Movies Like On the Rocks
If you liked On the Rocks (1998), a movie directed by Cedric Sundstrom, 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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Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★ 6.3/10Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…
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Skin (2009)
★ 6.4/10Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)
★ 7.5/10Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.
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Reservoir Dogs (1991)
★ 7.5/10Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
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District 9 (2009)
★ 7.5/10Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by…
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Superintelligence (2020)
★ 5.9/10When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…
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Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
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Magnum Opus (2022)
★ 7.2/10Groot sets out to paint a family portrait of himself and the Guardians, only to discover just how messy the artistic process can be.
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Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
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Disgrace (2008)
★ 6.2/10Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect…
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Our Wife (1931)
★ 7.1/10Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to…
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The Giver (2014)
★ 6.6/10In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
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Slanted (2026)
★ 5.8/10An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance.
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They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
★ 6.5/10A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
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Two Distant Strangers (2020)
★ 7/10A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
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Hairspray (2007)
★ 6.7/10Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends…
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The Hate U Give (2018)
★ 8.1/10Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds…
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Tuff Turf (1985)
★ 5.9/10The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
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