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Movies that feel likeShaun of the Dead (2004)

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

If you loved Shaun of the Dead, the closest films we have are The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) and Office Space (1999). All three share Shaun of the Dead's darkly funny and witty 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).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Edgar Wrightdarkly funnywittyplayfulwarm
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The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · dir. Martin McDonagh
🍅 96%★ 7.6drama · comedyRent or buy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Shaun of the Dead does

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

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

The same preoccupation in both: satire

The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than Shaun of the Dead does

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

One thread runs through both: satire

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

Common ground: dark comedy

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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This Is the End
2013 · dir. Evan Goldberg
🍅 82%★ 6.6action · comedy

Friends bickering about petty grudges while the world actually ends

The difference: Celebrity in-jokes and improv sprawl over carefully built gags

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

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

The same mix in both: dark humor, then wit

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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Scary Movie
2000 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 52%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Peacock

Horror tropes mocked gag by gag by people who know the genre

The difference: Pure spoof with no story to care about — crude and scattershot

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

Playful comedy in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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

Deadpan grotesque comedy about hopeless men stuck with each other

The difference: No zombies and no action — a slow, strange family fable

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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A Man Called Ove
2015 · dir. Hannes Holm
🍅 91%★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Horror built on warmth, twice over

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Both lean on dark humor more than on comedy

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

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Life of Brian
1979 · dir. Terry Jones
🍅 96%★ 8comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: parody

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1970s show

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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