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10 Best Movies Like Burn After Reading

If you loved Burn After Reading, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
What's New Pussycat?

What's New Pussycat?

1965★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own...

#2
Analyze This

Analyze This

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dea...

#3
Summer of 69

Summer of 69

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In an effort to land the guy she's been pining after since grade school, Abby hires a local stripper named Santa Monica to teach her everything she needs to know about confidence a...

#4
The Art of Self-Defense

The Art of Self-Defense

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a ...

#5
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★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading 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...

#6
Standing Up, Falling Down

Standing Up, Falling Down

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burn After Reading for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically ...

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