Movies like Urban Cowboy

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Urban Cowboy (1980)
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Urban Cowboy (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hard Hat Days Honky-Tonk Nights. John Travolta stars as a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
Style: melancholic, uplifting, touching, realistic, romantic, talky, entertaining, sex comedy, sexual, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: cowboy, chase, adultery, marital problem, human spirit, rivalry, social differences, suburban life, city life, class differences, country music, ambition, working class, contests and competitions, oil, happy ending, love story, suburbs, coming of age, blue collar, love, rodeo, sexuality, dj, fall in love ...
Time: 80s, year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, houston texas, california, new jersey
Keyword: dreams

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Most similar movies to Urban Cowboy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and romantic films with plots about love and romance, couples, couple relations, male female relationship, kiss, love and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Western genres. Some movies like Urban Cowboy: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Perfect (1985), She's So Lovely (1997), Mississippi Masala (1991), Falling in Love Again (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond ...
Style: realistic, sexy, romantic, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, manly, date night, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: officers and cadets, love, military life, love story, navy, u.s. navy, military, u.s. military, military officer, love of one's life, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, the philippines, manila philippines
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Perfect (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight. This film contains one of the greatest scenes of the '80s, an across the room sexual dance-off between the two main ...
Style: cult classic, sexy, retro, sex comedy, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night
Plot: aerobics, fitness, dancing, journalism, gym, courtroom, happy ending, stoned, workout, couples, uncover truth, fall in love ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 70s
Place: morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
She's So Lovely (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. When Eddie returns and finds his wife bruised, he goes ballistic, shoots a paramedic and ...
Style: melancholic, serious, psychological, realistic, talky ...
Plot: obsession, dysfunctional family, mental illness, mental institution, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, couple relations, love triangle, family problems, mentally unstable, love and romance, infidelity ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Style: romantic, light, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: racism, immigrant, culture clash, interracial relations, racial prejudice, indians, stereotypes, family drama, honest, love affair, opposites attract, fall in love ...
Time: year 1991, 70s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1972
Place: mississippi, uganda, africa, india, southern usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Falling in Love Again (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had a fondness for bran muffins. They fell in love, got married, moved to Los Angeles, and had two ...
Style: sweet, romantic, melancholic, intense, light ...
Plot: infidelity, fall in love, love story, unlikely friendships, happy ending, friendship, midlife crisis, couple relations, couples, lifestyle, self discovery, love ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 70s
Place: usa, bronx new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Cowboy Up (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: "Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sex comedy
Plot: love affair, love triangle, friendship, rivalry, family relations, couples, relationship vs career, parents and children, fish out of water, unfulfilled love, redemption, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.1
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Pure Country (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dusty Chandler (Strait) is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a '70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his overdone concerts to find his real country roots. He's helped and hindered by ...
Style: romantic, entertaining, scenic, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: country music, love story, starting over, artists and showbiz, musician's life, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, desire for fame, fall in love, lifestyle, couples ...
Time: year 1992
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Falling in Love (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, love and romance, christmas, love story, adultery, bookstore, friendship, extramarital affair, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, women ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Scott Glenn is H.D., a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Julie (Kate Capshaw) is a now a ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: cheerleader, cowboy, rodeo, modern west, family relations, retirement home, couples, farm, rising to stardom, elderly, hopes, single parent ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his ...
Style: melancholic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: horse, ranch, friendship, false accusation, coming of age, gunfight, prisoner, life is a bitch, friends, horse ranch, dishonesty, fall in love ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: mexico, texas, austin texas, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Competition (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: piano, love, music, fall in love, love affair, in love, musician, family relations, female nudity, bare breasts, sex, male nudity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two unhappy people's lives become entwined when they have a life changing romance. Adrienne is a woman who's trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not. Her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is traveling to ...
Style: touching, romantic, sentimental, melancholic, tear jerker ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love story, middle age romance, true love, love and romance, couples, infidelity, parents and children, death, summer, love, inn, family drama ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
One Night Stand (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat ...
Style: sexy, melancholic, intense, light, touching ...
Plot: male female relationship, love triangle, infidelity, friendship, one night stand, justice, adaptation, adultery, interracial romance, couples, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, california, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
John and Mary (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Style: talky, serious, psychological, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: one night stand, couples, lifestyle, love affair, female nudity, love, commitment, couple relations, love and romance, sexual relations, urban, singleness ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier ...
Style: realistic, stylized, sexy, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, cowboy, infidelity, cattle ranch, pickup truck, desert, gunfight, love triangle, introspection, human nature, homecoming, coming of age ...
Time: year 1998, post world war two
Place: new mexico, pearl harbor, california, usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.0
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Paper Hearts (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Western drama directed by Rod McCall. Henry deserted his family years before, Henry (James Brolin) kicks up a storm when he shows up to see his youngest daughter before her wedding. He has ulterior motives, including a divorce from wife Jenny (Sally ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Audience: girls' night
Plot: nudity, wedding, family relations, naked woman, striptease, profanity, couples, family problems, introspection, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.6
 862
Guns of Diablo (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bronson and Russell are up against some bad guys who run the town to which the pair have gone for supplies. Bronson runs into an old girl friend, Oliver, who is now married to his enemy Merlin. Bronson had long ago broken Merlin's arm, and now ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, showdown, shootout, small town, heroes, friendship, lovers reunited, rivalry, love and romance, partners against crime, criminal's revenge, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Loulou (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: This 1980 French film features Isabelle Huppert as a restless young woman who ditches her boring, tempramental boyfriend for a wild, leather-clad bad boy (played by an incandescent, youthful Gerard Depardieu).
Style: erotic, romantic, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: sexual relations, sensuality, affair, amor, advertising agency, infidelity, abusive husband, drunk, class differences, disco, couples, society ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for healing.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, melancholic, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: horse, ranch, animal, travel, cowboy, riding accident, rider horse relationship, parent child relationship, horse riding, couples, couple relations, hopes ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Style: touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: working class, opposites attract, love story, education, unemployment, love and romance, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, school ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Not Easily Broken (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: relationship vs career, hopes, family problems, love and romance, ambition, couples, infidelity, crumbling marriage, couple relations, black, christian, african american protagonist ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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8 Seconds (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
Style: sentimental, captivating, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: rodeo, rodeo cowboy, cowboy, rising to stardom, rivalry, ambition, love, human spirit, contests and competitions, underdog, rise and fall, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: las vegas, oklahoma, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Monte Walsh (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, tense, period piece ...
Plot: heroes, old west, small town, forbidden love, against the odds, righting the wronged, society, escapades, human nature, working class, wild west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.6
 4K
Cannery Row (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A depressed section of Monterey, California is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist and former baseball star. Suzy is a scrappy, abrasive drifter who can't even succeed ...
Style: stylized, sweet, surreal, romantic, semi serious ...
Plot: prostitute, friendship, couples, relationships, brothel, surrealism, depression, adaptation, eccentricity, misfit, society, youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 80s
Place: california, monterey california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).
Style: sexy, sexual, emotional, psychological, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: gambling, adultery, husband wife relationship, infidelity, moral dilemma, love triangle, love story, sexual relations, cuckold, millionaire, lust, wealth ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Longest Ride (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, teen ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: love, love story, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love affair, opposites attract, art collector, relationships, cowboy, happy ending, passion ...
Time: year 2015, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.5
 51K
Last Night (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
Style: melancholic, heartbreaking, sentimental, sexy, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: infidelity, adultery, temptation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, love story, relationships, unfaithful husband, love and romance, old love, unfaithful wife, trust, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, france, philadelphia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.5
 30K
El Dorado (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Style: talky, tense, suspense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: old west, sheriff, friendship, redemption, alcoholic, shootout, vengeance, lone hero, wild west, cowboy, adaptation, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, year 1967, 1800s
Place: texas, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.9
 37K
Love Story (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, romantic, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: love, fall in love, tragedy, death, college, love story, cancer, tragic love, ice hockey, graduation, young love, class differences ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, massachusetts, paris france, boston, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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