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Movies Like Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

If you liked Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979), a comedy and drama movie directed by Joel Schumacher, 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. 1Barbarians at the Gate

    Barbarians at the Gate (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.

  2. 2Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  3. 3SubUrbia

    SubUrbia (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  4. 4Hooking Up

    Hooking Up (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…

  5. 5A Flintstones Christmas Carol

    A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and tv movie

    Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.

  6. 6Clear History

    Clear History (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movie

    Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.

  7. 7My Own Love Song

    My Own Love Song (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

  8. 8Psych: The Movie

    Psych: The Movie (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movie

    The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…

  9. 9Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

    Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

  10. 10Foster

    Foster (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep.

  11. 11Alley Cats Strike

    Alley Cats Strike (2000)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and comedy

    A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.

  12. 12Small Apartments

    Small Apartments (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters…

  13. 13Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

    Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they…

  14. 14Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  15. 15Don't Think Twice

    Don't Think Twice (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

  16. 16The Late Shift

    The Late Shift (1996)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

  17. 17A Very Brady Christmas

    A Very Brady Christmas (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…

  18. 18Cheaters

    Cheaters (2000)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

  19. 19Psych 3: This Is Gus

    Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and tv movie

    In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.

  20. 20Ray Donovan: The Movie

    Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…

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