If you loved Wet Hot American Summer, try The Ten

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Ten has roughly 4.1× fewer votes than Wet Hot American Summer — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Wet Hot American Summer

2001 · dir. David Wain

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The Ten

2007 · dir. David Wain

What they share

Both films are directed by David Wain, and they both carry the pitch black, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Wet Hot American Summer, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

pitch blackplayful

What The Ten is

David Wain gives us his take on those pesky rules from the Old Testament. A collection of vignettes riff on the Ten Commandments, with predictably silly results. It probably seemed funnier when they were making it.

If you loved Wet Hot American Summer, try The Ten

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The Ten

What they share

What The Ten is

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