Movies Like Heavenly Desire
If you liked Heavenly Desire (1979), a comedy and fantasy movie directed by Jaacov Jaacovi, 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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Erik the Viking (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and comedyErik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking…
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Flesh Gordon (1974)
★ 4.9/10Also comedyEmperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with…
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Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)
★ 4.4/10Also comedySpace-faring hero and galactically-renowned stud Flesh Gordon is kidnapped by a group of space cheerleaders hoping to use him to save their planet. A being simply known as Evil Presence has been rendering the men of…
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The Nines (2007)
★ 6/10Also fantasyA troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
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Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990)
★ 2.5/10Also comedyMild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a…
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Roger Dodger (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyA smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment he first meets them. When his teenage nephew drops in for a visit, he soon learns…
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Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014)
★ 5.1/10Also comedyWhen a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.
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My New Partner II (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedyThe partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they…
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Tank (1984)
★ 5.7/10Also comedyAfter relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when…
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Dragonflies and Coliaths (1998)
★ 8/10Also fantasyBased on the tales of Chinese writer Pu Songling, the film depicts the romantic relationships of a Chinese student with an undead girl and a fox spirit maiden. Rainer Sarnet's diploma film.
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China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
★ 5.3/10Also westernGunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a…
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Irma la Douce (1963)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyWhen a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
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A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyHanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic…
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Mifune (1999)
★ 7/10Also comedyKresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his…
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Unforgiven (1992)
★ 7.9/10Also westernWilliam Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute…
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Pretty Woman (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyVivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges…
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Idiocracy (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyTo test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events…
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyA henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.
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2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAs the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
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Rosemary (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyWest Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial…