For your next movie night with friends, pick one of these 20 movies like Superbad with the same comedy buddy antics.
Superbad (2007), a coming of age comedy written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows two socially awkward friends, Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), on a chaotic quest to buy alcohol for a party in hopes of impressing their crushes, leading to hilarious misadventures and a heartfelt realization about their friendship.
Superbad holds a special place in the hearts of fans for its blend of outrageous comedy and heartfelt sincerity. Beneath the comedy antics and absurd situations lies a relatable story of teenage friendship and the bittersweet transition to adulthood. It’s this perfect balance of raunchy humor and emotional honesty that keeps Superbad endlessly endearing.
We have created a list of comedy movies like ‘Superbad’ that have a similar goofy energy, awkward situations and exaggerated but hilarious vibe for your next movie night with friends!
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Andy is a 40 year old video game loving introverted guy who hasn’t had a proper sexual experience or even a lasting fling with a girl. His colleagues David, Jay and Cal help him to overcome his shyness with girls, so that he can eventually lose his virginity.
The story follows a process server, Dale, who forms a friendship with his marijuana dealer, Saul. Dale witnesses a criminal activity and asks Saul for help, which puts them both under the radar of murderous criminals. A hilarious cat and mouse chase begins which ends up with them realizing the true meaning of friendships.
3. Ted
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
A lonely child, Jonathan, wishes for his teddy bear, Ted, to come to life and it happens. Many years have passed but Jonathan and Ted are still going strong with their friendship until Jonathan’s fiance forces him to choose between a teddy bear or her.
The bullied student, Schmidt and the one who bullied him, Jenko, become the best of friends at the police academy. After graduation, they are assigned an undercover drug operation that forces them to go back to High School. Schmidt and Jenko go through feelings of competition, jealousy and hatred towards each other but end up cherishing each other as the movie ends.
5. The Hangover
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Zack Galifianakis, Ed Helms
Phil, Stu, Doug and Doug’s eccentric-but-innocent brother-in-law, Alan find themselves stuck in a twisted situation that involves them arranging a huge sum of money for the crazy-headed criminal, Leslie Chow.
6. Due Date
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Zack Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx
After a hilarious misunderstanding, Peter is escorted off the plane. Peter finds an eccentric man at the airport, Ethan, who agrees to give him a lift to Los Angeles. Peter tolerates Ethan’s eccentricities and somehow manages to get to his pregnant wife in time for the baby’s delivery.
Carl Allen, has stopped enjoying life and distanced himself from his friends since his divorce. After entering an eccentric seminar that focuses on the power of the word ‘Yes’, Carl’s life begins to change and he gets back the youthful verve which he had lost.
8. American Pie
Actors: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Allyson Hannigan
An awkward but charismatic teenage boy along with his gang, decides to lose his virginity by prom night. Realization of love, horny teenagers acting foolish and a ton of goofy, wild stuff takes place on prom night.
A bunch of celebrities get together for a party, some end up losing their lives to the earthquake/alien invasion taking place outside the party home. The remaining few locked in the house with each other, realize their insecurities as they try to outlive each other.
A Costco Senior Manager, after losing his friend to a murder, decides to form a neighborhood watch. The neighborhood watch members are all male and they develop a brotherly bond over booze and night outs. They make an extra terrestrial discovery of an alien weapon that looks like an Elden Ring weapon, which endangers their life but also leads them to a high octane, action-packed climax action fight scene.
11. The Other Guys
Actors: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton
Two nobodies, Allen and Terry, of the NYPD get to the bottom of things in order to uncover the truth behind a violation by a British billionaire but they end up catching a much bigger embezzlement fraud by the billionaire.
The movie is a childish rivalry between 2 good-for-nothing, unemployed, 40 year olds that matures into a friendship. They end up becoming extremely rich after overcoming their biggest fears.
Two well meaning but innocent and not-so-smart guys, Lloyd and Harry, set out for Aspen to find Lloyd’s crush, Mary, so that Lloyd can propose to her. The movie makes no sense but it’s incredibly hysterical.
14. Horrible Bosses
Actors: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis
Three friends, frustrated with their demeaning, harassing and disrespectful bosses decide to kill them, and hilarious slapstick events happen during their murder attempts.
Hong Kong police official, Lee arrives in Los Angeles and an underperforming LAPD officer, Carter, gets assigned the meaningless task of babysitting ‘Lee’ as punishment. Lee and Carter foil a major bombing and simultaneously save the kidnapped daughter of Chinese Consul, Han.
16. Zombieland
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone
An awkward teenager finds a cool, masculine mentor who teaches him how to live carefree and in the present moment, amidst a zombie apocalypse situation. He tastes love and romance for the first time in his life, and understands the human need for companionship.
An unfocused but nice guy, Ben wants to ask her girlfriend, Angela’s brother, James for her hand. In order to win James’ approval, Ben agrees to go on a ride-along but ends up saving James’ life while foiling an illegal weapon trade meet.
A non motivated and recently laid off, Craig, hangs out with his friend, Smokey, a drug peddler. They end up smoking what Smokey was supposed to sell. A fight with the bully, a romantic interest developing, overcoming fears and a lot more happens on that friday.
5 Middle-aged men awaken their inner child and try to make the most of their vacation together. They end up confessing their love, insecurities and frailties to each other.
Greg and Jenko, two undercover police officers pose as college students, in an attempt to locate the supplier of a new synthetic drug named ‘WHYPHY’. Their stale friendship gets a new life as they locate and eliminate the drug supplier during investigation.
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