Movies like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul (2013)
The best movies like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul (2013) are Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), One Crazy Summer (1986) and Role Models (2008). If The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOffice Space (1999)7.4/10 from 3,603 votes
- NewestThe Dreadful (2026)Released 2026
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Crazy Summer (1986)
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRole Models (2008)
Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNaughty & Nice (2014)
A cynical radio host is banished to Colorado, where he has an on-air spat with a hopeless romantic. Soon, their antagonistic relationship sparks the interest of the whole town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAirplane! (1980)
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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 thisRun Ronnie Run (2002)
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisUHF (1989)
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSugar (2008)
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Star (1974)
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOffice Space (1999)
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... (2025)
Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHorrible Bosses (2011)
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGeorge Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (2008)
It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, religion, bureaucracy, patriotism, overprotected children and big business to the pungent examinations of modern language and the decrepit state of the American culture.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMorning Glory (2010)
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe TV Set (2007)
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreadful (2026)
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoodbye June (2025)
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli (2024)
Pete Davidson's fourth comedy special explores what it means to grow up, turning 30, love, life, and living in the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuest House Paradiso (1999)
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul?
The closest matches to The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul are Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), One Crazy Summer (1986) and Role Models (2008). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul?
Start with Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), the closest match to The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul?
Office Space (1999), rated 7.4/10 by 3,603 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul?
The Dreadful (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul?
Yes: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), One Crazy Summer (1986) and Role Models (2008).
How are movies similar to The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.