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Cocktail (1988)
98K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style. Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money. He leaves his artist girlfriend Jordan Mooney for Bonnie, a wealthy, high-powered executive. Brian soon must chose between the two, as he evaluates his options.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, romantic, romantic drama, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, manly, date night
Plot:
bartender, love, love and romance, ambition, wedding, one night stand, rise to the top, buddies, love affair, business, food, artist, pregnancy, yacht, suicide, friendship between men, professor, wager, letter, poetry, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, advice, death of friend, yuppie, punched in the face ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
jamaica, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, caribbean
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and sexy films with plots about love story, love and romance, catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, culture clash and destiny mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Cocktail: The Secret of My Success (1987), About Last Night... (1986), What's Your Number? (2011), Syrup (2013), 200 Cigarettes (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, family friendly, manly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
office, rich and poor, aunt nephew relationship, workplace, businessman, passionate kiss, mistaken identity, love triangle, workplace romance, office worker, job promotion, corporation ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, kansas, usa, florida, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
Style:
romantic, talky, sentimental, romantic comedy, retro ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, romantic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
boss and employee, entrepreneurship, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, betrayal, inventions and discoveries, marketing, advertising, passion, passionate love ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses.
Style:
talky, witty, melancholic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
new year, new year's eve, love, friendship, nightlife, couples, love and romance, best friend, looking for love, singleness, twentysomething life, sexual dysfunction ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, year 1999, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Style:
romantic, sexy, light, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
singleness, women, breakup, love and romance, couple relations, love story, drinking, single, love, multiple storylines, fall in love, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
117K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Style:
romantic, rom com, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, kids
Plot:
pregnancy, male female friendship, best friend, best friends in love, couples, love story, destiny, father son relationship, parenthood, single parent, unfulfilled love, childbirth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, michigan, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby ...
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sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
age difference, high school, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, sex scene, dysfunctional family, preparatory school, coming of age, depression, lust, male bonding, fistfight ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori, ...
Style:
romantic, funny, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
happy ending, profanity, love and romance, relationships, friends, high school, coming of age, college, best friend, grownups, deception, lie ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california, seattle
Similarity:
50%
128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at ...
Style:
entertaining, sexy, romantic, rom com, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
152K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, teen, homoerotic, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
Style:
romantic, light, sexy, witty, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
fashion, women, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, friends, friendship, city life, wedding dress, couples, best friend, urban ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, malibu california, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Style:
sentimental, sweet, teen, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, pizza, wedding, friendship, food, canceled wedding, adultery, pizzeria, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa, london, england
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, romantic, sweet, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, best friend, suicide attempt, destiny, roommate, happy ending, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, love story, brooklyn bridge, looking for love, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, sweet, touching, independent film, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, relationships, coming of age, friendship, love, writers, multiple storylines, existentialism, loneliness, lifestyle, writer's life, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, rom com, sweet, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
love, sex, love story, couple relations, womanizer, parkinson's disease, sexual relations, casual sex, sex scene, nudity, destiny, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 20th century, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, chicago, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
long distance relationship, couples, intern, love, lovers apart, true love, male nudity, love story, sex, power of love, stereotypes, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, california, vancouver
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
love and romance, destiny, hopes, passion, death of wife, love of one's life, couples, couple relations, coincidence, marriage, love, love story ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, italy
Similarity:
32%
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer job, friendship, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, youth, misfit, young adult ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1987, 2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, boston, new york ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, light, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, sexy, sweet, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
sweet, teen, romantic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, true love, teenage love, wedding, high school, bullying, happy ending, coming of age, pregnancy, love and romance, youth, family problems ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, sex comedy, funny, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
breakup, vacation, love and romance, resort, sex scene, sarcasm, rock star, nothing goes right, surfing, one night stand, friendship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, los angeles, oceania, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
male female friendship, friendship, fall in love, autumn, love and romance, love, love story, unlikely couple, initially antagonists, best friends in love, friends, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, chicago, seattle, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
32%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
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