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10 Best Movies Like The Staring Contest

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

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#1
Cunk on Shakespeare

Cunk on Shakespeare

2016★ 7.5

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

Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time, Winston Churchill, and Donald Trump, Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William...

#2
The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges

2012★ 5.8

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

Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that fin...

#3
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009★ 5.8

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

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most mone...

#4
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

2013★ 6.1

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

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy....

#5
Team Thor: Part 2

Team Thor: Part 2

2017★ 6.9

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

A continuation of the documentary spoof of what Thor and his roommate Darryl were up to during the events of "Captain America: Civil War". While Cap and Iron Man duke it out, Thor ...

#6
Cunk on Life

Cunk on Life

2024★ 7.4

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

Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attemp...

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