Movies like Poppin' Flesh (1977)
The best movies like Poppin' Flesh (1977) are Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) and The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019). If Poppin' Flesh hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedClerks (1994)7.4/10 from 2,921 votes
- NewestOne Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)Released 2026
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
The Lonely Island spoofs Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire in this visual rap album set in the Bash Brothers' 1980s heyday.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)
A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaseball Bugs (1946)
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMotorama (1991)
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gunfighter (2014)
In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisClerks (1994)
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Matrix Revisited (2001)
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCB4 (1993)
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't appear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)
An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisO Lucky Man! (1973)
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScorpio Rising (1964)
A gang of bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSea Scouts (1939)
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Benchwarmers (2006)
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Poppin' Flesh?
The closest matches to Poppin' Flesh are Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) and The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Poppin' Flesh?
Start with Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), the closest match to Poppin' Flesh.
What is the highest-rated movie like Poppin' Flesh?
Clerks (1994), rated 7.4/10 by 2,921 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Poppin' Flesh?
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Poppin' Flesh?
Yes: Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) and The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019).
How are movies similar to Poppin' Flesh chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Poppin' Flesh, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.