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Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
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Original name: Catch Us If You Can
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 to head to an island to get away from it all (bringing along four of Steve's friends, Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis West Payton, and Rick Huxley, who -- surprise! -- play music with him). Before long, Dinah is reported missing and everyone is looking for her, making their getaway anything but tranquil.
Style:
road movie, period piece, black and white, clever, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock and roll, rock, advertising, pop music, conservatory, swinger, swing, underwater, island, music band, music, friendship, friends, missing person, showbiz, ambition, rise and fall, lifestyle, actor's life, nothing goes right, partner, disorder, musician's life, campaign, buddies ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Most similar movies to Having a Wild Weekend
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about artists and showbiz, friends, music, music band, lifestyle, ambition and musician's life mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Having a Wild Weekend: Down and Out with the Dolls (2001), Where's Firuze? (2004), Svengali (2013), Electric Apricot (2007), My Dinner with Jimi (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, suspense ...
Plot:
rock, rise and fall, punk, partner, best friend, rivalry, music band, buddies, artists and showbiz, ambition, music, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, seattle, portland oregon
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous, art house ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, rising to stardom, lifestyle, desire for fame, ambition, artists and showbiz, musician's life, fall in love, showbiz, buddies, comedy team, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, music, rock and roll, punk rock, rock, dancing, showbiz, subculture, musician, nudity, music business, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
england, london, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sincere
Plot:
follow your dream, music band, hopes, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, relationship vs career, music industry, misfit, rising to stardom, friends, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot:
partner, lifestyle, music, performer's life, music band, friends, disorder, on the road, rock, filmmaking, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
music, music band, celebrity culture, performer's life, desire for fame, rise and fall, rise to the top, rock, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
desire for fame, follow your dream, friends, teenage life, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rock and roll, family relations, hopes, youth, rivalry, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
europe, dublin ireland, ireland
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, semi serious, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blackmail, disorder, music band, partner, media, artists and showbiz, buddies, showbiz, rock and roll, punk, job, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
83%
966
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
They were the hottest thing in the eighties, the pin-up boys on every teenage girl’s wall. And with hits like “Tough Titties” and “BoyTown”, they cemented their reputation as the biggest boy band on the planet. Now two decades later, ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, lighthearted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, music band, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, performer's life, lifestyle, boy band, buddies, artists and showbiz, once promising, music ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
82%
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:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of ...
Style:
sitcom, slapstick, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
rock and roll, musician, children, music band, aspiring singer, rock band, partner, disorder, friends, buddies, goofy hero, desire for fame ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
82%
136
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
musician's life, follow your dream, lifestyle, friendship, music band, hopes, buddies, music, artists and showbiz, rock, friends, drummer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The trials and tribulations of the latest Indie Folk Star - Jolene.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
musician's life, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, folklore, friends, music, youth, artists and showbiz, partner, rise and fall, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, culture clash, showbiz, social decay, buddies, society, unfulfillment, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth is a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997, 1999 and 2000. It featured the fictional accounts of the real band Tenacious D, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass. All of the episodes of the show ...
Style:
cult classic, not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
entertainment, heavy metal, partner, profanity, singer, disorder, musician, friends, performer's life, odd couple, buddies, musician's life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. ...
Style:
cult classic, witty, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
music, addiction, rock, musician, ambition, musician's life, buddies, love and romance, lifestyle, aging, music band, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, ironic, funny, witty ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, nothing goes right, music band, musician's life, introspection, drinking, ambition, buddies, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, death, found footage ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Style:
road movie, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
music, road trip, rock and roll, music business, music band, career, family relations, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, dancing, rock band, culture clash ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, mexico, russia, finland, new orleans ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Caesar is having a hard time dividing his time between his band and his rich girlfriend, Buffer. Buffer's dad doesn't like Ceasar for her. He called in Caesar to make a bet. If Caesar gets to make a hundred thousand dollars within six ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, independent film ...
Plot:
factory, ambition, artists and showbiz, hidden identity, musician's life, down on your luck, buddies, nothing goes right, boss, rock star, record company, brat pack ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and have a son. He used to have antother profession: to be French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
performer's life, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, dull life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, lifestyle, celebrity culture, lookalikes ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
wrestling, rock band, down on your luck, music band, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, musician's life, performer's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Discouraged by her lack of success and her parents' disapproval of her career choice, a struggling singer is about to give up on her dream when her manager cooks up a scandal designed to finally bring her some long-awaited fame.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating
Plot:
music industry, ambition, female protagonist, rock and roll, rock band, scandal, musician, music manager, aspiring musician, rock, satire, record producer ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.
Style:
offbeat, funny, cult classic, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
rock and roll, rock, club, car, dancing, hicksploitation, rock music, on the road, disorder, misfit, fall in love, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A female singing group from the '60s reunites for a TV special.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
girl group, female friendship, partner, couples, friends, unfulfillment, lifestyle, love and romance, rise and fall, music band, performer's life, rising to stardom ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, showbiz, music, musician's life, desire for fame, rising to stardom, music band, friends, relationship vs career, rock, fall in love, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, jamaica
Similarity:
74%
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:
74%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot:
rock band, cowboy, musician, music, religious, dancing, on the road, special agent, friends, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
latin america, russia, coney island brooklyn new york city, siberia, czech republic ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, anime, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
music, rock, hopes, rock music, ambition, follow your dream, disorder, friends, musician's life, hidden identity, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a ...
Style:
surreal, mondo, cult classic, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rock, rock and roll, trippy, musician, music, satire, surrealism, rock musician, rock music, counterculture, pop music, dancing ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Similarity:
73%
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