Movies Like My Best Friend's Famous
If you liked My Best Friend's Famous (2019), a comedy movie directed by Kevin Ignatius, 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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2 Minutes of Fame (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyAn up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.
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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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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
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Bowfinger (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyOn the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a…
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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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The Change-Up (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyLifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy…
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Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyFrom his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.
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The Climb (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyKyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A stormy but enduring relationship ensues between Kyle, with limitless patience, and Mike, who only lives his life by…
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Zapped (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyZoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command…
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The TV Set (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyAs a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The…
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Punching Henry (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyComedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a…
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Ricky Stanicky (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWhen three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their…
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Wish Upon a Star (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.
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Anthony Jeselnik: Bones and All (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyAnthony Jeselnik celebrates 20 years of delivering boundary-pushing comedy to the masses in this razor-sharp stand-up special.
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Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyJimmy 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.
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Funny Bones (1995)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyTommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
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Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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Joy Ride (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyWhen Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye…
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Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
★ 7/10Also comedyHawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
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Grown Ups (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyAfter their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.