Movies Like Media Trained
If you liked Media Trained (2025), a comedy and thriller movie directed by Punya Chatterjee, 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.
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Self Reliance (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and thrillerWhen a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. His only problem is that none of his friends…
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House Party (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyYoung Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of…
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This Is the End (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyWhile attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
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72 HOURS (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyTo save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
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Booksmart (2019)
★ 7/10Also comedyTwo academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to…
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Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyAziz 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…
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Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyAziz Ansari channels his crude side taking on topics like watching porn and the struggles of dating in New York City.
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Beau Is Afraid (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
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Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyAnsari headlines the iconic Madison Square Garden and delivers his most hilarious and insightful stand-up yet. Filmed in front of a sold-out audience, Ansari's latest special is an uproarious document of the comic in…
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Rotting in the Sun (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thrillerA filmmaker facing an existential crisis goes on a vacation to a Mexican gay nudist beach, where he meets a social media celebrity who convinces him to collaborate with him on his new TV show. But one disappears and…
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Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyRichard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.
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A Simple Favor (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and comedyStephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and…
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One of Them Days (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBest friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the…
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Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983)
★ 7.6/10Also comedyTaped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen…
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High Strung (1992)
★ 6/10Also comedyThane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins another day of complaining to himself…
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyCreatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative…
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The Onion Movie (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyVenerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits…
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Seriously Single (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyWhile her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
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Me Time (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyWith his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
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Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
★ 8/10Also comedyStuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.