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Movies Like Skinny Jo

If you liked Skinny Jo (2012), a movie directed by Julia Tasker, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Half Baked

    Half Baked (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.

  2. 2Never Goin' Back

    Never Goin' Back (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all of their money in a drug scam, the girls -- blissfully stoned -- go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to…

  3. 3Smiley Face

    Smiley Face (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug…

  4. 4Trainspotting

    Trainspotting (1996)

    ★ 8/10

    Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning…

  5. 5American Ultra

    American Ultra (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an…

  6. 6The Get Out

    The Get Out (2026)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A nightclub owner is on the verge of leaving his dangerous past behind for retirement with his girlfriend. When masked gunmen rob him and he finds himself squeezed by ruthless cartels, a mysterious newcomer arrives…

  7. 7Up in Smoke

    Up in Smoke (1978)

    ★ 6.6/10

    An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for…

  8. 8Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

  9. 9American Honey

    American Honey (2016)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, risky hustles, and fleeting romances…

  10. 10The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski (1998)

    ★ 7.9/10

    Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange…

  11. 11Smoke

    Smoke (1995)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate…

  12. 12The Gentlemen

    The Gentlemen (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10

    American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an…

  13. 13Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."

  14. 14The Mexican

    The Mexican (2001)

    ★ 6/10

    Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The…

  15. 15Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.

  16. 16Nice Dreams

    Nice Dreams (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spaced-out duo sells enough of their "specially mixed" ice cream to…

  17. 17Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It

    Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Out of jail and broke, Julian concocts an outrageously greasy scheme to get rich and, to make it even greasier, he will have to deliver his product to his arch-enemy, Cyrus, who’s waiting in Montreal to close the dirty…

  18. 18The Mule

    The Mule (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a…

  19. 19Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

    Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend…

  20. 2080 for Brady

    80 for Brady (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, discovering that it's never too late to live life…

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