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10 Best Movies Like The 500 Pound Jerk

If you loved The 500 Pound Jerk, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Comedy & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumour...

#2
...All the Marbles

...All the Marbles

1981★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top....

#3
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#4
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#5
Normal

Normal

2003★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

#6
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 500 Pound Jerk for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

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