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Movies that feel like Office Space (1999)

If you loved Office Space, the closest films we have are Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Election (1999) and Trading Places (1983). All three share Office Space's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mike Judgewittyplayfuldarkly funny

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 Β· dir. Michael Patrick Jann
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.7comedy

The same preoccupation in both: satire

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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Election
1999 Β· dir. Alexander Payne
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: satire

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Office Space does

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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Trading Places
1983 Β· dir. John Landis
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.5comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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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Lost in America
1985 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7comedy

Comedy with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

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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πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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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Idiocracy
2006 Β· dir. Mike Judge
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both are Mike Judge's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than Office Space does

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.

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In the Loop
2009 Β· dir. Armando Iannucci
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4comedy

Both lean on play more than on comedy

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

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Scary Movie
2000 Β· dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3comedy

Both sit in the same darkly funny register

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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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan poster
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6comedy

The shared currency is wit

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

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Life of Brian
1979 Β· dir. Terry Jones
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8comedy

Both run playful where it counts

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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Look Who's Back
2015 Β· dir. David Wnendt
β˜… 7comedy

Both work the same dark humor

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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The Producers
1968 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy

Comedy approached the same way

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back β€” and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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