20 best movies like Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

List of the best movies like Weekend at Bernie's (1989): R.I.P.D., Swiss Army Man, Deadpool 2, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, The Ice Harvest, Wise Guys, The Revenant, Switch, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Last Action Hero.

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

    A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Sweden
    Duration01:55

      Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:13

      Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets accidentally switched at the airport, Tommy must track down his duffel bag and the 8 heads it contains.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan, Nigeria
      Duration02:05

      Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA

      Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration01:29

      Two boys face an onslaught from witches, monsters, ghouls and a talking dummy after they discover a mysterious book by author R. L. Stine.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:50

        A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
        CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
        Duration01:33

        When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

        Markimdb: 3.2
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA

        An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
        CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, USA, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, China, Thailand
        Duration01:47

        In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:35

        Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom

        Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:03

        In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA

        In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:20

        A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

        Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
        Duration01:37

        Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration03:11

          Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, comedy, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.

          Markimdb: 3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

          When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

          Markimdb: 2.4
          Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:26

            When Edward, Peter, Lucy and Susan each follow their own path, they end up finding themselves at Willy's Chocolate factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, which is ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with characters such as Harry Potter and Captain Jack Swallows, the newly reunited family must team up with Aslo, a wise-but-horny lion to stop the white bitch's army

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountryUSA

            Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, western
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:37

            A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA

            Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, the owner of a small extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face of an angel and the mind of a sociopath. Together these women form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.

            Markimdb: 3.8
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA, France, Denmark
            Duration01:36

            Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:57

            A frustrated artist gets lost inside the cardboard fort he builds in his living room.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrecomedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            Set in 1920s New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal gets the part of a psychiatrist, and Olive is a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist as well as being a dreadful actress. Agreeing to this first compromise is the first step to Broadway's complete seduction of David, who neglects longtime girl friend Ellen. Meanwhile David puts up with Warner Purcell, the leading man who is a compulsive eater, Helen Sinclair, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Cheech, Olive's interfering hitman / bodyguard. Eventually, the playwright must decide whether art or life is more important.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, music
            CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
            Duration01:37

            A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime
            CountryRepublic of Ireland
            Duration01:29

            Two teenage boys cycle 160 km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryFrance, Italy, Germany
            Duration01:50

            Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
            CountryUSA, New Zealand
            Duration02:18

            For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrecomedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:28

            Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrehorror, comedy, detective
            CountryAustralia, USA
            Duration01:35

            Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. A not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu becomes the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only she suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out. During her "episodes" several beach goers are found murdered.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:48

            Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a thrilling misadventure involving three ingenious orphans and a villainous actor named Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who wants their enormous fortune." It includes a suspicious fire, delicious pasta, Jim Carrey, poorly behaved looches, Billy Connolly, an incredibly deadly viper, Meryl Streep, and the voice of an imposter named Jude Law.




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