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Movies like Aghaye Alef (2012)

The best movies like Aghaye Alef (2012) are 2 Minutes of Fame (2020), Adam Sandler: Love You (2024) and Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016). If Aghaye Alef 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. 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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  2. Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)

    Adam Sandler hits the stage for a thrillingly unpredictable comedy special featuring songs, jokes, party-crashing dogs and plenty of love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  3. Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)

    Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004)

    Chris Rock, the three-time Emmy Award-winner, comedian, actor, and host of HBO's acclaimed The Chris Show, stars in his fourth solo stand-up special for HBO, Chris Rock: Never Scared. Featuring his unique, insightful, and hilarious views on a host of social, political and, celebrity issues, Rock confirms his stature as the leading comic of our time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)

    In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics (2004)

    A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. Dylan Moran: Like, Totally (2006)

    Dylan Moran returns with an all-new stand-up show. Unpredictable, startling, bizarre, elegiac, but above all brilliant and hilariously funny, Moran is a master of comedy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (2008)

    An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket). Topics include the ongoing presidential campaign, the possibility of a black president, George W. Bush, gas prices, low-paid jobs, ringtones and bottled water, sex, relationships and the correct use of the n-word

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. Louis C.K.: Oh My God (2013)

    Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his acclaimed show on FX, Louie. Performed in the round in front of a live audience, he discusses such topics as the food chain, animals, divorce, strange anecdotes, broken morality, murder and mortality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. Held Up (1999)

    What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip and Zip.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  11. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly (2000)

    Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (2013)

    In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. 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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  14. Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2010)

    In this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 (2010)

    The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)

    Chris Rock delivers an electric stand-up set on non-racist yoga pants, spoiling his kids, the Kardashians and his thoughts on the Will Smith fiasco.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)

    Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage in New York and tackles talking vs. texting, bad buffets vs. so-called "great" restaurants and the magic of Pop Tarts.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. 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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  19. Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material (2021)

    Jimmy Carr finds humor in the darkest of places in this stand-up special that features his dry, sardonic wit — and some jokes he calls "career enders."

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

    Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  21. Poverty (2009)

    A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, trying to conceal the truth from his naive wife. Having squandered all the money he had on trivial matters, he tells his wife about being axed & that's when the tables turn on him.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  22. Special Line (2014)

    A hacker group empty a bank account of a big strong person. The story goes on and now they must pay for that.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  23. The New Country (2000)

    A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  24. A Controversial Birthday (2015)

    An Iranian film

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  25. Deportees (2007)

    The movie is the story of a gang of men who decide to participate in Iran-Iraq war, also known as First Gulf War, which lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. the main character, Suzuki, who is there to satisfy his beloved's father that he is worthy of marrying his daughter, goes through some moving experiences in the war and his character changes to a level that he even tries to sacrifice himself to save the others in the war. the Movie ends by his martyrdom.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  26. Nothing (2010)

    A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. Cease Fire 2 (2014)

    A young couple try to fix their marriage troubles with the help of a psychiatrist.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  28. Left Handed (2006)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. Saint Petersburg (2010)

    A newly released prisoner and an ostensibly rich youth become aware of the place of Tsar's long lost treasure by a twist of fate.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  30. The father of other (2015)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Aghaye Alef?

The closest matches to Aghaye Alef are 2 Minutes of Fame (2020), Adam Sandler: Love You (2024) and Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Aghaye Alef?

Start with 2 Minutes of Fame (2020), the closest match to Aghaye Alef.

What is the highest-rated movie like Aghaye Alef?

Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2010), rated 7.8/10 by 321 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Aghaye Alef?

Adam Sandler: Love You (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Aghaye Alef chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Aghaye Alef, 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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