Movies Like Life of the Party (2018)

Life of the Party is a 2018 comedy film from Ben Falcone with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Deadly Maria and First Daughter.

Comedy

Deadly Maria

1993

40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she has to take care of her ill despotic father. One day, she falls in love with her sensitive neighbour Dieter. But her attempt to leave her gloomy everyday life behind leads straight into tragedy.

5.4

MagicScore

First Daughter

2004

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student. Her father agrees to recall the agents but secretly assigns James, an undercover agent, to pose as a student.

6.2

MagicScore

I Know Who Killed Me

2007

An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

4.5

MagicScore

English Vinglish

2012

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

7.2

MagicScore

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

7.1

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Polyester

1981

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.

7.0

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The Thrill of It All

1963

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

7.0

MagicScore

Kitchen Stories

2003

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

7.0

MagicScore

All's Well, Ends Well

1992

Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Serial Mom

1994

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Mr. Mom

1983

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

6.5

MagicScore

#12

Alice

1990

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

6.4

MagicScore

#13

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

1967

As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Diary of a Mad Housewife

1970

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

Montenegro

1981

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Soof

2013

Soof is reaching 40 and has everything she ever wanted: three children, a small catering business, a sweet husband Kasper and a lovely home. Until she starts asking herself: 'is this all there is'?

6.0

MagicScore

#17

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

1995

A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks to his years of experience in both the film business and the sex industry, he has all sorts of tips at the ready and, in an emergency, is happy to make a house call himself to demonstrate his qualities in person.

5.9

MagicScore

#18

Unconditional Love

2002

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

The Stepford Wives

2004

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Me and My Sister

2004

Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in a small town and is thoroughly unpretentious. Louise's apparent happiness -- and similarities to their mother -- gradually gets on Martine's nerves.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Life of the Party?

The top films similar to Life of the Party by MovieMagicScore are Deadly Maria (5.4), First Daughter (6.2), I Know Who Killed Me (4.5). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Life of the Party worth watching?

Life of the Party holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 1,022 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Life of the Party?

Life of the Party (2018) is a comedy film directed by Ben Falcone, starring Melissa McCarthy, Matt Walsh, Molly Gordon.

Where can I find more recommendations like Life of the Party?

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 Life of the Party

This ranked list pairs Life of the Party (2018), a comedy film from Ben Falcone, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Melissa McCarthy 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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