Movies like A Hard Day's Night
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
51K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Style:
humorous, feel good, black and white, mockumentary, not serious, funny, surreal, cult classic, hilarious, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
the beatles, music, musician, rock and roll, adolescence, artists and showbiz, rock, fame, culture clash, rock star, casino, train station, disguise, irreverence, price of fame, train, lifestyle, dancing, musician's life, rock music, police chase, swing, kitchen sink realism, generation gap, chase ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 1960s
Place:
london, britain, europe, united kingdom, england
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Most similar movies to A Hard Day's Night
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, offbeat and feel good films with plots about music, rock, dancing, music band, artists and showbiz, rock and roll and friends mostly in Comedy, Musical and Music genres. Some movies like A Hard Day's Night: Yellow Submarine (1968), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Head (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only ...
Style:
psychedelic, colorful, humorous, cult classic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
the beatles, submarine, surrealism, music, rock and roll, fighting the system, rock, trippy, musician, anti war, mature, hippie ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, liverpool, seattle, london
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This Beatles film has an obscure Asian cult, that believes in human sacrifice, chasing Ringo after he accidentally put on the their victim's ceremonial ring. He is pursued by the cult, a pair of mad scientists, a member of a side cult that no ...
Style:
humorous, witty, surreal, light, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
the beatles, mad scientist, music, religious cult, rock and roll, good versus evil, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, rock, musician, pop music, human sacrifice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, bahamas, europe, scotland yard, buckingham palace ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
A typically Beatlesque film originally produced for television, this short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus.
Style:
road movie, psychedelic, cult classic, art film, semi serious ...
Plot:
the beatles, music, rock, musician, rock music, surrealism, magic realism, dancing, phd, swing, trippy, hippie ...
Place:
cornwall
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, hilarious, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, turtle, secretary, singer, songwriter ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, washington d.c., new york, columbus ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, cult classic, grindhouse, parody ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, desert, television, rock and roll, anti war, counterculture, dying repeatedly, psychedelia, concert, tank, vietnam war, trippy ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Style:
mockumentary, parody, spoof, humorous, absurd ...
Plot:
rock and roll, the beatles, music, satire, rock, monty python, music business, stupidity, music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, media ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1978, 70s
Place:
england, europe, germany
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
rock and roll, surfing, beach party, racing, music and dance, pop music, beach, music festival, silly humor, disorder, friends, buddies ...
Time:
60s
Place:
long beach california
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, love and romance, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a ...
Style:
parody, funny, philosophical, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, philosophy, dark humor, surrealism, atheism, existentialism, atheist, humour, social commentary, death, life ...
Time:
year 1983, medieval times, 20th century, 19th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, africa, northern england ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, stylized, lyrical ...
Plot:
rock, music, musician, heavy metal, rock star, rock and roll, stoner, weed, road trip, farce, stupidity, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
Style:
surreal, allegory, spoof, cult classic, horror musical ...
Plot:
satire, nervous breakdown, cheerleader, brainwashing, fictional game show, social commentary, small town, insanity, psychiatric hospital, surrealism, rock band, mental health ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Style:
grindhouse, teen, cult classic, hilarious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, high school, rock, music, punk rock, punk, school, youth, adolescence, rebellion, rock music, college ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, north america, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If ...
Style:
road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bus, rock, singer, summer, animal, beautiful scenery, pop music, road trip, hotel, summer vacation, partner, disorder ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
greece, england, london, france, europe ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A send-up of the bawdy life of Romantic composer/piano virtuoso Franz Liszt, with ubiquitous phallic imagery and a good portion of the film devoted to Liszt's "friendship" with fellow composer Richard Wagner. The film begins during ...
Style:
erotic, cult classic, surreal, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
composer, classical music, nobility, piano, surrealism, musician, bondage, biopic, music, rock, the beatles, rock and roll ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975, 1840s, 1800s
Place:
europe, st. petersburg russia, berlin germany, russia
Similarity:
22%
68K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, satirical, light, parody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, gang, forbidden love, youth, satire, music, couples, juvenile delinquency, teenage love, biker, juvenile delinquent, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1954, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off ...
Style:
retro, psychotronic, hilarious, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
racing, dancing, rock and roll, elvis presley, gambling, music, auto racing, dance, race, rock, car, casino ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, independent film ...
Plot:
hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, media, buddies, rise and fall, satire ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend.
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, light, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
surfing, beach, elvis presley, dancing, happy ending, tour guide, family business, love and romance, partner, parents and children, fall in love, starting over ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, polynesia, honolulu hawaii ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Elvis plays Johnny, a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. Donna Douglas plays Johnny's girl, Frankie. A fortune teller tells Johnny how he can change his luck. Enter a new lady luck played by Nancy Kovack and the cat fight begins.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
elvis presley, music, gambling, dancing, boat, twins, love triangle, down on your luck, rock, showbiz, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
mississippi, new york, manhattan new york city, louisiana, new orleans ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, musician, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, drummer, mentor, high school ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, teenager, radio station, youth, follow your dream, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, buddies, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
Style:
parody, realistic, not serious, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, rise and fall, friends, musician's life, music band, music, performer's life, unfulfillment, ambition, journalism, workplace, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, parody, light, talky ...
Plot:
music, satire, musician, lovers reunited, folk singer, singer, music band, love and romance, showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
surfing, beach, beach party, motorcycle, rock and roll, culture clash, surf, summer, young lovers, teenager, dancing, dating ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey, hawaii
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style:
funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
music, chase, prison, blues, race against time, road trip, car chase, redemption, musician, police chase, on the road, nun ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
chicago, illinois, indiana, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, stylized, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
farce, audition, ballet, car accident, yacht, choreographer, quibbling, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, disorder, family relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
rome italy, europe, french riviera, monaco, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Style:
cult classic, surreal, postmodern, parody, not serious ...
Plot:
cheerleader, rock and roll, surrealism, teen angst, human relationship, tribe, silly humor, suburbs, suburban life, eccentric family, social differences, rock ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dinah (Barbara Ferris) is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve (Dave Clark), a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide ...
Style:
road movie, period piece, black and white, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock and roll, rock, pop music, advertising, conservatory, swinger, underwater, swing, music band, island, partner, friends ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
20%
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