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Movies Like National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

If you liked National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016), a comedy and music movie directed by Nick Wickham, 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. 1Bo Burnham: Make Happy

    Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)

    ★ 8/10Also comedy and music

    Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles…

  2. 2Soul Men

    Soul Men (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music

    Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…

  3. 3A Mighty Wind

    A Mighty Wind (2003)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

  4. 4Get Crazy

    Get Crazy (1983)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music

    Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock…

  5. 5Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

    Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music

    Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.

  6. 6The After Party

    The After Party (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music

    When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.

  7. 7A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera (1935)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and music

    The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and…

  8. 8Fun 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.

  9. 9Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words

    Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and music

    Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special, shot live in his home town of Boston.

  10. 10Fear of a Black Hat

    Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music

    Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and…

  11. 11Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes

    Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes (2022)

    ★ 8.1/10Also comedy and music

    Exactly one year after the release of the one man show, "Bo Burnham: Inside" (made in one room, by one person, throughout the pandemic,) comes a series of unseen outtakes, deleted scenes, alternative versions of songs…

  12. 12Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and music

    When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting…

  13. 13John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

    John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)

    ★ 7.9/10Also comedy

    John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.

  14. 14Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

    Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    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...

  15. 15Babes

    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.

  16. 16Adam Sandler: Love You

    Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Adam Sandler hits the stage for a thrillingly unpredictable comedy special featuring songs, jokes, party-crashing dogs and plenty of love.

  17. 17Dave Chappelle: The Closer

    Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    As he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest.

  18. 18Hard 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…

  19. 19Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music

    The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll.

  20. 20The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium

    The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium (2023)

    ★ 7.8/10Also music

    Filmed at LA's SoFi Stadium, The Weeknd brings down the house – and your living room – in this epic concert event.

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