Movies like The Night Before

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   Last Vegas

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 105 min · Comedy

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   Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime bachelorhood and relive their glory days. However, the four quickly realize that the intervening decades have changed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they had not imagined.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: childhood friends and male friendship
   • a closely matched era

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   This Is the End

   Shared cast

   2013 · 106 min · Action · Comedy

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   While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • principal cast overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Warm Bodies

   Same director

   2013 · 98 min · Action · Comedy · Horror · Romance · Science Fiction

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   After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • a closely matched era

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   Noelle

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 100 min · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: christmas and holiday
   • substantial genre overlap

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   mid90s

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 86 min · Comedy · Drama

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   In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 92 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy

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   When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Beau Is Afraid

   Similar atmosphere

   2023 · 179 min · Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy

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   Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Love the Coopers

   Shared cast

   2015 · 107 min · Comedy · Drama · Family

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   When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: christmas and holiday
   • a principal cast member

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   This Is Where I Leave You

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 103 min · Comedy · Drama

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   When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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    Knights of Badassdom

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 85 min · Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy · Horror

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    Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Trouble arises when a prop spellbook purchased from the internet ends up being a genuine grimoire and they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus from hell.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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