Movies Like Swingin' in the Painter's Room
If you liked Swingin' in the Painter's Room (1988), a comedy 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.
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Hi, Mom! (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyVietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with…
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The Odd Couple (1968)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyIn New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so…
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72 HOURS (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyTo save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
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21 & Over (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyBrilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to…
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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThe Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…
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Booksmart (2019)
★ 7/10Also comedyTwo academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to…
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House Party (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyYoung Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of…
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Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyStanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the…
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Married to the Mob (1988)
★ 6/10Also comedyAngela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and…
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This Is the End (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyWhile attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
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Incoming (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyTheir first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.
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Accepted (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
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Project X (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyThree high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
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The Other Guys (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyUnlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the…
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Pizza Movie (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA group of college students go downstairs to their dorm lobby to get a delivery pizza. There's only one issue: They're insanely high on a homemade drug, turning their simple journey down two sets of stairs into a…
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyCreatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative…
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Analyze This (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyCountless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family,"…
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Animal House (1978)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyAt a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.