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Beach Ball (1965)
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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, sentimental, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slang ...
Plot:
surfing, rock and roll, beach party, pop music, racing, music and dance, beach, music festival, music, youth, rock, college, friends, music band, love and romance, ambition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, mistaken identity, disorder, musician's life, siblings relations, silly humor, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
long beach california
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Most similar movies to Beach Ball
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about love and romance, friends, singer, lifestyle, rock and roll, dancing and rock mostly in Comedy, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like Beach Ball: The Girls on the Beach (1965), Teenage Millionaire (1961), Muscle Beach Party (1964), It's a Bikini World (1967), The Cool Ones (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The girls of Alpha Beta need to raise $10,000 in two weeks to save the sorority house. Among their schemes to raise the funds are a beauty contest, a newspaper puzzle, and a baking contest. But when three guys hit the beach with love on their minds, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
beach, surfing, sorority, the beatles, beach party, rock and roll, ocean, loss of virginity, disorder, friends, prank, music band ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
95%
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:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
bodybuilding, beach party, beach, surfing, bodybuilder, yacht, muscleman, wild party, revolutionary war, music and dance, rock and roll, best friend ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
73%
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:
72%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, corny
Plot:
bare chested male, dancer, rock and roll, youth culture, music industry, pop music, hollywood, manipulation, disorder, showbiz, rock, ambition ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
contests and competitions, youth, music band, music, rivalry, rock, ambition, teenager, choir, teenage girl, contest, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
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:
58%
950
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Remember the beach movies of the sixties? They're back! Well, not quite, but since Avalon, Hickman, and even Funicello appear in this one, it sure feels right. This time, though, read snow instead of sand and you got it. Ski lodge, to be ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
beach party, ski, snow skiing, olympics, winter olympics, xmas, student athlete, music and dance, rock and roll, skiing, friends, switching roles ...
Time:
60s, year 1965
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
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:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, theater, couples, friends, teenage life, rock, musician's life, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ambition, artists and showbiz, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Similarity:
53%
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:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.
Style:
grindhouse, sexy, independent film, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
surfing, beach, magic, witch, camp, motorcycle, pelican, wild party, rock and roll, satire, youth, couple relations ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
tahiti, france, pacific ocean, polynesia, new jersey ...
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.
Style:
period piece, retro, lighthearted, psychotronic, teen comedy
Plot:
beach, surfing, coming of age, teenager, youth culture, beach party, friends, deception, reputation, brother sister relationship, rock and roll, surf ...
Time:
60s
Place:
california, malibu california
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
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:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, are off to India to star in a Bollywood movie. But when there they discover that they will have to compete against each other to get the role in the movie. Will the Cheetah's break up again?
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
hopes, rivalry, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, follow your dream, friendship, love and romance, family life, teenager, teenage girl, music and dance, occupation ...
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
45%
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
Similarity:
44%
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:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: East Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The 1968 East German film Heißer Sommer brought six million East Germans into the theaters and today is regarded as one of the greatest DEFA films. Actors Frank Schobel and Chris Doerk were made famous from the film.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
youth, singing, cold war, summer, holiday, teenage crush, summer camp, couples, disorder, friends, beach, love triangle ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
german democratic republic, europe, germany
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
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:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
music band, beach, musician, journalism, on the road, artists and showbiz, friends, concert, dancing, ocean, car crash, dance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
ex wife, lifestyle, going straight, starting over, ambition, hopes, womanizer, couples, infidelity, custody, parents and children, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity ...
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, psychotronic, funny, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
beach, surfing, beach party, surf, young lovers, motorcycle, camp, dancing, summer, revolutionary war, music history, rock and roll ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A lonely, sexually repressed man. A depressed woman. A summer camp. On this fateful night, they will meet... and their hearts will become one.
Style:
sexy, humorous, light, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
beach, dancing, music, lifestyle, best friend, youth, dance, vacation, teenager, campus, relationships, young lovers ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, miami, florida, pennsylvania, texas ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, absurd, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
beach party, ghost, monster, gorilla, rock and roll, creature, wild party, motorcycle, mummy, meme, biker, treasure ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Surfing college students hang out at a club watching comedian Uncle Woody and drinking Pepsis. Rich playboy "Ding" Pruitt falls for Sandy Palmer. His grandfather tries to have the club closed but is exposed as an ex-bootlegger.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
college, beach, beach party, friends, couples, disorder, young lovers, artists and showbiz, aging, coming of age, prank, music ...
Time:
60s
Place:
california
Similarity:
38%
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