Movies Like When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018)

When Jeff Tried to Save the World is a 2018 comedy, drama film from Kendall Goldberg with a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Buffalo '66 and The Bowling Alley-Cat.

Comedy Drama

Buffalo '66

1998

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

7.1

MagicScore

The Bowling Alley-Cat

1942

Tom and Jerry are in a bowling alley. Both spend a lot of time sliding on the well-polished lanes. Eventually, Jerry takes up residence among the pins and Tom tries to bowl him down.

7.5

MagicScore

Road House

1948

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

6.7

MagicScore

Saturn Bowling

2022

In a family-owned bowling alley, tension arises between two brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile one of them, a cop, is investigating a series of disturbing murders. Both brothers soon find themselves trapped in a looming darkness.

5.6

MagicScore

There Will Be Blood

2007

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

8.1

MagicScore

Free Fall

2013

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness – and what it means to fall in love with another man.

7.7

MagicScore

Mr. Wonderful

1993

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.

5.5

MagicScore

Superman III

1983

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

5.5

MagicScore

The Big Lebowski

1998

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

7.8

MagicScore

#10

Tailored gentleman

1954

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

Mifune

1999

Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Jay Kelly

2025

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Plan 75

2022

In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Man Up

2015

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

That Night

1992

A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Greedy

1994

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

6.1

MagicScore

#17

Mystery Men

1999

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Spice World

1997

World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.

4.9

MagicScore

#19

Bowling

2012

The story takes place in Carhaix, in the heart of Brittany. A small hospital, with a calm maternity clinic, where few births take place. Mathilde, a mid-wife, Firmine, a pediatric nurse, and Louise, the owner of the Carhaix bowling alley, are all friends and lead a happy existence. Catherine, director of the establishment's Human Resources, is sent to restructure the hospital and, most importantly, to eventually shut down the maternity clinic, which is losing money. Four women whose age, personalities, and origins are different, but who will form a quartet overflowing with humanity and humor as they join forces to save the clinic. Life, love, friendship, Brittany and... bowling.

5.2

MagicScore

#20

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

1988

Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, a group of college students accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit that creates demons and loves sexy women.

4.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like When Jeff Tried to Save the World?

The top films similar to When Jeff Tried to Save the World by MovieMagicScore are Buffalo '66 (7.1), The Bowling Alley-Cat (7.5), Road House (6.7). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is When Jeff Tried to Save the World worth watching?

When Jeff Tried to Save the World holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10 from 30 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is When Jeff Tried to Save the World?

When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018) is a comedy, drama film directed by Kendall Goldberg, starring Jon Heder, Jim O'Heir, Brendan Meyer.

Where can I find more recommendations like When Jeff Tried to Save the World?

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About movies like When Jeff Tried to Save the World

This ranked list pairs When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018), a comedy and drama film from Kendall Goldberg, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jon Heder take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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