Movies Like Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Be Kind Rewind is a 2008 comedy, drama film from Michel Gondry with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Benny's Video and Rewind This!.

Comedy Drama

Benny's Video

1992

A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

6.9

MagicScore

Rewind This!

2013

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.

6.9

MagicScore

The Last Blockbuster

2020

A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.

6.4

MagicScore

I Like Movies

2023

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.

7.0

MagicScore

Kicking and Screaming

1995

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

6.2

MagicScore

Clerks

1994

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

7.4

MagicScore

Bleeder

1999

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

6.7

MagicScore

Dreams

1990

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

7.7

MagicScore

Cold in July

2014

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Pandora

2016

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

7.6

MagicScore

#11

Found

2012

Marty is the ideal fifth grader—he gets good grades, listens to his teachers and doesn't start trouble in class. But a darkness is beginning to fall over Marty's life, the kids at school won't stop picking on him, his parents just don't seem to understand him, and now Marty must grapple with a terrible secret that threatens to destroy life as he knows it—his big brother is a serial killer.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

The China Syndrome

1979

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

The Big Hit

1998

Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

Silkwood

1983

A plutonium processing plant worker is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured, and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing safety violations.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Speaking Parts

1990

Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

The Benchwarmers

2006

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Hamlet

2000

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

There's Nothing Out There

1991

Mike's obsession with horror movies means he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. When he joins his friends for a weekend away at a remote lodge, Mike instantly senses that something isn't right. Can Mike use his movie knowledge to save his pals from a bloody end?

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Atomic Twister

2002

When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who unexpectedly find themselves facing the possibility of mass destruction.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

The Visitor from the Future

2022

In a devastated future, the apocalypse threatens the Earth. The last hope lies with a man capable of time travel. His mission: to return to the past and change the course of events. But the time police hunts him down in every era. A race against time begins for the Visitor from the Future...

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Be Kind Rewind?

The top films similar to Be Kind Rewind by MovieMagicScore are Benny's Video (6.9), Rewind This! (6.9), The Last Blockbuster (6.4). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Be Kind Rewind worth watching?

Be Kind Rewind holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 1,411 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Be Kind Rewind?

Be Kind Rewind (2008) is a comedy, drama film directed by Michel Gondry, starring Jack Black, Yasiin Bey, Danny Glover.

Where can I find more recommendations like Be Kind Rewind?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Be Kind Rewind

This ranked list pairs Be Kind Rewind (2008), a comedy and drama film from Michel Gondry, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jack Black 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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