Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Basic

If you loved Basic, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ricky Gervais: Mortality

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality....

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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

2023★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity....

#3
Jimmy Carr: Live

Jimmy Carr: Live

2004★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With his first ever DVD, Jimmy’s unique brand of humour demonstrates the observations he makes on life’s taboos using witty one-liners and offensive putdowns. Recorded during the a...

#4
Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You

Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You

2022★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Breakups. Therapy. Bangs. Taylor's gone through some stuff since her quarter-life crisis, and she spins her mental health journey into insightful comedy....

#5
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years

Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years

2025★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice....

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Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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....

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