 12Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening

    Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Aziz Ansari presents his highly anticipated debut hour long stand-up special. The critically acclaimed stand-up and actor (Parks and Recreation, Funny People) discusses topics ranging from sheets with fraudulent thread…

  13. 13Die, Mommie, Die!

    Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her…

  14. 14Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  15. 15Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

  16. 16Ricky Gervais: Humanity

    Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

  17. 17Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

  18. 18The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man (1961)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…

  19. 19Pretty Persuasion

    Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

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