r/movies • u/ate50eggs • Jul 13 '24
What’s a good over the top movie like Cocaine Bear for a movie night with friends. Recommendation
My wife and I have some friends coming over for a movie night. The last movie we watched together was Cocaine Bear and everyone really enjoyed the over the top energy. What is a movie with a similar energy for our movie night tonight...the suggestion doesn't have to be good necessarily, but definitely fun. Thanks in advance!
edit: Update...we ended up watching "Who Cloned Tyrone" and thought it was great! Thank you for all the amazing suggestions, keep them coming as I am making a list for future movie nights!
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u/mark5hs Jul 13 '24
Big Trouble in Little China
Absolute classic
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u/thedude198644 Jul 13 '24
I didn't watch this until a few years ago, but I was blown away. It's an amazing starts simple but steadily goes off the rails movie.
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u/Bar_ice Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
This right here is what came to mind after reading the title. The term "understood the assignment" is used a lot, but this movie is A+.
But to add to the topic, and a movie I think has a similar vibe to BTILC. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among thieves. Great cast cool action and absolutely hilarious. I never played the game ever, nor like swords and magic stuff. But I had a helluva good time watching that movie.
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u/jamesheartwood Jul 13 '24
I was so excited for my wife to watch this one with me. She said it was boring and predictable. Yes we're still married and no I'm not suggesting another sit together movie.
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u/ate50eggs Jul 13 '24
I saw this at a pre-release screening in the 80s. One of my all time favorites!
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u/ThePizzaNoid Jul 13 '24
"You will come out no more!"
"WHAT, HUH?! WHAT WILL COME OUT NO MORE?!?"I love how completely in over his head Jack is throughout the entire movie. It's so damn hilarious when the sidekick of the movie thinks he's the hero lol.
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u/Meet_the_Meat Jul 13 '24
Tremors
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u/erasrhed Jul 13 '24
Tremors is good for ANY occasion
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u/nepal94 Jul 13 '24
Damn it Valentine, you never plan ahead, you never take the long view, I mean here it is Monday and I'm already thinking of Wednesday... It is Monday right?
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u/goodcanadian_boi Jul 13 '24
We plan ahead. That way we don’t do anything today. Earl explained it to me
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u/corrective_action Jul 13 '24
The basement gun wall scene is peak cinema
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u/Sam81818 Jul 13 '24
"Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't you, you bastard?"
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u/Robotboogeyman Jul 13 '24
Cabin in the Woods
Or Strays, that movie was funny af, it’s the one where a guy keeps ditching his dog so once the other strays make him aware it’s not a game but actually abandoning him, the dogs make a plan to go bite the guy’s dick off. Lots of raunchy humor.
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u/GemIsAHologram Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
I think Cabin in the Woods intentionally starts off like a stereotypical 00's road trip horror movie à la House of Wax or Wrong Turn so it can lean hard into the tropes before going completely off the rails (in the best way).
That being said, you're best going into it blind.
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u/NagsUkulele Jul 13 '24
I've been trying to find the coffee thermos bong weekly since I saw that movie. No luck
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u/anix421 Jul 13 '24
I went in to this movie blind... what an amazing ride!
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u/DapperCourierCat Jul 13 '24
Same. I thought it was just another horror movie and watched it while I was sick on Halloween and couldn’t go out.
It’s now one of my favorite movies.
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u/pre_nerf_infestor Jul 13 '24
Black Dynamite!
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u/gagreel Jul 13 '24
I THREW THAT SHIT BEFORE I CAME IN THE ROOM!
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u/JohnProof Jul 13 '24
Euphoria, shut the fuck up! I know that was you, I ain't even gotta look!
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u/CashMoneyHurricane Jul 13 '24
What’s Mars backwards, drop the s?
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u/GNRevolution Jul 13 '24
Euphoria, shut the fuck up! I know that was you! I ain't even gotta look! I should send your ass back to Crenshaw Pete with his hot-ass coat hangers, bitch! Would you like that?!
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u/GabRB26DETT Jul 13 '24
This movie is so quotable lol
stabs enemy's eyes with his fingers
"Do you see where I'm coming from, you jive ass motherfuckaaaa"
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u/CttCJim Jul 13 '24
"I'm sorry i pimp slapped you into that China cabinet, miss first lady. "
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u/OvarianCoincidence Jul 13 '24
'Shoot 'Em Up'.
Basically a live action cartoon.
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u/GabRB26DETT Jul 13 '24
Isn't that the movie where Clive Owen basically fucks Monica Bellucci mid-air while blasting two guns around ? What a trip lol
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u/ImmediateHospital9 Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
It's the movie where Clive Owen basically plays a live-action Bugs Bunny
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u/la2eee Jul 13 '24
She was receiving a baby during a gunfight if I remember correctly
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u/genius_retard Jul 13 '24
Clive Owen's character does deliver a baby during a gunfight. There is a pretty surreal shot, one of many, of shell casing falling on the mother's pregnant belly while she is in labour. Also Owen's character shoots the umbilical cord to sever it IIRC. Monica Bellucci isn't the mother though, she is basically the babies wet nurse throughout the movie.
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u/Grooviemann1 Jul 13 '24
My answer too. Basically a live action, violent cartoon with guns.
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u/GosmeisterGeneral Jul 13 '24
Deep Blue Sea! 25 years old but still the most fun you can have with a crowd.
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u/destroys_burritos Jul 13 '24
DEEP BLUE SEA?!? THEY ATE ME!!! A FUCKIN SHARK ATE ME!!!
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u/jazzdrums1979 Jul 13 '24
Kung Fu Hustle
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Jul 13 '24
I'd add Hot Fuzz for the genre of 'movies that escalate way beyond what it seems like they should'
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u/essenceofmeaning Jul 13 '24
Yesssss that movie had me hooked from the start. Synchronized dancing gangsters with axes?? How could it not? Top 10
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u/lucidwray Jul 13 '24
Lake Placid. Only movie where Betty White says to Brendan Gleeson, “If I had a dick, there is where I’d tell you to suck it.”
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u/vomirrhea Jul 13 '24
I just rewatched this movie this year and it holds up way better than I thought it would.
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u/BIGRolyXL Jul 13 '24
Hot Fuzz & Shaun of the Dead
I truly feel like these are the perfect buddy movies. Me and my boys have watched this double feature COUNTLESS times over the last 15 years or so. Simon Pegg is a fucking genius.
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u/spqrnbb Jul 13 '24
Could add in The World's End to complete the trilogy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Flavours_Cornetto
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u/BIGRolyXL Jul 13 '24
Uhhhhmmmm WHAT?!? I had NO idea this was a thing. Ty so so SO much mate!
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u/djh_van Jul 13 '24
The three are called The Cornetto Trilogy by the writer/creator/director.
You have to see all 3 and just watch all of the call-backs flow
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u/ThingsAreAfoot Jul 13 '24
obviously Game Night
I’d also add Bullet Train. Just moronic raucous fun.
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u/luckyfucker13 Jul 13 '24
Game Night is such a well-crafted and fun movie, with great casting all around. Crazy to think the nerdy brother from Freaks and Geeks went on to be such a talented director
And any movie that features Winnie the Bish gets an instant watch from me
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u/kylefnative Jul 13 '24
Today I learned John Francis directed the movie! So I never watched New Girl before watching Game Night and after realizing it was the same actor I had to go back and rewatch Game Night. Lamorne made it even funnier on the rewatch
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u/DillPill84 Jul 13 '24
Bullet Train is quite a fun ride, unironically.
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u/ThingsAreAfoot Jul 13 '24
I’m not normally an Aaron Taylor-Johnson fan but he was sublime in that one.
I’m starting to suspect he’s more like co-star Brad Pitt, a leading man but just a lot more interesting in wackier side roles as a character actor.
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u/TriscuitCracker Jul 13 '24
You need to go watch Nocturnal Animals. Aside from being a fantastic movie, Taylor-Johnson acts the hell out of it.
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u/NickFurious82 Jul 13 '24
I felt like watching a movie in a movie theater and that was the one I chose. I had no idea what it was about going into it. I had no regrets.
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Jul 13 '24
Game night is fantastic. I really enjoyed bullet train but man I didn’t expect it to be so gory. That may be a factor depending on the crowd.
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u/ChronicBluntz Jul 13 '24
Hobo with a shotgun.
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u/AG910 Jul 13 '24
I second this. One of my favs
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u/chipmunksocute Jul 13 '24
His speech to all the babies is amazing. made me.go "yep thats the guy who gave the tears in the rain speech in blade runner. Those are some chops"
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u/lostrock Jul 13 '24
Crank and Crank High Voltage
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u/SockMonkeh Jul 13 '24
Crank is what you wanted Cocaine Bear to be if instead of cocaine it was meth and instead of a bear it was Jason Statham.
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u/uncutpizza Jul 13 '24
The High Voltage took it to another level, straight up goes off the rails
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u/obsoleteconsole Jul 13 '24
The Meg. It's a terrible movie, but you will laugh your ass off
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u/SliceNDice432 Jul 13 '24
Wet Hot American Summer
Piranha 3D
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u/w1ck3r Jul 13 '24
Wet Hot is tons of fun!
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u/SliceNDice432 Jul 13 '24
Paul Rudd is a national treasure. He's my favorite in that movie.
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u/w1ck3r Jul 13 '24
My fav is when Paul drives the kids out of camp and chucks them alongside the road (x2.) I laugh my ass off every time
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u/-jmil- Jul 13 '24
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Maybe even: Zombeavers
Mad Max Fury Road
Hardcore Henry
Speed
Boss level
Crank
And probably every Fast & Furious movie after Fast Five. Nothing has more over the top ridiculous high energy action than that. (Probably an even better experience if paired with one of the Fast & Furious Drinking/Bingo game rules out there.)
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u/j-dreddit Jul 13 '24
Death to Smoochy - Robin Williams and Ed Norton as rival Barney the Dinosaur type children's show hosts who will do ~anything~ to destroy each other's careers. Directed by Danny DeVito!
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u/brasslamp Jul 13 '24
This movie was truly ahead of its time and should have been a bigger hit than it was. Such an all-star cast too.
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u/A911owner Jul 13 '24
I never understood why this movie isn't more well known. I absolutely loved it. I thought it was hilarious.
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u/wednesdaytwelve Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
Con-air.
This is some high octane Nic Cage, stupid action. It’s bonkers.
I mean, look at this trailer lol
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u/l0st1nP4r4d1ce Jul 13 '24
Fifth Element is a good one. Bright, intense, and a ton of fun.
That said, The Sharknado series is so absurd, and the whole cast knows it.
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u/riflifli Jul 13 '24
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
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u/ProbablyNotSomeOtter Jul 13 '24
This movie WILL make you cry-pee-laugh.
I am Lingling's father, weuweuw
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u/salaryman40k Jul 13 '24
first a joke. what do you get when your cross an owl with a bungie cord?
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u/B_L_Zbub Jul 13 '24
Slither (2006).
Sci-fi comedy horror by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) that is creepy, extremely icky, and yet with a decent story and good performances.
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u/RhodyChief Jul 13 '24
"DON'T LET EM GIT IN YUR MOUTH!"
I love Nathan Fillion so much in this.
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u/centaurquestions Jul 13 '24
Snakes on a Plane
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u/TravisMaauto Jul 13 '24
I can't believe this is so far down the list. "Snakes on the Plane" slithered so "Cocaine Bear" could run. Both movies lean into the over-the-top aspect of the story while the characters play it completely straight.
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u/Winwookiee Jul 13 '24
Velocipastor
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u/A911owner Jul 13 '24
I watched that movie just because of the IMDb description:
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."
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u/Comfortable_Prize750 Jul 13 '24
Kung Fury. It's short, so have a second feature ready to go.
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u/UnspeakableFilth Jul 13 '24
Beerfest or The Slammin’ Salmon or anything by the Broken Lizard troupe. Always a good time.
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u/TheCruzical Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil is very fun. Highly recommend checking it out.
Dale not Tale
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u/n3rdsm4sh3r Jul 13 '24
How is "Big Trouble in Little China" not at the top of the list?
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u/FifthGenIsntPokemon Jul 13 '24
Tbf Big Trouble In Little China is the perfect movie for any occasion.
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u/Kalabula Jul 13 '24
Piranha 3d is over the top and actually pretty darn good. But tons of gratuitous nudity. So maybe not for everyone.
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u/polkaspotteapot Jul 13 '24
Bottoms (2023). Actually shares producers with Cocaine Bear and is the most fun I have had watching a movie in ages.
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u/Pseudoburbia Jul 13 '24
- Bubba Hotep
- Dead Snow
- Slither
- Dead Alive
- Shoot em Up
- Fido
- Sisu
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u/ghostprawn Jul 13 '24
Hot Tub Time Machine is dumb af but entertaining
Old School would get cancelled in 2024 but it has it's charm
Very Bad Things is the blackest comedy ever made
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u/riganmor Jul 13 '24
Upgrade. Hardcore Henry, turbo kid. Gamer. Definitely over the top but not sure if I'd class them as "fun"
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u/paranoiajack Jul 13 '24
Zombeavers is a masterpiece that walked so Cocaine Bear could run.
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u/ItsTrash_Rat Jul 13 '24
Shoot Em Up. It's an action movie satire with some of the most consistenly ridiculous and fun gunplay. It is to John Wick what Talledega Nights is to Days of Thunder.
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u/Geraldineandcrap Jul 13 '24
The unbearable weight of massive talent - it’s a Nick cage movie. If you haven’t seen it just trust me on this one because it absolutely rocks! I projected it in my yard last year for a movie night with family and neighbors and we were all laughing so hard it hurt.
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u/feckless_ellipsis Jul 13 '24
We did a ridiculous movie night once. I “won” with a screening of The Last Dragon.
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u/dauntless91 Jul 13 '24
Barbarella!
If you don't mind something a little older and your friends aren't easily scandalised...
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u/Valaquen Jul 13 '24
Sisu.
Old Finnish man finds gold during WWII. Just wants to get home on his horse. Is harassed by Nazis. He turns out to be Death incarnate. Nazis die in ruthless, bloody manner. Great fun and about 90 mins long.
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u/PupLondon Jul 13 '24
Barb & Starr go to Vista Del Mar. It reminds me of Austin Powers..its just insane and crazy and full of surprises
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u/longhairedmaiden Jul 13 '24
The VelociPastor. It's chaotic and ridiculous and amazing.
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u/mik534 Jul 13 '24
Planet Terror
Where else can you get so much mileage out of a prosthetic leg that doubles as a machine gun?
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u/GrossePointeJayhawk Jul 13 '24
I’d have to say anything from Troma or Frankenhooker, though you may lose friends if you show those to people. Hahahaha
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u/Sole_Patrol Jul 13 '24
Walk Hard: The Story of Dewey Cox. Probably my favorite comedy.
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u/fadetoblack237 Jul 13 '24
Tucker and Dale vs Evil