Movies Like Cool and the Crazy
If you liked Cool and the Crazy (1994), a drama and romance movie directed by Ralph Bakshi, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Wicked Minds (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceHolden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…
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What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaTwo childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
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Notes on a Scandal (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romancePregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
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The Best of Me (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceA pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
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The Burning Plain (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is…
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Careful What You Wish For (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerA guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerAn emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Madame Bovary (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceIn 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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Endless Love (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceA privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
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Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and romanceA struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
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Fire with Fire (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…
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Desert Dawn (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerA newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
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Last Night (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceMichael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great…