Movies Like The Hangover

If you loved The Hangover (2009) for its genius mystery structure applied to comedy — piecing together a night nobody remembers in Las Vegas, these 10 movies deliver a similar experience. We picked each one based on shared tone, themes, and emotional feel — not just surface-level genre tags.

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   1. Superbad

   2007 Comedy

   Superbad follows Seth and Evan, two high school friends trying to score alcohol for a party before they head to separate colleges, leading to one disastrous night. It shares The Hangover's chaotic one-night structure and the friendship at its core. Superbad is a teen comedy, so the stakes are smaller and the humor is more awkward, and the story ends up sweeter, focusing on two friends facing their impending separation.

   Where to watch Superbad
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   2. Bridesmaids

   2011 Comedy

   Bridesmaids follows Annie, a woman struggling with her own life, as she is named maid of honor and competes with a wealthy rival for her best friend's attention before the wedding. Like The Hangover, it builds comedy around wedding preparations spiraling out of control and an ensemble of mismatched personalities. Bridesmaids is more character-driven and grounded, focusing on friendship and insecurity rather than a mystery, and it mixes its outrageous moments with genuine heart.

   Where to watch Bridesmaids
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   3. We're the Millers

   2013 Comedy

   We're the Millers follows a small-time drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis, who recruits a stripper, a runaway and a nerdy neighbor to pose as a family on a smuggling trip from Mexico. It shares The Hangover's road-trip chaos and the comedy of a group of strangers forced together in absurd situations. We're the Millers is built around a heist-like premise and a makeshift family, so it ends up warmer and more about found family than wild partying.

   Where to watch We're the Millers
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   4. Old School

   2003 Comedy

   Old School follows three men, played by Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn, who start their own fraternity to recapture their youth, with predictably chaotic results. It connects to The Hangover through its grown men behaving like college kids, plus the adult anxieties of marriage and responsibility. Old School is more of a campus party comedy than a mystery, and it relies on loose, improvised energy and Will Ferrell's big physical humor.

   Where to watch Old School
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   5. Due Date

   2010 Comedy

   Due Date reunites The Hangover's director, Todd Phillips, with Zach Galifianakis, who plays an aspiring actor stuck on a cross-country road trip with an uptight expectant father played by Robert Downey Jr. It shares The Hangover's escalating disasters and mismatched pairing, with Galifianakis in another chaotic role. Due Date is a two-person road comedy with a darker, more abrasive streak, so it lacks the group dynamic and mystery that drive The Hangover.

   Where to watch Due Date
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   6. Step Brothers

   2008 Comedy

   Step Brothers follows two immature middle-aged men, played by Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who become stepbrothers when their parents marry and are forced to share a home. It shares The Hangover's love of grown men doing ridiculous things, with plenty of shouting and absurd escalation. Step Brothers is a much sillier comedy driven by childish rivalry rather than a mystery, relying on the improvisational chemistry between its two leads.

   Where to watch Step Brothers
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   7. The Inbetweeners Movie

   2011 Comedy

   The Inbetweeners Movie follows four awkward British teens, from the hit sitcom The Inbetweeners, as they head to a Greek holiday resort after finishing school, determined to have the time of their lives. Like The Hangover, it follows a group of friends whose big trip quickly goes wrong in embarrassing and humiliating ways. It is rooted in British cringe comedy and teenage awkwardness, so expect smaller scale, sharper insults and more honest humiliation.

   Where to watch The Inbetweeners Movie
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   8. Game Night

   2018 Comedy

   Game Night follows a competitive couple, played by Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, whose weekly game night turns into a real kidnapping mystery when a sibling's elaborate plan goes wrong. It shares The Hangover's structure of friends scrambling through one wild night, trying to figure out what is really going on. Game Night is a slicker, twist-filled comedy-thriller with less raunch and more clever plotting, making it a strong pick for viewers who loved the mystery side.

   Where to watch Game Night
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   9. EuroTrip

   2004 Comedy

   EuroTrip follows a recent high school graduate who travels across Europe with his friends to find his online pen pal, getting into one ridiculous situation after another. It connects to The Hangover through its travel chaos and outrageous misadventures in unfamiliar places. EuroTrip is a teen sex comedy with episodic, country-by-country gags, so it feels sillier and more cartoonish than The Hangover's adult, mystery-driven story.

   Where to watch EuroTrip
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    10. Bachelor Party

    1984 Comedy

    Bachelor Party stars Tom Hanks as a young man whose friends throw him a wild bachelor party before his wedding, much to the dismay of his fiancee's disapproving family. It shares The Hangover's premise of pre-wedding chaos and a group of rowdy friends. Bachelor Party is a broad 1980s comedy with dated jokes and a looser plot, so think of it as an earlier take on the same idea rather than a match in style.

    Where to watch Bachelor Party