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Movies Like Well Received the Death of an Artist

If you liked Well Received the Death of an Artist (2012), a history and comedy movie directed by Jason King, here are 19 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

    Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

  2. 2Fun 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.

  3. 3Hard 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…

  4. 4Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years

    Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (2025)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.

  5. 5John 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.

  6. 6I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to…

  7. 7Driver's Ed

    Driver's Ed (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    A 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.

  8. 8Amazon Women on the Moon

    Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some…

  9. 9Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and history

    Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

  10. 10Ricky Gervais: Mortality

    Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.

  11. 11Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital (1982)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the…

  12. 12Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  13. 13Adventures in Public School

    Adventures in Public School (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.

  14. 14Die Hart

    Die Hart (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.

  15. 15Eddie Murphy Raw

    Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

  16. 16Cadet Kelly

    Cadet Kelly (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

  17. 17Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

    Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who…

  18. 18Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

    Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

  19. 19Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

    Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.

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