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Movies Like Cost of Living

If you liked Cost of Living (2011), a comedy and action movie directed by BenDavid Grabinski, 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. 1Monster Truck Mater

    Monster Truck Mater (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and action

    As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler. But rival wrestlers I-Screamer, Captain Collision, and The…

  2. 2Porno

    Porno (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and horror

    When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.

  3. 3Hold the Fort

    Hold the Fort (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and comedy

    A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.

  4. 4Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy

    A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

  5. 5DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger

    DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and horror

    Jess joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.

  6. 6How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy

    Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

  7. 7Accident Man

    Accident Man (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy

    Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

  8. 8London Calling

    London Calling (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and comedy

    After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.

  9. 9Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham

    Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy

    Spider-Ham faces off against bad guys, chows down on hot dogs, and makes plenty of food-based puns.

  10. 10Deadpool: No Good Deed

    Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also action and comedy

    Deadpool sees an opportunity to save the day, but it doesn't go entirely as planned.

  11. 11Hard to Die

    Hard to Die (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also action and 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…

  12. 12Mater and the Ghostlight

    Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horror

    Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…

  13. 13Bad

    Bad (1977)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and comedy

    Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She…

  14. 14Dave Made a Maze

    Dave Made a Maze (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horror

    Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…

  15. 15Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and comedy

    Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

  16. 16Cotton Comes to Harlem

    Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and comedy

    Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger…

  17. 17Secret Society of Second-Born Royals

    Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and comedy

    A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.

  18. 18Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also action and comedy

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  19. 19Day Shift

    Day Shift (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and horror

    An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.

  20. 20Tokyo Mater

    Tokyo Mater (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and action

    A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special…

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