Movies Like Frankie and Johnny
If you liked Frankie and Johnny (1991), a drama and romance movie directed by Garry Marshall, 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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Waitress (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedyA small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
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Zola (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
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Cocktail (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaAfter being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his…
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White Palace (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceMax Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction…
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Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaClay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…
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How to Be Single (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceNew York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…
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F Valentine's Day (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyGina hates her Valentine's Day birthday and travels to Greece to prevent her boyfriend's proposal. With help from vacationers Johnny and his sister Mickey, she schemes to delay it – while questioning her relationship.
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The Ramen Girl (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedyAn American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
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The Burning Plain (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is…
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Heavy (1995)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceVictor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful…
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Someone Great (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceAn aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one…
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Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedyExtrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. But when Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, the pair faces…
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All About Sex (2020)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaThree friends in their mid-20s struggle to navigate their professional and personal lives, colliding head on with the messy, hilarious and dreadful growing pangs of adulthood.
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Intimacy (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and dramaFailed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…
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The Trip to Greece (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaSteve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue their travelogue series with a visit to Greece.
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The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
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Working Girl (1988)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceWhen a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
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Buffalo '66 (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceBilly is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and dramaAfter her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
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Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaA self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.