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Movies like Loose Ends

The best movies like Loose Ends are Hard to Die (1990), Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023) and Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint (2013). If Loose Ends hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Hard to Die (1990)

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  2. Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023)

    Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  3. Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint (2013)

    Her innocent appearance is just a cover for Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger's acerbic, stream-of-conscious comedy that she unleashes on an unsuspecting audience in her hometown of Dallas in "War Paint," her first stand-up special.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. Bowfinger (1999)

    On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. Taking Care of Business (1990)

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. The Wrong Guy (1997)

    Nelson Hibbert expects to become the new president of Nagel Industries, but Mr. Nagel gives the promotion to another employee. When Nelson barges into Nagel's office to confront him, he finds Nagel's been murdered. Fearing that he will be implicated, Nelson decides to run from the law...despite the fact that the police already know the killer's identity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. 2 Minutes of Fame (2020)

    An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

    Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. The Stöned Age (1994)

    Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks. Their paths soon cross with Tack, from whom they learn about a pair of foreign radical chicks hanging out near the Frankie Avalon place. Over Joe's objections, Hubbs worms Tack out of the deal, and the pair take a slow ride toward their destiny.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. Accident Man (2018)

    Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. How 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Mr. Bones (2001)

    A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Hooper (1978)

    Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)

    In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. One Night at McCool's (2001)

    On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots dead, later persuading Randy to take the rap for her. But this isn't the end of it, as both Randy's cousin Carl and the detective assigned to the murder case also fall for Jewel's charms and find themselves caught up in the ensuing events. It seems that any man who meets Jewel falls instantly in love with her, and she's going to use this fully to her own advantage, leaving a trail of havoc in her wake. It also seems that she is going to get away with it - that is, until Randy decides to hire a hitman...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  18. Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)

    The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. Louis C.K.: Ridiculous (2026)

    From a bee getting shot in New York City to paying strangers to take his aging father, Louis C.K. unleashes the ridiculous thoughts in his mind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. Cadet Kelly (2002)

    Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  21. 1941 (1979)

    In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  22. Get Smart (2008)

    When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  23. Father of the Bride (1991)

    George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  24. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)

    Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  25. Dinner in America (2022)

    An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  26. Summertime (2021)

    Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. Lesbionage (1988)

    In this romantic thriller, blackmail, kidnapping, and fraud combine to give two lesbian private detectives (and lovers) their toughest case. Will their relationship survive? Produced by women for women.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  28. Critters 3 (1991)

    As fanged, furious furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh leads the battle to beat back the conniving critters and save the planet.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. My Best Friend's Famous (2019)

    After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV show, he must battle his own insecurities and jealousy as well as the egocentric, spray-tanned male star of the show that is threatening his childhood friendship.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  30. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

    An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Loose Ends?

The closest matches to Loose Ends are Hard to Die (1990), Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023) and Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Loose Ends?

Start with Hard to Die (1990), the closest match to Loose Ends.

What is the highest-rated movie like Loose Ends?

Dinner in America (2022), rated 7.8/10 by 249 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Loose Ends?

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Loose Ends?

Yes: Hard to Die (1990), Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023) and Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint (2013).

How are movies similar to Loose Ends chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Loose Ends, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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