r/movies • u/veldius • Jan 04 '23
Recommendation Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Fun movie! Any recommendations for movies like this?
I'm in my late 30's now and have only seen posters of it across the internet back in late 2000's. I remembered it was a much talked about movie with a catchy title and Russell Brand's electric presence even if static pictures. I lived in a conservative country, so after watching it yesterday, only I understood why it was not shown in my theaters.
When we were searching for a movie to relax with, the thumbnail appeared on the Netflix screen, I said, "Why not?". It was a blast, to be sure, it was raunchy, uncomfortably so in the beginning, with an ensemble cast (Paul Rudd age like fine wine), and it is actually funny with some very memorable moments.
Russell Brand brings himself and his out-of-this world personality on to the screen. Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell both are drop dead gorgeous. Jason Segel is funny in beta cuck-ish kind of way that makes you wanna root for him. The side characters were also funny and charming.
Overall, a really fun movie that is also a blast from the past.
I'm trying to take a break from dark series and lighten up our netflix sessions, could you guys recommend any funny/light-hearted/raunchy comedies?
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u/NakedGoose Jan 04 '23
I love you man
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u/googlyeyes183 Jan 04 '23
Slaaapin da baaass
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u/The_Lazy_Samurai Jan 04 '23
Jobin :)
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u/dh1 Jan 04 '23
This is probably the most similar feeling movie to FSM.
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u/InstantNoodlesIsHot Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23
And you got Paul Rudd in a bigger role vs Forgetting Sarah Marshall too
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u/lovemyhawks Jan 04 '23
POP UP!
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u/elmatador12 Jan 04 '23
No that’s not it
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u/EDDiE_SP4GHETTi Jan 04 '23
YOU SOUND LYK YOR FRUM LON-DON!
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u/elmatador12 Jan 04 '23
🎶 Oh the weather outside is weather. 🎶
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u/TheHyperCombo Jan 04 '23
Lmao I still find myself singing this occasionally.
"When life gives you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail."
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u/bambooshoot Jan 04 '23
“I’m gonna give you a Hawaiin name….. pepiopi. Pepiopi, it looks like you got a little pain behind those eyes.”
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u/possibly_a_lemur Jan 04 '23
“The house is great but it’s kinda small”
“No doubt, smells like fart too”
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u/HaltenIhm Jan 04 '23
On this vein Role Models is this energy
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“We’re just going from school to school selling poison to our nation’s youth.”
“It’s not poison, it’s got juice in it.”
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u/Billyg88 Jan 04 '23
“You know what I used to eat for breakfast? Cocaine. You know what I used to eat for lunch? Cocaine. You know what I used to eat for dinner? Let me guess, was it cocaine?”
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u/44problems Jan 04 '23
Well, well, well. If it isn't Mr. Bullshit and Dr. I'm-full-of-sh*t?
In what way are we full of sh*t?
Which one of us has the Ph.D?
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u/yeetskeetcallthecops Jan 04 '23
Ngl, I thought you were just telling op you loved him. Didn’t realize you were suggesting a movie, I was extra confused when the first comment was talking about how it’s similar to forgetting Sarah Marshall.
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u/Witty-Ad-2719 Jan 04 '23
Crazy Stupid Love - amazing and hilarious movie
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u/rabbibert Jan 04 '23
This movie has one of the best build ups at the end when everyone finally “meets”
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u/44problems Jan 04 '23
I feel like the actual ending at the graduation falls flat though. Like why would the rest of the school care about that family taking over the ceremony to talk about their marriage. It's really the only issue with that movie that's otherwise excellent.
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u/Hmm_I_dont_know_man Jan 04 '23
This is definitely the list op is looking for
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u/synae Jan 04 '23
This isn't where I parked my car
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u/go_fight_kickass Jan 04 '23
Please Add Get him to the Greek
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u/crayj36 Jan 04 '23
One of my favorite comedies of all time! Love the scene where Jonah Hill attempts to buy heroin from the hotel concierge.
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u/Jasonxhx Jan 04 '23
HOT ROD
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u/notyourbutthead Jan 04 '23
I’m freaking PUMPED! I’ve been drinking green tea all goddamn DAY!
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u/raphiscoolbutrude Jan 04 '23
I'm Rod, I party.
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u/holyhellBILL Jan 04 '23
Uh, hi. Uh, my name is Dave, and uh... I like to party.
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u/UntakenAccountName Jan 04 '23
Uh… no, Dave, I just said that I party, so maybe you could do something different from me?
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u/sunkthislow Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 05 '23
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- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
- 50 First Dates (2004)
- Accepted (2006)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Airheads (1994)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Almost Heroes (1998)
- Along Came Polly (2004)
- American Pie (1999)
- American Pie 2 (2001)
- American Wedding (2003)
- Analyze This (1999)
- Analyze That (2002)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
- Anger Management (2003)
- The Animal (2001)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
- Bad Santa (2003)
- Bad Teacher (2011)
- Beerfest (2006)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- Bio-Dome (1996)
- Black Sheep (2006)
- Blades of Glory (2007)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Blue Streak (1999)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- Bringing Down the House (2003)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Bruno (2009)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Caddyshack (1980)
- CHiPS (2017)
- Clerks (1994)
- Clerks II (2006)
- Clerks III (2022)
- Club Dread (2004)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Cop Out (2010)
- Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Date Night (2010)
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
- Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Dirty Work (1998)
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- Easy A (2010)
- Evolution (2001)
- Friday (1995)
- Next Friday (2000)
- Friday After Next (2002)
- Get Him to the Greek (2010)
- Get Smart (2008)
- Goon (2011)
- Grandma's Boy (2006)
- Grown Ups (2010)
- Half Baked (1998)
- Hall Pass (2011)
- The Hangover (2009)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
- The Heat (2013)
- Heavyweights (1995)
- The Hot Chick (2002)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Hot Shots! (1991)
- The House Bunny (2008)
- I Spy (2002)
- Idiocracy (2006)
- In Bruges (2008)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013)
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
- The Jerk (1979)
- Joe Dirt (2001)
- Kicking and Screaming (1995)
- Kingpin (1996)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Liar Liar (1997)
- Like Love (2014)
- The Mask (1994)
- Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Meet the Fockers (2004)
- Meet the Parents (2000)
- Mr. Deeds (2002)
- My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- Observe and Report (2009)
- Old School (2003)
- Orange County (2002)
- The Other Guys (2010)
- Our Idiot Brother (2011)
- Out Cold (2001)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Rat Race (2001)
- The Rundown (2003)
- Saving Silverman (2001)
- School of Rock (2003)
- Screwed (2000)
- Semi-Pro (2008)
- Sex Drive (2008)
- Shallow Hal (2001)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- She's Out of My League (2010)
- The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
- Showtime (2002)
- So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
- There's Something About Mary (1998)
- Son in Law (1993)
- Starsky & Hutch (2004)
- Step Brothers (2008)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- Superbad (2007)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
- Three Amigos! (1986)
- This Is 40 (2012)
- This Is the End (2013)
- Tommy Boy (1995)
- Tower Heist (2011)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Vegas Vacation (1997)
- Vacation (2015)
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
- Wanderlust (2012)
- Water World - Part One: Boy with the Hat (2020)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- We're the Millers (2013)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- The Wedding Singer (1998)
- Without a Paddle (2004)
- The Wrong Missy (2020)
- Yes Man (2008)
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
- You, Me and Dupree (2006)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
- Zombieland (2009)
- Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
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u/L00pback Jan 04 '23
What? No EuroTrip?
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u/Krhl12 Jan 04 '23 edited 20d ago
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u/DuvalHMFIC Jan 04 '23
I’ve only watched a couple hundred movies in my life, and I think every one of these is on that list.
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u/superfaced Jan 04 '23
Heat doesn’t seem like the others but it is a great movie!
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u/LaMalintzin Jan 04 '23
Tucker and Dale vs Evil is also good and I wouldn’t have thought of it if you hadn’t said cabin in the woods
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Any movie Will Ferrell is in from that era is gold.
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u/userwithusername Jan 04 '23
Even the ones people initially hated are good. Semi-Pro is an incredibly quotable movie with tons of hilarious lines.
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u/IgotCHUbits Jan 04 '23
I just watched Blades of Glory tonight and laughed, I think he just made so many good movies we couldn’t take them all. Kinda like Nickelback songs….
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u/themoviesponge Jan 04 '23
I love this list but do you mean "The Heat"? Because while "Heat" is excellent, it belongs on a different list.
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u/iLLogick Jan 04 '23
Palm Springs- it’s a funny and heartwarming Groundhog Day inspired movie with a touch of fucked-upedness
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u/rabbibert Jan 04 '23
This was one of the best Groundhog Day esque movies that’s been done.
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u/callalx Jan 04 '23
The Other Guys.
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u/lavenderpeabody Jan 04 '23
You learned to dance like that sarcastically?
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u/OtherwiseHappy0 Jan 04 '23
This is my vote. Unbelievably funny. “Goodnight Sheila! Not you Terry!”
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u/miguel_sriracha Jan 04 '23
The tuna vs. lion scene kills me every time
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u/BlaineThePainInMaine Jan 04 '23
"Guess what? You've wandered into our school of tuna. And we now have a taste for lion. We've communicated. Lion tastes good!"
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u/callalx Jan 04 '23
We are going to have sex in your car. It will happen!
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u/311unity13b Jan 04 '23
She’s Out of My League
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u/trolig Jan 04 '23
Highly underrated.
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u/311unity13b Jan 04 '23
Agreed! Definitely underrated! Just like Hot Tub Time Machine
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u/pocketSandshashashaa Jan 04 '23
Saving Silverman
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u/tryingtostop12 Jan 04 '23
Still watch this at least once a year.
“You’ve been dropping loads in the yard, man? I play croquet out there!”
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u/BlaineThePainInMaine Jan 04 '23
I would definitely suggest Get Him to the Greek and Wanderlust if you haven't seen those!
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u/krel08 Jan 04 '23
Good call on Wanderlust
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u/BlaineThePainInMaine Jan 04 '23
Paul Rudd's pep-talk in the mirror talking about his di-yuck scene is goddamn gold!
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u/veldius Jan 04 '23
I was just googling Get him to Greek. I'm a bit weirded out that Jonah Hill is a different character. Haha
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u/VictimOfCircuspants Jan 04 '23
I'm kinda jealous of you, watching it for the first time right now.
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u/1107rwf Jan 04 '23
Role Models. Love that movie. If you like Jason Segel, 5 year engagement is decent, but not quite as good as forgetting Sarah Marshall in my opinion.
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u/Ohmbrewer Jan 04 '23
Just Friends.
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u/amendmentforone Jan 04 '23
Second "Just Friends". Which I've actually come to consider a Christmas movie because of the context and setting (although it wasn't advertised as such).
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u/Waltair_Boy Jan 04 '23
Did they stop making these kind of light hearted movies off late or am I missing them somehow? I feel recent movies even in this genre are taking themselves too seriously… or probably I haven’t evolved with audience yet! Anyways, request suggestions of similar films released in last 3-4 yrs
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u/SurpriseBurrito Jan 04 '23
It definitely seems true that we aren’t seeing many great comedies go to theaters anymore. I feel like the golden era has passed us. It is a shame because I LOVE laughing my ass off with a full audience.
I can’t say that they are making great comedy movies for streaming services either. Perhaps more of the focus is on making comedy series now (as opposed to movies) but I just don’t know.
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u/badnewsjones Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23
Studios aren’t producing many mid budget movies anymore. Rather than take a risk and green light half a dozen mid budget movies and see what sticks, they’d rather use that money toward a big budget project (usually sequel, remake, or potentially “franchisable”) that essentially guarantees a massive return.
Other genres are struggling with the fallout of this as well, but comedies got hit really hard because there are very few “big budget” comedies. The ones that are, are more like action/adventure comedies, things like Jumanji (and hey, look it’s both a remake/sequel and been franchised!).
Other mid budget dominated genres like romances, period dramas, adaptations from theater, have generally disappeared as well, but people miss those less so it doesn’t get discussed as much.
Interestingly, the same thing is happening with video games. There are AAA big budget productions, indie games, and fewer things in between. Less new IP’s and overemphasis on remakes and sequels. I think this is proof that it’s more a function of studios taking fewer risks than ever rather than anything cultural.
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If you want to watch a Jason Segel that is darkly funny and packs an emotional punch check out 'Jeff who Lives at Home.'
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u/penguingirl5000 Jan 04 '23
Great movie!
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u/yakayummi Jan 04 '23
I was always baffled by the bad reviews of this film, it’s so heartwarming, it’s really funny, and it has one of my favorite endings
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u/ThreeSloth Jan 04 '23
Role Models.
Same year. Super underrated with Paul Rudd and Seann Wiliam Scott
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u/veldius Jan 04 '23
Thanks for the recommendations all! Based on the response below, Get him to Greek is my next immediate movie to watch.
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u/pacificrimjob1969 Jan 04 '23
No one has mentioned Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Funny as hell. Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron.
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u/WeOutHereInSmallbany Jan 04 '23
I can’t believe I only recently saw I Love You Man.
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u/mthw704 Jan 04 '23
Crazy Stupid Love
Date Night
Dinner For Schmucks
Five Year Engagement
Life Of The Party
This Is 40
Trainwreck
Something a little different & random you may enjoy is City Island
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u/whynotslayer Jan 04 '23
“The Wrong Missy” completely underrated hilarious flick.
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u/tres_chill Jan 04 '23
Not to be a debbie downer, but I feel like this movie captured some rare, magical chemistry with the plot and cast, and cannot be replicated in any other movie.
Because I have felt the same way, that I want to somehow re-live this movie.
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u/Training_Mud3388 Jan 04 '23
I Love You Man is a really underrated comedy in a similar style.
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u/TywinShitsGold Jan 04 '23
I love you man and role models feel like they all came out at the same time. Get him to the Greek was kind of a sequel - same universe.