Movies Like Harvey Wallbanger
If you liked Harvey Wallbanger (2018), a movie directed by Abdul Stone Jackson, 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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Footlight Parade (1933)
★ 6.8/10A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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El Chicano (2019)
★ 6.6/10A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
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Punching Henry (2017)
★ 5.9/10Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a…
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The Comeback Trail (2020)
★ 5.8/10Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
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Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
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The Three Stooges (2012)
★ 5.8/10Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that financial problems will soon force the…
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Flash of Genius (2008)
★ 6.6/10In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers…
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The King of Comedy (1982)
★ 7.8/10Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
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Let's Make Love (1960)
★ 6.4/10When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
★ 6.1/10To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a…
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People Like Us (2012)
★ 6.8/10After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never…
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Real Women Have Curves (2002)
★ 6.1/10In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…
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Home Run (2013)
★ 6.2/10A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
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Nothing in Common (1986)
★ 5.9/10A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.8/10A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Jolt (2021)
★ 6.5/10A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
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Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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Death to Smoochy (2002)
★ 5.9/10Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy…