Billy, once the coolest kid in high school, comes back to his hometown 15 years later to find he’s no longer cool and the girl he still has feelings for now dates the former class outcast. Billy becomes obsessed with proving the outcast is a murderer.
Adam Pally
Billy
Rachel Bloom
Kara
Vincent Kartheiser
Lowell
John Reynolds
Perkins
Didi Conn
Billy's Mom
Ethan Phillips
Billy's Dad
Doug Mand
Duane
Hasan Minhaj
Amir
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Elana
Julia Goldani Telles
Tammy
Most Likely to Murder is a comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of high school sweetheart, return home. Directed by Dan Gregor, it stars Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, Vincent Kartheiser. Billy, once the coolest kid in high school, comes back to his hometown 15 years later to find he’s no longer cool and the girl he still has feelings for now dates the former class outcast. Billy becomes obsessed with proving the outcast is a murderer.
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