Movies Like White Men Can't Iron on Butt Row
If you liked White Men Can't Iron on Butt Row (1997), a movie directed by Joey Silvera, 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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Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
★ 6.5/10A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
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Stop Making Sense (1984)
★ 8.4/10A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a…
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Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
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Help! (1965)
★ 6.9/10An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…
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180° South (2010)
★ 7.2/10The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
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Palm Swings (2017)
★ 5.9/10After moving to Palm Springs, a young married couple puts their love to the test when they discover that their neighbors are swingers.
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Step Up (2006)
★ 6.9/10Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
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A Chorus Line (1985)
★ 6.2/10A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a…
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
★ 7.3/10Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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Take the Lead (2006)
★ 6.9/10A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based…
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West Side Story (1961)
★ 7.2/10In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
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That Touch of Mink (1962)
★ 6.5/10Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a…
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The Big Brawl (1980)
★ 5.9/10A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
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Watching the Detectives (2007)
★ 6.3/10Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…
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Woman Times Seven (1967)
★ 6.3/10Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress…
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American Pie: Revealed (2004)
★ 6/10Documentary about the making of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003).
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A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
★ 6.6/10Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful…
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Elstree 1976 (2015)
★ 6.2/10A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.
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Moonstruck (1987)
★ 6.8/1037-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger…
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
★ 6.7/10When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest…