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It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
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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 care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane.
Style:
retro, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
elvis presley, rock, passionate kiss, youth, bike, gambling, fall in love, friends, orphan, love and romance, chase, best friend, adventurer, starting over, hidden identity, disorder, fish out of water, buddies, wooing, fight, musician, karate, police officer, heroes, pilot ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, seattle washington
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Most similar movies to It Happened at the World's Fair
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, humorous and feel good films with plots about love and romance, singing, singer, fall in love, elvis presley, dancing and rock mostly in Comedy, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like It Happened at the World's Fair: Follow That Dream (1962), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Tickle Me (1965), Frankie and Johnny (1966), Double Trouble (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
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:
100%
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:
54%
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:
48%
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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:
48%
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:
44%
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:
40%
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:
39%
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:
38%
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:
37%
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:
37%
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:
36%
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:
35%
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 ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, assassination, fish out of water, partner, goofy hero, opposites attract, blind ambition, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rivalry, disorder, palace intrigue ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, pakistan
Similarity:
35%
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:
33%
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:
32%
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:
31%
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:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Style:
retro, semi serious, stylized, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
circus, carnival, bride and groom, elephant, gambling, friends, wiretap, disorder, espionage, ambition, follow your dream, fighting the system ...
Time:
60s, 90s
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Only a few songs as Elvis plays it straight as Dr John Carpenter. Mary Tyler Moore stars opposite as an incognito nun with a mission to help Dr Elvis clean up the ghetto he lives in. Can the King compete against God for Mary's heart?
Style:
psychotronic, political, cult classic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
nun, autism, elvis presley, church, clergy, nunsploitation, forbidden love, rape, passionate kiss, disability, monk, convent ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
Style:
lyrical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, live performance, high school life, friends, teenage love, youth, coming of age, broadway, teen romance, twins, theater, opposites attract ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1959
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot this movie like a classic 30s musical. Love's Labour's Lost tells the story of four best friends who swear off love. The King of Navarre and his three companions ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
shakespeare, friendship, passion, couple relations, fall in love, best friend, couples, disorder, love and romance, father daughter relationship, pianist, military ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
france, europe, spain
Similarity:
23%
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%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out ...
Style:
cult classic, feel good, stylized, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, great ending, filmmaker, filmmaking, singer, fall in love, couples, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, master and servant, performer's life ...
Time:
year 1975, 1930s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this conclusion of the long running series it finally happens: Kelly and Zack will marry. Zack's parents are against the early commitment and Kelly's parents can't afford it, so only the gang travels to Las Vegas for the wedding. ...
Style:
cult classic, sitcom, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, young lovers, wedding day, love, hotel, golf, wedding preparations and rituals, group of friends, college student, friends, couples ...
Time:
90s, year 2016
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, hidden identity, starting over, hopes, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, male female relationship, first date, sexy woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
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: Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kid Galahad is a 1962 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. The movie was filmed on location in Idyllwild, California and is noted for having a strong supporting cast. Most critics rate it as one of Presley's best performances. The ...
Style:
psychotronic, esoteric, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
elvis presley, bike, meme, music, friends, tough heroes, hopes, underdog, ambition, athlete's life, supportive spouse, contests and competitions ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
20%
84
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A small town guy tries to decide between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
love triangle, ex girlfriend, friends, small town, couples, love, rivalry, choice, youth, disorder, dishonesty, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nick Jenkins finds himself back in the single scene as his relationship with his fiancee abruptly fall apart. With his roommate and best friend Jed Rollins, Nick jumps into the dating world. Mona, Jed, and Robin accompany him as they meander ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
best friend, couples, wooing, breakup, dating, looking for love, rivalry, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, friends, dwarf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
19%
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