Movies Like Fire Sale

If you liked Fire Sale (1977), a comedy movie directed by Alan Arkin, 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
Beat the Devil (1953)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
2
The Even Stevens Movie (2003)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family crumbles, unaware that…
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
★ 6/10Also comedy
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a…
4
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
5
Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
6
Little Giants (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the…
7
Summer Rental (1985)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local…
8
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
9
Eenie Meanie (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
10
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly…
11
The Comeback Trail (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
12
Camp Nowhere (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are…
13
Big Fat Liar (2002)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!
14
Head Above Water (1996)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her…
15
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his…
16
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
17
RV (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending…
18
Vegas Vacation (1997)
★ 6/10Also comedy
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
19
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
20
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.