Movies like The King of Staten Island
The King of Staten Island (2020) is a comedy movie directed by Judd Apatow. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Half Baked (1998)
★ 6.3 · 677 votes · Comedy, Crime
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
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2. Smoke (1995)
★ 7.2 · 554 votes · Comedy, Drama
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
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3. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
★ 7.2 · 1,076 votes · Comedy, Drama
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
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4. How High (2001)
★ 6.4 · 1,100 votes · Comedy
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
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5. 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.
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6. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
★ 6.7 · 785 votes · Comedy, Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
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7. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
★ 7.0 · 1,121 votes · Comedy, Drama
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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8. Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1 · 349 votes · Comedy, Action, Drama
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
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9. Igby Goes Down (2002)
★ 6.6 · 363 votes · Comedy, Drama
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.
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10. Saturday Night (2024)
★ 6.7 · 412 votes · Comedy, Drama
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
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