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Harem Holiday (1965)
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Original name: Harum Scarum
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is travelling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so impressed with his on-screen adventures that they want to hire him to carry out an assassination for them.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, psychotronic, realistic, exotic, campy
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, assassination, fish out of water, rivalry, opposites attract, nothing goes right, partner, disorder, goofy hero, blind ambition, desire for fame, palace intrigue, martial arts, desert, orphan, blackmail, gang, rock, wish come true, missing person, adventurer, ambition, down on your luck, culture clash, odd couple ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
middle east, pakistan
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Most similar movies to Harem Holiday
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, singing, elvis presley, singer, dancing, love and romance and buddies mostly in Comedy, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like Harem Holiday: Girl Happy (1965), Kissin' Cousins (1964), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Double Trouble (1967), Stay Away, Joe (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, forbidden love, love, rock and roll, spring break, gangster, nightclub, partner, twentysomething life, showbiz, adolescence vs adulthood, looking for sex ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida, usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot:
elvis presley, foot fetish, impossible love, hillbilly, cousin cousin relationship, hound dog, village life, music, soldier, army, fugitives, buddies ...
Time:
60s
Place:
tennessee, washington d.c., pentagon
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two ...
Style:
black and white, retro, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
elvis presley, boat, rock and roll, music, girl, love, nightclub, fish out of water, love triangle, family business, ship, wooing ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, arizona, las vegas
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes ...
Style:
retro, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, rock, passionate kiss, bike, youth, fall in love, gambling, disorder, friends, chase, orphan, starting over ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When singer Gut Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, passionate kiss, music, twins, age difference, musician, gangster, fall in love, chase, disorder, couples, wooing ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe, england, brussels ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, then the government will ...
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
elvis presley, cowboy, indian reservation, half breed, rodeo, village life, rural area, buddies, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, friends ...
Time:
60s
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
38%
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:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Elvis is a singing rodeo rider who drifts into an expensive dude ranch patronized by wealthy glamour girls. The owner, Vera Radford, hires Elvis as a stable man. Pretty physical fitness trainer Pam Merritt has a letter from her late grandfather ...
Style:
psychotronic, retro, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, aerobics, karate, rodeo, ranch, letter, love, rock and roll, music, couples, farm, friends ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes ...
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
elvis presley, island, beach, music, interracial romance, anti hero, partner, underdog, odd couple, buddies, rescue, heroes ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
hawaii, usa, honolulu hawaii
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their "adopted" ...
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, surfing, singer, passionate kiss, homestead, family relations, casino, adoption, gambling, gangster, twins ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
racing, elvis presley, auto racing, car, music, speed, rock and roll, car racing, motor racing, car chase, race, gambling ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money.
Style:
experimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
elvis presley, beach party, oil, hotel, wealth, fish out of water, social differences, rich and poor, cinderella story, fall in love, resort, mistaken identity ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
florida, miami, usa, hawaii, las vegas
Similarity:
33%
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:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Pin-up photographer, who doesn't want to get pinned down, comes up against a girl who won't take no for an answer.
Style:
realistic, humorous, surreal, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
impossible love, elvis presley, photograph, disorder, boss and employee, unlikely couple, love triangle, fall in love, fashion photographer, couples, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, light, road movie, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prison, partner, aging, nothing goes right, gangster, police investigation, odd couple, dishonesty, buddies, elderly, stalking, disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1956, year 1986
Place:
bolivia, mexico, new jersey, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock band, true love, elvis presley, racing, auto racing, chess, rock and roll, race, music, car racing, motor racing, heiress ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Style:
funny, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, desert, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, bank, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his ...
Style:
spoof, retro, parody, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
robin hood, dancing, crime boss, mafia, gangster, forgery, smuggler, tap dance, prohibition era, irish mob, crime family, jazz ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, partner, odd couple, buddies, disorder, fish out of water, racism, society, chase, investigation, buddy cop, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, algeria, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, cons and scams, heist, crime gone awry, chase, dishonesty, goofy hero, partner, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
elvis presley, music, love, lecture, investigation, labor union, artists and showbiz, workplace, ambition, performer's life, nothing goes right, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, year 1969
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corpse, kidnapping, disorder, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, down on your luck, love, partner, criminal heroes, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the ...
Style:
action comedy, cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, gang, exploitation, fight, fight scenes, karate, forgery, gangster, counterfeit money, disorder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
cowboy, friendship, chase, gunfight, horse, missing person, outlaw gang, happy ending, buddy, odd couple, fish out of water, disorder ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, arizona, new mexico, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Male chauvinist Mike attempts to get an intelligent burgeoning feminist Delilah into his harem. When she resists, Mike then poses as his brother Herbert, but in the process falls in love with Delilah.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
beach, skateboard, beach party, photographer, swimming, rock music, car wash, surfing, rock and roll, music and dance, volleyball, harem ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
southern california, california
Similarity:
21%
500
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
Style:
independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rock, disorder, psychopath, hitman, down on your luck, cons and scams, nothing goes right, dishonesty, criminal heroes, on the run, partner, criminal ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is ...
Style:
absurd, spoof, slapstick, humorous, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, car chase, police, mafia, video game, undercover, farce, chase, police investigation, gangster, destiny, translator ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, independent film, captivating, light ...
Plot:
scientist, cons and scams, disorder, undercover, dishonesty, nothing goes right, goofy hero, intrigue, chases and races, experiment, disguise, con artists ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
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