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Movies that feel likeThe Big Short (2015)

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

If you loved The Big Short, the closest films we have are Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2017), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) and Vice (2018). All three share The Big Short's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Taxi (2015).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Adam McKaywittyplayfulcontemplative
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Paramount Plus Premium · Kino Film Collection

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 · dir. Daniel Rezende
🍅 85%★ 7.9comedy · drama

A based-on-truth rise built on showbiz absurdity and ego

The difference: Brazilian clown-fame story — no systemic anger at all

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Starz

The McKay-Ferrell absurdity that The Big Short later weaponized

The difference: Pure silliness — nothing at stake but the laughs

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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Vice
2018 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 64%★ 7.2drama · comedy · historyRent or buy

McKay again weaponizing comedy to explain how power really works

The difference: Meaner and more scattershot — the tricks wear thinner

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

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Step Brothers
2008 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 54%★ 6.9comedy

Adam McKay working the same nerve twice

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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.

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The Disaster Artist
2017 · dir. James Franco
🍅 90%★ 7.3comedy · dramaRent or buy

A true story where the absurdity is the point and the punchline

The difference: One man's folly, not a system's — the stakes are only a movie

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

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Instant Family
2018 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 82%★ 7.3comedy · dramaStarz

A true-story comedy that sneaks real feeling under the jokes

The difference: Warm domestic stakes — no fraud, no fury

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

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Taxi
2015 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 96%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Sly, talky social commentary smuggled inside a comedy

The difference: An Iranian docufiction ride — minimalist by design

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

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Gifted
2017 · dir. Marc Webb
🍅 73%★ 7.6drama · comedy

A crowd-pleaser balancing wit with a genuine moral question

The difference: Small custody drama — sentiment leads, satire absent

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

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Confessions of an Invisible Girl
2021 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 5.3comedy · dramaNetflix

A wry narrator confiding the absurd rules of her world

The difference: A teen coming-of-age trifle — nothing systemic at stake

When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.

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Instructions Not Included
2013 · dir. Eugenio Derbez
🍅 63%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

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Two Is a Family
2016 · dir. Hugo Gélin
🍅 43%★ 7.3drama · comedy

Contemplative comedy, and it commits to that

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

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The Fundamentals of Caring
2016 · dir. Rob Burnett
🍅 80%★ 7.3comedy · dramaNetflix

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the western states. The folks they collect along the way will help them test their skills for surviving outside their calculated existence. Together, they come to understand the importance of hope and the necessity of true friendship.

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