Movies Like Adventureland

If you liked Adventureland (2009), a comedy and drama movie directed by Greg Mottola, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Meet Bill (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.
2
Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval…
3
Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
4
Tramps (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
5
The Wackness (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he…
6
Snack Shack (2024)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard…
7
Two Moon Junction (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
8
The Good Girl (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedy
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
9
The Big Picture (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his…
10
Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his…
11
Young People Fucking (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…
12
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
13
We Are Your Friends (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking…
14
The Last Summer (2019)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
15
His Girl Friday (1940)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and romance
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but…
16
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
17
Friends with Benefits (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy
Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but…
18
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of…
19
Annie Hall (1977)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
20
Edge of Seventeen (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.