
Movies that feel likeThe Hangover (2009)
If you loved The Hangover, the closest films we have are Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Knocked Up (2007). All three share The Hangover'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 Key of Life (2012).
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If The Hangover hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Hangover Part II (2011) · The Hangover Part III (2013)

Wedding-driven farce where every careful plan detonates
The difference: French culture-clash comedy — gentle, not debauched

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Easier on the ideas than The Hangover

One wild night rewrites everything, panic played warm and funny
The difference: Sweet-natured and sincere — growth matters more than gags

Comedy with a pulse of uplift, in both cases
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than The Hangover does

Todd Phillips again sends dudes way out of their depth
The difference: True-story rise and fall — the laughs come with a bill

Common ground: amnesia
The difference: Trades the uplift of The Hangover for an angle of its own

An ordinary guy's life hijacked by escalating comic chaos
The difference: One-joke therapy premise stretched thin — tamer mayhem

A wedding on the line and party animals making everything worse
The difference: Raunch without mystery — there's no puzzle to piece together

Buddies in over their heads, played for swagger and big laughs
The difference: Spy-action spectacle — comedy rides on gadgets, not regret

One thread runs through both: joyous
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Phillips again — mismatched men, escalating disasters
The difference: Road trip instead of lost night

Comedy built on wit, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to action than The Hangover does
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