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10 Best Movies Like The Beating He Needed

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

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#1
The F**k-It List

The F**k-It List

2020★ 6.1

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

After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can....

#2
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.9

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

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

#3
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965★ 6.3

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

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charle...

#4
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

2015★ 7.7

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

Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton....

#5
I Love My Dad

I Love My Dad

2022★ 6.0

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

A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect....

#6
68 Kill

68 Kill

2017★ 5.9

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

Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000....

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