Movies Like In the Middle of the Night (1984)

In the Middle of the Night is a 1984 comedy, drama film from Erik Balling with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with It Happened on Fifth Avenue and Cosmopolis.

Comedy Drama

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

7.0

MagicScore

Cosmopolis

2012

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

5.7

MagicScore

Basquiat

1996

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

6.6

MagicScore

Outside Providence

1999

In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

5.8

MagicScore

I Melt with You

2011

Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives. After a week of excessive drug and alcohol abuse, events lead them to contemplate fulfilling a self destructive pact they made when they were young.

5.3

MagicScore

Bulletproof

1996

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.

5.7

MagicScore

La Vie de Bohème

1992

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

7.5

MagicScore

The Good Heart

2009

Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.

6.4

MagicScore

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Nowhere

1997

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

The Good Girl

2002

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

6.2

MagicScore

#12

The Girl from the Wardrobe

2013

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Wonder Boys

2000

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Smokin' Aces

2006

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Manny & Lo

1996

A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

The Wild Life

1984

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Party Monster

2003

The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Mean Creek

2004

Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

2:37

2006

A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

The Big Chill

1983

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like In the Middle of the Night?

The top films similar to In the Middle of the Night by MovieMagicScore are It Happened on Fifth Avenue (7.0), Cosmopolis (5.7), Basquiat (6.6). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is In the Middle of the Night worth watching?

In the Middle of the Night holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 26 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is In the Middle of the Night?

In the Middle of the Night (1984) is a comedy, drama film directed by Erik Balling, starring Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen, Birgitte Raaberg.

Where can I find more recommendations like In the Middle of the Night?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like In the Middle of the Night

This ranked list pairs In the Middle of the Night (1984), a comedy and drama film from Erik Balling, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kim Larsen take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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