Dinner in America is a 2020 American coming of age dark comedy film written, directed, and edited by Adam Carter Rehmeier.

It stars Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Griffin Gluck, Pat Healy, Mary Lynn Rajskub, David Yow, Hannah Marks, Nick Chinlund, and Lea Thompson.

The plot follows a punk rock singer (Gallner) on the run and a young woman (Skeggs) obsessed with his band who unexpectedly cross paths.

[1] A reckless, on-the-lam punk rock singer, Simon, goes home with Beth, a girl he met while volunteering at a clinical trial.

Meanwhile, track athletes Derrick and Brandon bully the young and awkward Patty, who goes to work at a pet store before returning home.

She eats dinner with her parents, Norman and Connie, and brother Kevin, and is unsuccessful in asking for permission to go to a rock show with her friends, Sissy and Karen.

For the past two years, Patty has been sending postcards containing nude photos and lyrics of her original music to John Q, the lead singer of her favorite band PSYOPS, who will be playing next week with the Alliance.

Patty acts provocatively to distract them as Simon knocks them unconscious, strips them, burns their tracksuits, and places the dead cat on their bodies.

When Simon tells his music manager that he refuses to play with the Alliance, his band members decide to call the police and turn him in for a reward.

The first sketch, Kicks (2006), centered entirely around Simon's time volunteering for clinical trials to pay for his punk records.

[9] It left Sundance without securing a buyer and struggled to find distribution, having to continue its festival run with virtual screenings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[10] In September 2024, clips and posts about the film and its original song "Watermelon" (performed by Skeggs) began to go viral on the social media platform TikTok.

It quickly developed a cult following,[6][11] trending on the streaming service Hulu, the social cataloging app Letterboxd, and Google.

The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, California, was one of the first theaters to establish a screening in response to a plethora of fan requests, selling out in under 24 hours.

[1] After successful first screenings, theaters added more, driving other locations to decide to host, like the Prince Charles Cinema in the United Kingdom.

The website's consensus reads: "Rounded out by a pair of satisfying performances, Dinner in America is a coming-of-age rom-com with infectious punk rock energy.