Movies Like Happy Hour

If you liked Happy Hour (2011), a movie directed by Doris Wong Chin Yan, 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.

1
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
★ 6.6/10
Despite 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…
2
Night on Earth (1991)
★ 7.5/10
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
3
Frances Ha (2013)
★ 7.3/10
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
4
Morning Glory (2010)
★ 6.4/10
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she…
5
High School Musical 2 (2007)
★ 6.5/10
The 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…
6
All That Jazz (1979)
★ 7.5/10
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed…
7
Exotica (1994)
★ 6.6/10
In 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…
8
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
★ 6.8/10
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
9
Meet Me Next Christmas (2024)
★ 6.3/10
On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert.
10
To Sir, with Love (1967)
★ 7.5/10
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
11
Ghostbusters II (1989)
★ 6.6/10
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
12
Noel (2004)
★ 5.8/10
With Christmas Eve just around the corner in bustling New York, five lonely and sad strangers find their lives inadvertently intersected.
13
Cocktail (1988)
★ 6.1/10
After 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…
14
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
★ 6.5/10
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
15
Mean Streets (1973)
★ 7/10
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
16
Celebrity (1998)
★ 6/10
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of…
17
Solo Mio (2026)
★ 7.5/10
After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture…
18
Underworld (2003)
★ 6.9/10
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes…
19
Locke (2014)
★ 6.9/10
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of…
20
10 Items or Less (2006)
★ 6.2/10
An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and…