20 movies like The Thief Who Came to Dinner, ordered by similarity : The Solid Gold Cadillac(1956), Fantomas(1964), Finding Your Feet(2017), The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe(1972), Someone, Somewhere(2019), Zelig(1983), My Man Godfrey(1936), My Art(2016), Almost Famous(2000), The Art of Self-Defense(2019), Meet the Parents(2000), The Big Lebowski(1998) ...
Comedy
USA
1973
103 Minutes
Ryan O'Neal Jacqueline Bisset Warren Oates Jill Clayburgh Charles Cioffi Ned Beatty Austin Pendleton Gregory Sierra Michael Murphy John Hillerman Alan Oppenheimer
computer programmer thief socialite tycoon insurance investigator brash amusing cool houston mansion charity event crime spree jewelry theft blackmail computers romance class distinctions underdog transformation rise
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Judy Holliday Paul Douglas Fred Clark John Williams Hiram Sherman Neva Patterson Ralph Dumke Ray Collins Arthur O'Connell Richard Deacon
secretary ceo executive amusing cheeky witty spirited office new york city business class distinctions romance rise underdog transformation 1950s
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Adventure, Comedy
France|Italy
1964
105 Minutes
Jean Marais Louis De Funès Mylène Demongeot Marie-Helen Arnaud Jacques Dynam Robert Dalban
masked man man detective assistant commissar jewel thief amusing hilarious engaging witty charming playful france jewelry theft investigation comedy crimefighting adventure escape mystery
The best men of France - a brave journalist and an extremely energetic commissioner - attack the trail of a mysterious criminal mastermind.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
111 Minutes
Joanna Lumley Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Imelda Staunton David Hayman John Sessions Josie Lawrence Indra Ové Victoria Wicks Marianne Oldham Sian Thomas
jilted lover husband best friend sister man amusing charming emotional touching mansion apartment dance hall park rome divorce starting over romance dancing family dysfunction family relationships
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
France
1972
90 Minutes
Pierre Richard Bernard Blier Jean Rochefort Mireille Darc Jean Carmet Colette Casel Paul Le Person Jean Obe Robert Castel Robert Dalban Jean Saudray
musician beautiful woman spy secret service agent amusing witty hilarious charming paris espionage mistaken identity romance underdog rise transformation 1970s
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
France|Belgium
2019
110 Minutes
Ana Girardot François Civil François Berléand Camille Cottin Simon Abkarian Marie Bunel Patrick D'Assumçao Zinedine Soualem
neighbor man woman amusing brooding cool melancholy sultry paris loneliness friendship depression dating love discovery rise 2010s
Rémy, a young Parisian with an unskilled job. Mélanie, a young she-Parisian who works in scientific research. Two depressive moods living in close proximity but strange to each other. Shall the two ever meet?
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA
2000
122 Minutes
Billy Crudup Frances McDormand Kate Hudson Jason Lee Patrick Fugit Anna Paquin Fairuza Balk Noah Taylor Zooey Deschanel John Fedevich Bijou Phillips
journalist young boy musician rock star mother groupie touching tender amusing bus concert stage hotel hospital tour bus musicians music road trip romance drugs jealousy
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Comedy
USA
2019
104 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Alessandro Nivola Imogen Poots Steve Terada David Zellner Phillip Andre Botello Jason Burkey Mike Brooks CJ Rush Davey Johnson Hauke Bahr
young man sensei martial arts student mentor brutal hilarious offbeat brash amusing dojo house parking lot office music store car self-defense martial arts overcoming fears intimidation masculinity
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Comedy
USA
2000
108 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ben Stiller Blythe Danner Teri Polo James Rebhorn Jon Abrahams Phyllis George Kali Rocha Tom McCarthy Nicole DeHuff Owen Wilson
nurse teacher cat ex-boyfriend father ex-cia agent amusing hilarious madcap chicago mansion house store marriage family dysfunction humiliation cia wedding blackmail underdog
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Comedy
USA|UK
1998
117 Minutes
Jeff Bridges John Goodman Julianne Moore Steve Buscemi Peter Stormare David Huddleston Philip Seymour Hoffman Flea Leon Russom Sam Elliott Tara Reid
man bowler friend millionaire criminal thug outlandish offbeat hilarious los angeles mistaken identity hedonism drug cartel alcohol underdog crime rise revenge escape 1990s
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1985
95 Minutes
Glenda Jackson Ben Kingsley Richard Johnson Michael Gambon Rosemary Leach Eleanor Bron Harriet Walter Jeroen Krabbé Nigel Hawthorne
author woman bookseller man zookeeper turtle charming endearing tender london bookstore zoo sea beach england writer's block animal rights unusual romance turtles aquatic life
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
India
2014
148 Minutes
Madhuri Dixit Arshad Warsi Naseeruddin Shah Huma Qureshi Vijay Raaz Manoj Pahwa Shraddha Kapoor Amrita Puri Ravi Gosain
uncle nephew con man poet courtesan amusing hilarious bleak gripping intense india village bungalow mansion criminals cheating robbery theft love interest love
Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
Comedy
USA
2008
97 Minutes
Anna Faris Colin Hanks Emma Stone Kat Dennings Katharine McPhee Rumer Willis Christopher McDonald Beverly D'Angelo Tyson Ritter Kimberly Makkouk Kiely Williams
playboy bunny sorority sister college student popular girl hugh hefner man amusing lighthearted spirited playboy mansion sorority college campus party fraternity house college life sex popularity romance eviction sorority life
After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the playboy mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.
Comedy, Action
USA|China
2016
107 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart Amy Ryan Danielle Nicolet Jason Bateman Aaron Paul Ryan Hansen Tim Griffin Timothy John Smith Sione Kelepi Dylan Boyack
accountant high-school alumnus cia agent spy bully villain brash confident cool high school bar office car street garage bullying transformation spying self-confidence fighting
After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Comedy
USA
2014
80 Minutes
Stephen Merchant Christine Woods Nate Torrence Kevin Weisman Kyle Mooney Sean Wing Crista Flanagan Adam Campbell
man ex-girlfriend model roommate boyfriend hilarious creative emotional heartwarming tender amusing new york city jealousy single life role playing love transformation underdog 2010s
Attending Jessica's 30th birthday party at a local nightclub, Stuart gets a call from his British ex-girlfriend Trudy, who informs him that she and her husband Mike--the man who stole Trudy... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Adventure, Comedy
France|Italy
1967
104 Minutes
Jean Marais Louis De Funès Mylène Demongeot Françoise Christophe Jean-Roger Caussimon Henri Serre André Dumas Max Montavon
masked man man detective murder victim commissar lord amusing hilarious engaging playful charming scotland murder murder investigation wealth investigation blackmail danger adventure discovery
Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2017
90 Minutes
James Roday Dulé Hill Timothy Omundson Maggie Lawson Kirsten Nelson Corbin Bernsen Zachary Levi Ralph Macchio
criminal psychic police detective amusing hilarious united states police station crime comedy psychic abilities police work fraud discovery underdog transformation 2010s