Released in 1995, the movie “Friday” over the years crept into people’s hearts, in turn, becoming a highly loved comedy movie, and just as it is with many great movies released, there’s always this desire to have a sequel. This need is the rationale behind this article on funny movies like Friday to watch.
The fact that you hit this search query in the search engine shows, that you have some measure of faith that you will find similar movies. Well thankfully, there are actually similar movies. To make things simpler, we have compiled a comprehensive list to make it easy to spot them, the options are listed as follows:
1. Friday After The Next:
Written by actor and rapper Ice Cube, the movie “Friday After The Next” falls in place as the third member of the “Friday” movie trilogy. Although Chris Tucker wasn’t featured here, “Friday After the Next” doesn’t fail to continue the vibes seen in “Friday”
Instead of having Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as the main characters, “Friday After the Next” stars Mike Epps and Ice Cube, playing the role of Craig and Day-Day.
The Movie is plotted in a controversial neighborhood that leaves Craig and Day-Day in a victimized position, however, they spring up towards the end, recovering what they lost and getting back on track.
2. Next Friday:
“Next Friday” Falls in place as the direct sequel/continuation of the original “Friday”, it also happens to be the first movie written by Ice Cube and also the first movie produced by Ice Cube’s movie production firm (Cubevision).
In the movie, Debo, the neighbourhood’s bully gets out of prison and to secure his head, Craig has to move in with his uncle Elroy who just became rich after winning the lottery. Being with his uncle Elroy meant he had to roll with his cousin Day-Day.
As you would probably envisage, Craig’s move to stay with his Uncle doesn’t actually zero out all the possible problems, things ensue as the story goes on, leading to an issue with a gang made up of three brothers.
3. BarberShop:
Delivered in 2002, starring Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, and other stars, Babershop is an exciting movie about the main character (Ice Cube) trying to recover his salon which he gave up due to financial problems.
In the movie, Ice Cube got a barbershop inheritance from his father. However, things don’t really go well, as finances go south and he is unable to continue with the shop, so he has to decide to sell off the barbershop and move on to other ventures.
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The decision seemed like the best option, however, he soon regrets it, as he later realizes the barbershop is one of the key service providers in his community. Upon this discovery, Ice Cube tries to recover the barbershop.
4. How High:
How High, is a movie wrapped around Cannabis (popularly referred to as weed). In the movie, two friends, Silas and Jamal man get together to consume a weed, grown with the ashes of Silas’ friend Jamal.
After consuming the weed, both Jamal and Silas notice the presence of Ivory’s weed. It turns out to be the aftermath of smoking the weed grown in his ashes. Jamal and Silas move on to utilize the Ivory’s presence to excel in Harvard’s scholarship exam.
5. All About The Benjamins:
The Movie “Its All About The Benjamins”, is another movie starred by the duo Ice Cube and Michael Epps. On another exciting note, it’s worth noting that this movie got it’s title from Puff Daddy’s song Titled “Its all about the Benjamins)
Away from the stars and source of title, this movie, is wrapped around a bounty hunter and a con artist, who combine forces to bring down a group of diamond thieves. If you love comedy and action, then you should totally consider checking out this movie.
6. The Wash:
Still on the topic of movies like Friday to watch, “The Wash” is another highly recommended movie you should totally watch.
The movie packs Dj Pooh, Snoop Dogg Playing the role of Dee Loc and Dr Dre playing the role of Sean. Sean big challenges begin after he loses his job after Dee Loc steals a pair of shoes in the branch of Foot Locker where Sean works. Being a broke guy, Sean is now tasked with finding a means of income to meet his pressing needs, with his expired rent on 3 days eviction notice being top most.
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Being the reason behind Sean Job loss, one would instantly assume Dee Loc will take over the rent since he is financial capable, however, things aren’t that way. Dee Loc still requires Sean to pay his half of the rent. How is Sean going to pull this off, well I guess you would have to watch the movie to find out.
7. Undercover Brother:
Get ready for some black American James Bond stuff. Playing the role of Anthon Jackson, Eddie Griffin, is tasked with rescuing and upholding the mandate of a black American president whose mandate is currently threatened by a white supremacist.
To achieve this, Anthon needs to blend in, let lose of some of his black tendencies and embrace part of the white life, the most conspicuous of this, is losing his afro, attitude adjustment, engage in tennis and more.
8. Lottery Ticket:
Lottery Ticket is a 2010 black American comedy movie feature top stars which include Bow Wow as the the lottery winner, we also have Ice Cube, Terry Crews, Mike Epps, Gbenga Akinnagbe and more.
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In the movie, Bow Wow gets $370 million in lottery winnings. Following his suddenly amassed wealth, He begins to understand the true intensions of people around him, seeing that a large majority of his friends and are actually fake and that many are under guises to get a share of his money.
9. Janky Promoters:
“Janky Promoters”, is yet another movie starred by the duo Ice Cube and Mike Epps. In the movie, they both play the role of show promoters, that found themselves in a fix, after the artist they invited didn’t turn up, hence they are placed in a difficult situation with the people who were financially involved. What’s more, it turns out that this movie is based on a promoter named Chris Ricci.
10. First Sunday:
Last but certainly but not least on our list of best movies like Friday to watch, is the movie “First Sunday” . Here two men plot a church robbery in order to acquire a $17,000 release funds for one of the duo partner who is held captive. One would imagine how far people can go in their quest for money. Well here you go a seemingly absurd story. The movie is packed with comedy, action and suspense. It is highly recommended.
Wrapping up: There you have it – a comprehensive list of movies like Friday to watch. If you have any other recommendations, feel free to drop them in the comment section below, as we would love to hear from you.