20 movies like The Art of Self-Defense, ordered by similarity : Joe Somebody(2001), Booksmart(2019), Shazam!(2019), My Art(2016), Life of the Party(2017), Isle of Dogs(2018), Thoroughbreds(2017), Everybody Wants Some!!(2016), Game Night(2018), Blockers(2018), Unlovable(2018), Drunken Master(1978) ...
Comedy
USA
2019
104 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Alessandro Nivola Imogen Poots Steve Terada David Zellner Phillip Andre Botello Jason Burkey Mike Brooks CJ Rush Davey Johnson Hauke Bahr
young man sensei martial arts student mentor brutal hilarious offbeat brash amusing dojo house parking lot office music store car self-defense martial arts overcoming fears intimidation masculinity
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Comedy
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Tim Allen Julie Bowen Kelly Lynch Hayden Panettiere James Belushi Greg Germann Robert Joy Patrick Warburton
office worker co-worker boss daughter bully martial arts master amusing emotional rousing heartwarming minneapolis office parking lot house store arena office politics office romance self-esteem self-defense
When Joe is beat up by a co-worker in front of his daughter on "Bring Your Child To Work Day", he decides to fight back.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Kaitlyn Dever Beanie Feldstein Jessica Williams Jason Sudeikis Lisa Kudrow Will Forte Victoria Ruesga Mason Gooding Skyler Gisondo Diana Silvers Molly Gordon
teenager best friend overachiever classmate teacher principal offbeat unrestrained hilarious amusing emotional touching high school party house classroom graduation family home teenage rebellion overcoming fears
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada
2019
132 Minutes
Zachary Levi Mark Strong Asher Angel Jack Dylan Grazer Djimon Hounsou Grace Fulton Ian Chen Jovan Armand Faithe Herman Cooper Andrews Marta Milans
teenager disabled boy bully foster mother superhero friend amusing emotional endearing uplifting hilarious cheeky philadelphia convenience store subway foster home school classroom superhuman abilities saving the world
A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2017
84 Minutes
Georgia Chara Christopher Kirby Holly Brisley Talin Argon Michela Carattini Hayley Hughes Michael Budd Johnny Lahoud
man partygoer friend gangster drug dealer amusing tense brooding hilarious unrestrained house party cemetery bar office relationships self-destruction self-discovery party lifestyle changes
A touching comedy drama about 3 friends edging towards their mid thirties who, in an attempt to hang on to their carefree youth,embark on an attempt to write themselves into the history books by trying to host the world's longest house party.
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Germany|Japan|USA|UK
2018
101 Minutes
dog boy stray animal friend politician police officer playful amusing endearing spirited hilarious offbeat japan island dump airplane gondola headquarters rule breaking isolation
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Olivia Cooke Anya Taylor-Joy Anton Yelchin Paul Sparks Francie Swift Kaili Vernoff Chaunty Spillane Stephanie Atkinson Max Ripley
best friend stepfather mother murderer murder victim drug dealer amusing hilarious dark brash brooding disturbing mansion party connecticut living room pool car teen angst children vs. adults
Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.
Comedy
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Will Brittain Zoey Deutch Ryan Guzman Tyler Hoechlin Blake Jenner J. Quinton Johnson Glen Powell Wyatt Russell Austin Amelio Temple Baker Tanner Kalina
student baseball player romantic interest roommate teammate baseball coach lighthearted playful hilarious positive amusing quirky texas campus party house parking lot baseball field friendship youth
In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Comedy, Action
USA
2018
100 Minutes
John Francis Daley Jason Bateman Rachel McAdams Kyle Chandler Sharon Horgan Billy Magnussen Lamorne Morris Kylie Bunbury Jesse Plemons Michael C. Hall Danny Huston
friend kidnapper husband wife criminal victorian hilarious witty intense thrilling lighthearted amusing house living room car office airplane runway kidnapping mystery
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Comedy
USA
2018
102 Minutes
Leslie Mann Ike Barinholtz John Cena Kathryn Newton Geraldine Viswanathan Gideon Adlon Graham Phillips Miles Robbins Jimmy Bellinger Ramona Young Jake Picking
parent daughter teenager friend teen boy teen girl cool confident amusing hilarious lighthearted playful prom house school limousine party parent/child relationship parenthood teen romance
Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity on prom night.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Action, Sports & Fitness, Comedy
Hong Kong
1978
107 Minutes
Jackie Chan Siu Tien Yuen Jang Lee Hwang Chin Chiang Ging Man Fung Hsia Hsu Chiao Lin Linda Lin
student martial arts master assassin father son amusing rousing china student-teacher relationship redemption martial arts father/son relationship training underdog growing up rise 19th century
Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Siu-Tin Yuen), a Master of drunken martial arts.
Comedy
India
2003
125 Minutes
Rahul Bose Perizaad Zorabian Vijay Raaz Saurabh Shukla Asrani Kaabir Anusha Dhandekar Bakul Thakker Amar Talwar Sunila Karambelkar Sanjay Gandhi
young man friend mentor young woman director amusing hilarious lighthearted moving offbeat house advertising office street gym bedroom virginity sexual frustration desperation movies new identity
Still a virgin at 32 years old, a frustrated advertising agent gets the shock of his life when an unlikely chain of events turns him into a porn star.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action
USA|Australia
2019
102 Minutes
Nick Bruno
spy scientist villain rival hero bird amusing hilarious quirky confident cool house secret headquarters car helicopter office scientific experiments spying teamwork science gone awry
When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.
Comedy
USA
2018
72 Minutes
Tony Demil Lorenzo Antonucci William E. Harris Martin Copping Finch Nissen Kerry Kelly Gridley Derek Russo Justin Lebrun Sally McDonald Andre De'Sean Shanks Maya Aleksandra
wealthy man dancer hired hand servant secretary messenger amusing hilarious brutal brash unrestrained offbeat office building conference room party car city street wealth humiliation
A powerful egomaniac is thrown a party, but the attendees have no intention of honoring the hated man, rather to teach him a cruel lesson.
Comedy
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Tony Revolori Jason Mantzoukas Taissa Farmiga Grace Gummer Ron Livingston Casey Wilson Ciara Bravo Lindsay Burdge Annie Lederman
photographer student passenger traveler hitchhiker stranger hilarious amusing emotional unrestrained raw dorm house road car van shop road trip unlikely allies friendship
Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest.
Comedy, Action, Adventure
UK|USA
2014
129 Minutes
Colin Firth Michael Caine Taron Egerton Samuel L. Jackson Mark Strong Sofia Boutella Sophie Cookson Jack Davenport Mark Hamill
spy mentor young man villain criminal professor cool brash thrilling amusing frightening london office laboratory hideout church training area espionage good versus evil spies
A spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency's training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Comedy
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Jon Heder Jim O'Heir Steve Berg Brendan Meyer Maya Erskine Anna Konkle Candi Milo Keith Kupferer Richard Esteras Roger Welp Robert Breuler
bowling alley manager owner high-school student janitor co-worker customer amusing hilarious lighthearted suspenseful offbeat bowling alley arcade parking lot loss of job bowling arrested development work relationships saving the day
When the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.
Comedy, Fantasy
2019
109 Minutes
Regina Hall Issa Rae Marsai Martin Justin Hartley Tracee Ellis Ross Tone Bell Mikey Day JD McCrary Tucker Meek Thalia Tran Marley Taylor
co-worker media mogul assistant employee teenager amusing brash hilarious outlandish unrestrained school apartment office physical transformation role reversal friendship career transformation adventure discovery
Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees on a daily basis. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a 13-year-old version of herself.
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.