Movies Like Life of the Party

If you liked Life of the Party (2005), a comedy and drama movie directed by Barra Grant, 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
The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
2
Is This Thing On? (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to…
3
Numb (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…
4
Cyrus (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before…
5
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…
6
Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
7
The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
8
XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
9
Irreplaceable You (2018)
★ 7/10Also comedy and drama
A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.
10
Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
11
Just Before I Go (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he…
12
Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…
13
Delirious (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved…
14
The Shape of Things (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
15
The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
16
Breaking & Exiting (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self…
17
About Last Night... (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
18
Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
19
Happythankyoumoreplease (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
Six New Yorkers navigate love, commitment, and adulthood. When struggling novelist Sam takes in an abandoned boy he meets on the subway, his life begins to intertwine with a talented singer who challenges his bachelor…
20
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.