Movies Like Kilroy Was Here
If you liked Kilroy Was Here (1947), a comedy movie directed by Phil Karlson, 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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Accepted (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
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Old School (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyThree friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
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Animal House (1978)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyAt a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyA sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
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Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
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So Undercover (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter…
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
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Life of the Party (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea…
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The F**k-It List (2020)
★ 6/10Also comedyAfter a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.
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Roommates (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyWhen shy college freshman Devon asks cool-girl Celeste to be her roommate, a blossoming friendship quickly spirals into a war of passive aggression.
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Major Payne (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyMajor Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian…
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How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyJamal 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…
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It's What's Inside (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA pre-wedding reunion descends into a psychological nightmare for a group of college friends when a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase.
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The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyTwo young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
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Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyThe story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.
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Mistress America (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.
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Honor Society (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyHonor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor…
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Driver's Ed (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA 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.
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Road Trip (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAfter a student at the University of Ithaca films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the homemade sex tape to his girlfriend in Austin. In a…
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Taking Care of Business (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyAn 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.