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George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

If you loved Vice, the closest films we have are Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), Step Brothers (2008) and An Honest Liar (2014). All three share Vice's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rose Island (2020).

🍅 64% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Adam McKaycontemplativewittyplayfulepic
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Starz

Adam McKay working the same nerve twice

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Vice does

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

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Step Brothers
2008 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 54%★ 6.9comedy

Adam McKay directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.

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An Honest Liar
2014 · dir. Justin Weinstein
🍅 98%★ 7.4history · comedy · documentaryPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: biography

The difference: Reviewed even better

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.

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Rose Island
2020 · dir. Sydney Sibilia
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · adventureNetflix

Common ground: politics

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Vice does

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

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The Big Short
2015 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 89%★ 7.8comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: biography

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

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There's Still Tomorrow
2023 · dir. Paola Cortellesi
🍅 89%★ 7.7drama · comedy · historyRent or buy

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

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The Favourite
2018 · dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
🍅 93%★ 7.5history · comedy · dramaRent or buy

Both land play and scale at once

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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The Darjeeling Limited
2007 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 69%★ 7.2adventure · drama · comedy

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 73%★ 7.2adventure · comedy · drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

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Ed Wood
1994 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 92%★ 7.8comedy · drama · history

Playful history, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

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Mortdecai
2015 · dir. David Koepp
🍅 12%★ 5.5comedy · adventure

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004 · dir. Danny Leiner
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · adventure

Witty drama in both cases

Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.

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