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Movies that feel likeIdiocracy (2006)

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

If you loved Idiocracy, the closest films we have are Office Space (1999), The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013) and Miracle Mile (1989). All three share Idiocracy's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is In the Loop (2009).

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Office Space
1999 · dir. Mike Judge
🍅 82%★ 7.6comedyParamount+

Both are Mike Judge's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Idiocracy does

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

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🍅 68%★ 7adventure · comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

The difference: Trades the tension of Idiocracy for an angle of its own

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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Miracle Mile
1989 · dir. Steve De Jarnatt
🍅 91%★ 7science fiction · thriller · comedyPrime Video

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Idiocracy does

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!

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Bugonia
2025 · dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
🍅 87%★ 7.4science fiction · thriller · comedyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: capitalism

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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Attack the Block
2011 · dir. Joe Cornish
🍅 91%★ 6.6action · comedy · science fiction

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Leans harder into action than Idiocracy does

A South London teen gang must team up with the other residents of their housing estate to protect the neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

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Mickey 17
2025 · dir. Bong Joon Ho
🍅 77%★ 6.7science fiction · comedy · adventureMax

Both land ideas and scale at once

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

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Mars Attacks!
1996 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 57%★ 6.4comedy · fantasy · science fiction

Both are working the same pair: usa president, congress

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

Tense and darkly funny in the same breath

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Science fiction with a pulse of play, in both cases

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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In the Loop
2009 · dir. Armando Iannucci
🍅 94%★ 7.4comedy

Darkly funny adventure, and it commits to that

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Witty thriller in both cases

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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