Movies Like 45 Years of Pleasure: Los Angeles
If you liked 45 Years of Pleasure: Los Angeles (2024), a romance movie directed by Ricky Greenwood and Kay Brandt, 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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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also romanceTom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went…
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10 Attitudes (2001)
★ 4.7/10Also romanceA Jewish man discovers his boyfriend of 10 years has been cheating on him, and decides to embark on a dating spree.
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Possessed (1947)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceAfter being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
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Car Wash (1976)
★ 6/10Also romanceThis day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky…
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Latter Days (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceChristian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
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Romeo + Juliet (2026)
★ 5/10Also romanceAn original and danced adaptation of the Shakespeare classic.
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The Trip (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceWhen 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
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Baby Boy (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceThe story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two…
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
★ 5.7/10Also romanceA small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
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Laurel Canyon (2003)
★ 6/10Also romanceWhen an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
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In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceBroke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with…
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Playing It Cool (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also romanceA young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
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Bottoms Up (2006)
★ 3.2/10Also romanceSmall-town bartender Owen Peadman goes to Los Angeles to raise money to help save his father's Minnesota restaurant. He tries to find a way into Hollywood society, where he meets socialite Lisa and her uptight actor…
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Garden State (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceAndrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a…
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The Next Best Thing (2000)
★ 5.2/10Also romanceA comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with…
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Ask the Dust (2006)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceMexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on…
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The Holiday (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceTwo women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
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The Last Fling (1987)
★ 4.5/10Also romanceA young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.