Tim (Paul Rudd) heeft een functie als directielid en zijn baas is erg tevreden over hem. Er staat hem zelfs een promotie te wachten. Maar Tim moet eerst wel de perfecte gast vinden voor het maandelijkse etentje, "het diner voor idioten", georganiseerd door zijn baas. En dat lukt hem. Wanneer hij echter in IRS-medewerker Barry (Steve Carell) de grootste onnozele idioot ooit gevonden blijkt te hebben lijkt het etentje iets anders te verlopen dan voorheen. Barry lijkt het te presteren om het leven te ruïneren van iedereen die ook maar een paar minuten in zijn gezelschap verkeert.
Nee, helaas is Dinner for Schmucks nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Michael Handelman | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jay Roach | Director |
| Writing | David Guion | Screenplay |
| Crew | Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Crew | Clay Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Runyard | Stunts |
| Art | Shane Prigmore | Art Department Manager |
| Crew | Amy Lynn Tuttle | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Margo Hunt McKay | Driver |
| Sound | Theodore Shapiro | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alan Baumgarten | Editor |
| Editing | Jon Poll | Editor |
| Camera | Jim Denault | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Francis Veber | Original Film Writer |
| Directing | Diane Durant | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lenny Vullo | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Francis Veber | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Thomas Robinson Harper | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Michael Corenblith | Production Design |
| Production | Jay Roach | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary E. Vogt | Costume Design |
| Production | Roger Birnbaum | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Gregory Irwin | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Geoffrey Haley | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Patrick Rousseau | Camera Operator |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Directing | Brian Relyea | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Lauren E. Polizzi | Art Direction |
| Directing | Josh King | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rodney Taylor | "C" Camera Operator |
| Production | Walter F. Parkes | Producer |
| Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Susan Benjamin | Set Decoration |
| Camera | David Eubank | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Jerry Patton | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Greg Kurtz | Camera Loader |
| Sound | Scott Jacobs | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Geoffrey Haley | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Louis DiCesare | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Corwin A. Bibb | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Ken McLaughlin | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Fred Troesken | Grip |
| Camera | Doug Oh | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Production | Gary Barber | Executive Producer |
| Production | Laurie MacDonald | Producer |
| Camera | John Garrett | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Production | Sacha Baron Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amy Sayres | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Poll | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Roy C. Granada | Electrician |
| Camera | Christopher Crivier | Second Company Grip |
| Crew | Chris Diamond | Cableman |
| Lighting | Nikola Ristić | Electrician |
| Art | Sarah Snyder | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Butler | Costumer |
| Production | Nicole Abellera Hallman | Casting Associate |
| Lighting | Moulaye Sene | Electrician |
| Lighting | Martin Reder | Electrician |
| Camera | Niel Williams | Grip |
| Camera | Juan Frausto Jr. | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Frecon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Visual Effects | Scott Garcia | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Sean Mannion | Property Master |
| Art | J. Michael Glynn | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | R. Bruce Steinheimer | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Byron McCulloch | Grip |
| Crew | Garth Steinheimer | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Michael J. Hogan | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | John F. Cassidy | First Company Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jalene Murphy | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela Wise | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Joel Prihoda | Leadman |
| Production | Josh King | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Tothpal | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Greg O'Donohue | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna O'Neal | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roxane Griffin | Hairstylist |
| Production | Gerard Averill | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry R. Koper | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Sally Thornton | Set Designer |
| Crew | Craig Fehrman | Transportation Coordinator |
| Camera | Merie Weismiller Wallace | Still Photographer |
| Art | Paul Arthur Hartman | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Greg Zimmerman | ADR Recordist |
| Production | Jessica Munks | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Andy Koyama | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Lorrie Campbell | Set Designer |
| Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Walter McClain | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Michael O'Farrell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Paulette Osorio | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas S. Drescher | Music Editor |
| Directing | Marcei A. Brubaker Brown | Second Second Assistant Director |
