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Movies that feel like In the Loop (2009)

If you loved In the Loop, the closest films we have are Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) and Scary Movie (2000). All three share In the Loop's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Armando Iannucciwittyplayfuldarkly funny

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: In the Mood for Love (2000) · In the Heart of the Sea (2015) · In the Grey (2026)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan poster
🍅 90%7.4comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

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

Dark comedy sits at the heart of each

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Scary Movie
2000 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 52%6.3comedy

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!

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Trading Places
1983 · dir. John Landis
🍅 87%7.5comedy

Both trade on wit more than on being comedy

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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I Want Your Sex
2026 · dir. Gregg Araki
6.4comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy, his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.

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Lost in America
1985 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 95%7comedy

Both work the same dark humor

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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Life of Brian
1979 · dir. Terry Jones
🍅 96%8comedy

Wit is the shared currency

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

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I'm All Right Jack
1959 · dir. John Boulting
🍅 83%7.1comedy

Both sit in the same playful register

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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🍅 66%7.1comedy

The same comedy instincts

The difference: Missing the dark humor of In the Loop

It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.

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Project X
2012 · dir. Nima Nourizadeh
🍅 28%6.7comedy

Comedy approached the same way

Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

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Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 47%6.6comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%7.5comedy

Both are comedy through and through

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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