Movies like Kenny (2006)
The best movies like Kenny (2006) are Looking for Alibrandi (2000), The Wog Boy (2000) and Housos vs. Authority (2012). If Kenny hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKiller Bean Forever (2008)7.2/10 from 201 votes
- NewestTommy Little: Pretty Fly for A Dickhead (2023)Released 2023
Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Josie Alibrandi is 17 and doesn't know where she belongs. This year, however, everything is going to change. Josie will face her fears, uncover secrets, and even discover the true identity of her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Wog Boy (2000)
Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to Celia, to himself, and to the whole country, that there's more to him than meets the eye. With a little help from his friends, he might just do it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Housos vs. Authority (2012)
Franky and his best mate Dazza travel in a drug-laden campervan from the western outskirts of Sydney to Uluru so that Dazza's foul-mouthed girlfriend, Shazza, can be reunited with the dying mother she hasn't seen since she was three.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Fat Pizza (2003)
Fat Pizza is yet another slice of life at a dodgy suburban Sydney take away. Bobo Gigliotti the psychotic pizzeria owner/pizza chef is awaiting the arrival of his mail-order refugee bride Lin Chow Bang, and a new pizza deliverer is on the block. Channel V's Jabba almost steals the show as token skip delivery boy Davo Dinkum, a stoner with a bong strapped to his face like a feedbag.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDanny Deckchair (2003)
An unappreciated laborer's patience reaches breaking point when his girlfriend cancels a romantic holiday. Making light of the situation, he decides to tie hundreds of helium balloons to a chair in an outlandish bid to float to a new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReckless Kelly (1993)
A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Castle (1997)
The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCrackerjack (2002)
When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club a prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dish (2000)
A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Three Stooges (2000)
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Nugget (2002)
'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Tommy Little: Pretty Fly for A Dickhead (2023)
Tommy Little is the reigning rock star of Australian comedy. Now the country's favourite dickhead has done something that nobody thought was a good idea, he became a pilot. While most of us were busy giving up on baking in the lockdowns, Tommy aimed for the heavens, taking flying lessons and nailing his first solo flight (well, sort of). You'll hear about this, and other adventures in Pretty Fly For A Dickhead. On stage, Tommy is a perpetual motion machine, constantly working the crowd and landing line after line.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Fat Pizza vs Housos (2014)
After fifteen years, pizza chef Bobo is released from prison. Rent has gone up so the only shop Bobo can afford is in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBackyard Ashes (2013)
Dougie Waters loves nothing more than a weekend barbie and cricket match with his mates. But his paradise on earth is destroyed when his best mate and neighbour Norm is forced to leave town and their new boss, a pompous English administrator called Edward Lords, moves in. The animosity between the two men peaks during one fateful backyard cricket match when Dougie hits a ball that accidentally stuns Edward's prize winning cat, Dexter. The cat falls into the roaring BBQ and is instantly incinerated, leaving only ashes. Dougie's son captures footage of the unfortunate event on camera and it is uploaded onto YouTube where the video instantly goes viral! The idea of a backyard cricketing challenge is hatched, with the winner keeping the ashes of Edward's deceased cat, Dexter. The two teams battle it out in the greatest game of backyard cricket ever for the Backyard Ashes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Paperback Hero (1999)
Australian truck driver Jack has written a successful romance novel under the name of his best friend's girlfriend - Ruby Vale. When a publisher arrives to sign up 'Ruby', complications arise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once he arrives, things do not go to plan, and he must drive the DS into the outback alongside a blind young woman in order to track down its seller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
A troubled teenager undergoes a radical transformation after the screening of a scandalous student film and his subsequent fall from a roof.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Big Steal (1990)
Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After he is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer Gordon Farkes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Malcolm (1986)
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. With Frank's help, Malcolm turns to a life of crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the Australian ghetto in Earls Court, where his old mate Curly has a flat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Fantasm (1976)
Jurgen Noetafreud is a professor of the psyche of human sexuality, who introduces 10 short segments from his case studies of the most common female sexual fantasies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Three Stooges (2012)
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKiller Bean Forever (2008)
When things go bad in Beantown, top assassin Killer Bean is called to clean-up the mess. Detective Cromwell finds himself in the middle between Killer Bean and mob boss Cappuccino.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSextuplets (2019)
Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSouth Park the Streaming Wars Part 2 (2022)
A drought has brought the town of South Park to the brink of disaster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kenny?
The closest matches to Kenny are Looking for Alibrandi (2000), The Wog Boy (2000) and Housos vs. Authority (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kenny?
People who watched Kenny most often go on to Looking for Alibrandi (2000), The Wog Boy (2000) and Housos vs. Authority (2012).
What is the highest-rated movie like Kenny?
Killer Bean Forever (2008), rated 7.2/10 by 201 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kenny?
Tommy Little: Pretty Fly for A Dickhead (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Kenny?
Yes: Looking for Alibrandi (2000), The Wog Boy (2000) and Housos vs. Authority (2012).
How are movies similar to Kenny chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kenny, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.