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Movies that feel like Step Brothers (2008)

If you loved Step Brothers, the closest films we have are Booksmart (2019), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) and American Reunion (2012). All three share Step Brothers' 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 Netflix, Apple TV and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.

πŸ… 54% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Adam McKaywittyplayfulwistful

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Booksmart
2019 Β· dir. Olivia Wilde
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1comedy

Common ground: buddy

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 Β· dir. Adam McKay
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3comedy

Adam McKay working the same nerve twice

The difference: Missing the wistfulness of Step Brothers

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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American Reunion
2012 Β· dir. Jon Hurwitz
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.7comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.

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Superbad
2007 Β· dir. Greg Mottola
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6comedy

Both are built on the same subject: buddy

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004 Β· dir. Adam McKay
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.1comedy

Adam McKay directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

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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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 Β· dir. John Hughes
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.8comedy

Both lean on wistfulness more than on comedy

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

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The Squid and the Whale
2005 Β· dir. Noah Baumbach
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Step Brothers does

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

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3 Idiots
2009 Β· dir. Rajkumar Hirani
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8.4drama Β· comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside downβ€”along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

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Eighth Grade
2018 Β· dir. Bo Burnham
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

A streak of wistfulness through both

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school β€” the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year β€” before she begins high school.

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Me, Myself & Irene
2000 Β· dir. Peter Farrelly
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.6comedy

The shared currency is wit

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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The Other Guys
2010 Β· dir. Adam McKay
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.7comedy Β· action Β· crime

Both sit in the same playful register

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

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Flickering Lights
2000 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.5action Β· comedy Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: childhood trauma

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.

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