Movies like Demolition

Demolition (2016) is a comedy movie directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Asteroid City (2023)
★ 6.5 · 2,667 votes · Comedy, Drama
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Movies like Asteroid City →
2. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7 · 1,549 votes · Drama, Comedy
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Movies like This Is Where I Leave You →
3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
★ 8.1 · 7,457 votes · Comedy, Crime
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels →
4. Inherent Vice (2014)
★ 6.5 · 2,816 votes · Drama, Mystery, Comedy
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Movies like Inherent Vice →
5. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
★ 6.6 · 2,398 votes · Comedy, Adventure
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Movies like Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle →
6. Meet the Parents (2000)
★ 6.7 · 6,606 votes · Comedy, Romance
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.
Movies like Meet the Parents →
7. The Descendants (2011)
★ 6.8 · 3,174 votes · Comedy, Drama
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Movies like The Descendants →
8. Love, Simon (2018)
★ 8.0 · 6,358 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Movies like Love, Simon →
9. But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
★ 7.1 · 899 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
Movies like But I'm a Cheerleader →
10. The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7 · 6,972 votes · Action, Comedy, Crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Movies like The Gentlemen →
11. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
★ 8.4 · 14,312 votes · Comedy, Drama
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Movies like Life Is Beautiful →
12. Short Cuts (1993)
★ 7.2 · 722 votes · Drama, Comedy
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Movies like Short Cuts →
13. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
★ 7.5 · 856 votes · Comedy, Drama
Veteran drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson take novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their wing on a madcap road trip across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Los Angeles.
Movies like To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar →
14. Shiva Baby (2021)
★ 7.1 · 830 votes · Comedy, Drama
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Movies like Shiva Baby →
15. Very Bad Things (1998)
★ 6.3 · 720 votes · Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
Movies like Very Bad Things →
16. After Hours (1985)
★ 7.5 · 1,855 votes · Comedy, Thriller, Drama
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
Movies like After Hours →

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Movies like Demolition

Demolition (2016) is a comedy movie directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Asteroid City (2023)
★ 6.5 · 2,667 votes · Comedy, Drama
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Movies like Asteroid City →
2. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7 · 1,549 votes · Drama, Comedy
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Movies like This Is Where I Leave You →
3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
★ 8.1 · 7,457 votes · Comedy, Crime
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels →
4. Inherent Vice (2014)
★ 6.5 · 2,816 votes · Drama, Mystery, Comedy
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Movies like Inherent Vice →
5. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
★ 6.6 · 2,398 votes · Comedy, Adventure
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Movies like Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle →
6. Meet the Parents (2000)
★ 6.7 · 6,606 votes · Comedy, Romance
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.
Movies like Meet the Parents →
7. The Descendants (2011)
★ 6.8 · 3,174 votes · Comedy, Drama
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Movies like The Descendants →
8. Love, Simon (2018)
★ 8.0 · 6,358 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Movies like Love, Simon →
9. But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
★ 7.1 · 899 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
Movies like But I'm a Cheerleader →
10. The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7 · 6,972 votes · Action, Comedy, Crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Movies like The Gentlemen →
11. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
★ 8.4 · 14,312 votes · Comedy, Drama
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Movies like Life Is Beautiful →
12. Short Cuts (1993)
★ 7.2 · 722 votes · Drama, Comedy
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Movies like Short Cuts →
13. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
★ 7.5 · 856 votes · Comedy, Drama
Veteran drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson take novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their wing on a madcap road trip across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Los Angeles.
Movies like To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar →
14. Shiva Baby (2021)
★ 7.1 · 830 votes · Comedy, Drama
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Movies like Shiva Baby →
15. Very Bad Things (1998)
★ 6.3 · 720 votes · Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
Movies like Very Bad Things →
16. After Hours (1985)
★ 7.5 · 1,855 votes · Comedy, Thriller, Drama
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
Movies like After Hours →

1. Asteroid City (2023)

2. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

4. Inherent Vice (2014)

5. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

6. Meet the Parents (2000)

7. The Descendants (2011)

8. Love, Simon (2018)

9. But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)

10. The Gentlemen (2020)

11. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

12. Short Cuts (1993)

13. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

14. Shiva Baby (2021)

15. Very Bad Things (1998)

16. After Hours (1985)

Related lists

1. Asteroid City (2023)

2. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

4. Inherent Vice (2014)

5. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

6. Meet the Parents (2000)

7. The Descendants (2011)

8. Love, Simon (2018)

9. But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)

10. The Gentlemen (2020)

11. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

12. Short Cuts (1993)

13. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

14. Shiva Baby (2021)

15. Very Bad Things (1998)

16. After Hours (1985)

Related lists