Movies and TV shows like Party Down

If you like "Party Down" you are looking for sitcom, humorous and witty movies or TV shows about / with workplace, party, comedian, actor, ambition, desire for fame and friendship themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
Party Down (2009)
 8.2
 33K
Party Down (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Party Down is an American comedy television series that follows a Los Angeles, California, catering team for the titular company. The sextet of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, as well as drifting lost souls, work small-time catering gigs while hoping for their break or some positive change in their lives.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, cynical, funny, parody, sweet, epic, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, party, comedian, actor, ambition, desire for fame, friendship, workplace situations, team, coworker, partners, disorder, hollywood, staff, deadend life, relationships, food, depression, satire, tv show, bittersweet, bartender, aspiring actor, food industry, musician ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa

Movie in categories

humorous movies
19956
workplace movies
2605
party movies
4533
comedian movies
541
actor movies
1381
ambition movies
4347
friendship movies
17018

Most similar movies to Party Down

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and not serious films and TV series with plots about tv show, satire, workplace, workplace situations, disorder, friendship and friends mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Party Down: Community (2009), The Office (2005), 30 Rock (2006), Peep Show (2003), Extras (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 8.5
 272K
Community (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Style: sitcom, not serious, witty, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hardcase students, geek, college life, friendship, social relations, friends, lifestyle change, immature, student life, college, silly humor, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 9.0
 622K
The Office (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: workplace, job, office, employer employee relationship, salesman, popularity, workplace problem, office romance, workplace situations, love and romance, promotion, career ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.3
 126K
30 Rock (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: 30 Rock is an American television comedy series that ran on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013, and was created by Tina Fey. The series, which is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, takes place ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, employer employee relationship, tv show, female protagonist, showbiz, topical humor, friendship, actor, comedian, nothing goes right, entertainment, pop culture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.7
 62K
Peep Show (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Peep Show is an award-winning British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: slacker, roommate, point of view, odd couple, satire, humour, neighbor, everyday life, socially awkward, unlikely friendships, lifestyle, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 8.3
 58K
Extras (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, cynical ...
Plot: workplace, actor, aspiring actor, actor's life, satire, desire for fame, tv show, celebrity, popularity, unsuccessful, lifestyle, nothing goes right ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Childrens Hospital (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Childrens Hospital is a satirical American comedy television series and web series that lampoons the medical drama genre, created by and starring actor/comedian Rob Corddry. The series began on the web on TheWB.com with ten episodes, roughly five ...
Style: humorous, parody, not serious, funny, light ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: hospital, satire, workplace, treatment, doctors and patients, power relations, mishap, surgery, patient, workplace romance, coworker, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 8.5
 116K
The Office (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, feel good, realistic, funny ...
Plot: workplace, office, everyday life, coworker, boss and employee, job, employer employee relationship, workplace problem, boss, humour, tv show, workplace humor ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective ...
Style: sitcom, parody, biting, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: tv show, villain, producer, workplace, showbiz, satire, homosexual, self involved, disorder, assistant, uptight character, nothing goes right ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
partners movies
3590
disorder movies
7600
hollywood movies
1146
cynical movies
1891
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Style: realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: workplace problem, artists and showbiz, friendship, comedian, workplace situations, showbiz, uptight character, renewed love, friends, teamwork, rivals, old friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.4
 4K
Blunt Talk (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
Style: not serious, witty, realistic, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: media satire, tv show, media, journalism, silly humor, workplace, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, talk show host, satire, bittersweet, backstage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 8.4
 260K
Scrubs (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, surreal, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hospital, doctor, medical, workplace situations, workplace romance, doctors and patients, friendship, love and romance, friends, workplace, nurse, roommate ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan, of which two series of six episodes each were produced — the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. The series followed the titular Alan Partridge, a failed television ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, cynical, talky ...
Plot: satire, radio, tv show, humour, showbiz, guest, career, fan, humiliation, comeback, down on your luck, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Clark and Michael (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Clark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. The series takes the form of a mockumentary following Duke and Cera's ambitions to write and sell a pilot for a television series.
Style: humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: producer, friendship, comedian, tv show, partners, artists and showbiz, showbiz, ambition, team, naivete, satire, social satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Style: sitcom, funny, humorous, witty, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mishap, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, misunderstanding, comedian, socially awkward, actor, career, actress, showbiz, everyday life, success ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2020s, 2000s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.6
 703
After MASH (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H, the show takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, clever ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, military, korean war veteran, friends, power relations, couples, lifestyle, partners, workplace, buddies, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 50s
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, clever, witty ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: satire, workplace, partners, society, misfit partners, family relations, disorder, friends, eccentric family, family life, workplace situations, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.1
 53K
Workaholics (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Workaholics is an American sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 5, 2011. The series is in its third season, and is predominantly written by its stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and co-creator Kyle Newacheck who play, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, funny, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: office, roommate, coworker, workplace, slacker, buddies, disorder, workplace situations, twentysomething life, party, irresponsible, everyday life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.4
 12K
Green Wing (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Although set in a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, surreal ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, love triangle, workplace, love affair, comedy of errors, fall in love, nurse, staff, prank, battle of the sexes, workplace romance ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Movie in collections
staff movies
236
funny movies
6053
parody movies
3101
 7.1
 8K
Men at Work (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Men at Work is an American comedy series that airs on TBS. The series was created by Breckin Meyer and stars Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch, James Lesure and Meredith Hagner. The series premiered on May 24, 2012 at 10 pm. TBS second ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: buddies, lifestyle, workplace, photographer, couples, friendship, dating, magazine, love and romance, relationships, writers, tv show ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.6
 12K
Baskets (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, ironic ...
Plot: clown, follow your dream, hopes, misfit, goofy hero, sibling relationship, sarcasm, rivalry, satire, fall in love, family relations, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Comedians (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A veteran comedian is reluctantly paired with a younger, edgier comedian for a late-night comedy sketch show.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom
Plot: comedian, artists and showbiz, ego clash, workplace, media, rivalry, showbiz, workplace situations, tv show, hunting, actor playing himself
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Life's Too Short (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Life's Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as described by Gervais, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf".
Style: sitcom, funny, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot: actor, humour, comedian, fame, everyday life, lifestyle, ambition, actor's life, dark humor, career, showbiz, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.0
 7K
The Comeback (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The series initially follows Valerie Cherish (Kudrow), a veteran sitcom actress who has been out of the spotlight for more than a decade, as she attempts in 2005 to return to the industry that made her famous. Valerie lands a role on a new network ...
Style: sitcom, biting, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Plot: comeback, actress, tv show, lifestyle, ambition, workplace, celebrity culture, media satire, backstage, self involved, disorder, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Movie in collections
food movies
2989
depression movies
3288
sweet movies
3165
 7.2
 3K
HAPPYish (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style: cynical, humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: midlife crisis, boss and employee, workplace situations, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, introspection, happiness, love, couples, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, not serious, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: political satire, politics, satire, female protagonist, workplace situations, small town life, workaholic, strong female lead, workplace humor, boss and employee, friendship, supportive coworker ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Comedian and actor, Kevin Hart teams up with BET Networks to bring viewers one of the funniest shows on television "Real Husbands of Hollywood". The semi-scripted series is the fakest reality show ever following these men of Hollywood ...
Style: parody, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: hollywood, satire, actor, actor's life, celebrity culture, backstage, showbiz, comedian, lifestyle, guest, african american, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.9
 3K
Telenovela (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: If you think the steamy sex, sensational scandals and heart wrenching heartbreak on Latino soap operas are a little extreme, just wait until you see what happens behind the scenes! Eva Longoria stars in this new comedy about Ana Sofia, a sizzling TV ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: tv star, backstage, workplace, workplace situations, tv show, showbiz, media, disorder, actor, filmmaking, friendship, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 8.5
 60K
Black Books (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bookstore, weirdo, workplace, best friends, friends, irish, misfit, farce, uptight character, workplace problem, workplace situations, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.8
 36K
Episodes (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, realistic, witty ...
Plot: tv show, showbiz, hollywood, actor's life, writer's life, lifestyle, womanizer, producer, couple relations, media satire, culture clash, career ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 8.5
 80K
Louie (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
Style: humorous, sitcom, sincere, clever, realistic ...
Plot: loneliness, performer's life, dark humor, midlife crisis, family relations, city life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, disorder, mishap, parenthood, everyday life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%