Movies like The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked (2009) is a comedy movie directed by Richard Curtis. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. American Graffiti (1973)
★ 7.1 · 1,661 votes · Comedy, Drama
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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2. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
★ 7.3 · 773 votes · Comedy, Music
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
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3. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
★ 7.3 · 3,125 votes · Comedy, Drama, War
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
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4. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
★ 6.6 · 518 votes · Comedy
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
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5. Barney's Version (2010)
★ 7.0 · 505 votes · Comedy, Drama
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
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6. Human Traffic (1999)
★ 6.8 · 418 votes · Comedy, Drama
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.
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7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
★ 7.1 · 3,297 votes · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
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8. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
★ 7.0 · 542 votes · Comedy, Drama, Music
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
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2. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

★ 7.3 · 773 votes · Comedy, Music

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Movies like A Hard Day's Night →

6. Human Traffic (1999)

★ 6.8 · 418 votes · Comedy, Drama

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

Movies like Human Traffic →

7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

★ 7.1 · 3,297 votes · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Movies like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou →

8. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

★ 7.0 · 542 votes · Comedy, Drama, Music

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

Movies like 24 Hour Party People →

1. American Graffiti (1973)

2. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

3. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

4. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

5. Barney's Version (2010)

6. Human Traffic (1999)

7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

8. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

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1. American Graffiti (1973)

2. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

3. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

4. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

5. Barney's Version (2010)

6. Human Traffic (1999)

7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

8. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

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