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Movies that feel like Scary Movie 5 (2013)

If you loved Scary Movie 5, the closest films we have are Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). All three share Scary Movie 5'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 Netflix, HBO Max and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Home with their newly-formed family, happy parents Dan and Jody are haunted by sinister, paranormal activities. Determined to expel the insidious force, they install security cameras and discover their family is being stalked by an evil dead demon.

🍅 4% Rotten Tomatoes3.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Malcolm D. Leewittyplayfuldread
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Scary Movie (2000) · Scary Movie 2 (2001) · Scary Movie 3 (2003) · Scary Movie 4 (2006)

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
🍅 67%4.9comedy · horror

Common ground: parody

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Zombieland: Double Tap
2019 · dir. Ruben Fleischer
🍅 68%6.7horror · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: spoof

The difference: Leans harder into horror than Scary Movie 5 does

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%6.3comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Not nearly as dread-soaked as Scary Movie 5

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 31%5.6comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: None of the dread Scary Movie 5 is built on

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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Get Hard
2015 · dir. Etan Cohen
🍅 28%6comedy · crime

Comedy with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Scary Movie 5 does

When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2
2021 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
3.8horror · thriller · comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

When something horrible happens to the only survivor of a bloody massacre, an insecure rookie cop must overcome his fears to stop further carnage.

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

A streak of wit through both

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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Suck Me Shakespeer 2
2015 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
5.9comedy

Both run playful where it counts

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

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Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013 · dir. Roberto Santucci
4.9comedy

Comedy approached the same way

After all the trouble in the first film, Tino and Jane have more fun adventures. Still tasting bitter failure, they see a light at the end of the tunnel with uncle Olavinho’s unexpected inheritance. However, the will carries an unusual request: the rich uncle wants his ashes to be scattered throughout the Grand Canyon. The couple takes the opportunity of the trip to fulfill this wish and decides to go to Las Vegas and end up getting into comical situations. Big time spender Tino will fall into the greatest temptations and indulge in the casinos of the gambling city.

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No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido
2019 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%4.3comedy

Both play comedy straight

Zequi and Lucy are about to get married. Although he promises not to overdo it during the bachelor party, things get out of control.

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · dir. Jemaine Clement
🍅 96%7.6comedy · horror

Both work the same dread

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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Welcome to the North
2012 · dir. Luca Miniero
5.4comedy

The same comedy instincts

Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!

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