Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.25 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
The Dinner Game
Le Dîner de cons
1998FranceLanguage: frDirected by Francis Veber★ 7.8
Available in English: subtitled
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedyabsurdistwarm
Pacing
escalatingepisodic
Story
con deceptionunraveling
Emotion
guiltshamefiguring out who you arebelonging
Themes
class and moneycaught between worlds
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaserrewatchablefun scary
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Hollywood films like The Dinner Game
If The Dinner Game hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Catch Me If You Can
2002USA★ 84 pt match
Like The Dinner Game, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, belonging, and guilt. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
Beetlejuice
1988USA★ 7.44 pt match
Both films sit with belonging, figuring out who you are, and belonging. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, absurdist, episodic, and escalating.
Ghostbusters
1984USA★ 7.53.5 pt match
Both films sit with belonging and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
Superbad
2007USA★ 7.33 pt match
What ties these together is belonging and figuring out who you are. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987USA★ 7.33 pt match
Like The Dinner Game, this one is rooted in belonging. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.