Movies Like Ay... Calypso no te rajes!
If you liked Ay... Calypso no te rajes! (1958), a movie directed by Jaime Salvador, 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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King Creole (1958)
★ 6.4/10Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…
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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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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
★ 6.1/10An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
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Hustlers (2019)
★ 6.5/10A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
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She Done Him Wrong (1933)
★ 5.9/10New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more male friends than can be imagined. One is a vicious escaped criminal on the way to see 'his' girl, unaware she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is…
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G.I. Blues (1960)
★ 6.5/10Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open a nightclub once he's discharged. Although he may lack the capital for such a venture, a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager…
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Road House (1989)
★ 6.8/10The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than…
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54 (1998)
★ 5.9/10When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar…
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Stark Raving Mad (2002)
★ 6.1/10A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
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Exotica (1994)
★ 6.6/10In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he…
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Go (1999)
★ 7/10A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
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Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
★ 6.6/10Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal…
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Vamp (1986)
★ 5.8/10Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
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High School Musical 2 (2007)
★ 6.5/10The East High Wildcats are gearing up for big fun as they land the coolest summer jobs imaginable. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor have scored sweet gigs at the Lava Springs Country Club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's…
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
★ 6.3/10A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
★ 7.5/10A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…
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The Joker is Wild (1957)
★ 8.1/10A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
★ 7/10Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling…
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Spike Island (2012)
★ 6.3/10Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.