Movies like Role Models (2008)
The best movies like Role Models (2008) are Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Step Brothers (2008) and Old School (2003). If Role Models hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSuperbad (2007)7.3/10 from 8,500 votes
- NewestBusboys (2026)Released 2026
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStep Brothers (2008)
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOld School (2003)
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrown Ups (2010)
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperbad (2007)
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrandma's Boy (2006)
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apartment, he's forced to move in with his grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTed (2012)
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hangover (2009)
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCedar Rapids (2011)
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dictator (2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProject X (2012)
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRicky Stanicky (2024)
When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. But when their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire a washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator to bring him to life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccepted (2006)
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Promotion (2008)
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClerks II (2006)
A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBad Teacher (2011)
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Internship (2013)
Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBusboys (2026)
A pair of idiot friends believe that if they become waiters, all of their problems will be solved. They aren't entirely wrong, but they aren't entirely right.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
21 & Over (2013)
Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisForgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBilly Madison (1995)
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sitter (2011)
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Love You, Man (2009)
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEuroTrip (2004)
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Babymakers (2012)
After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Slammin' Salmon (2009)
The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHow High (2001)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Role Models?
The closest matches to Role Models are Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Step Brothers (2008) and Old School (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Role Models?
People who watched Role Models most often go on to Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Step Brothers (2008) and Old School (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Role Models?
Superbad (2007), rated 7.3/10 by 8,500 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Role Models?
Busboys (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Role Models?
Yes: Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Step Brothers (2008) and Old School (2003).
How are movies similar to Role Models chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Role Models, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.