20 best movies like A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

List of the best movies like A Countess from Hong Kong (1967): The Prince and the Showgirl, Shanghai Surprise, My Beautiful Laundrette, Hong Kong Confidential, The Matchmaker, Jet Lag, Never on Sunday, Milk Money, Mickey Blue Eyes, Fools Rush In.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:55

A saucy American showgirl in London is wooed by a roving-eyed Duke, but his estranged son, the young King, interrupts their late supper with politics and angry accusations.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:37

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:37

A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryLatvia, Hong Kong
Duration01:32

One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:37

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, United Kingdom
Duration01:17

At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a beautician on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a cook who is on his way back from America. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Will their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility turn into a one night stand or perhaps something more?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryGreece

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:42

An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom

Laura and Ryan are perfect for each other: they both love Meryl Streep, have been totally destroyed by previous relationships, and they have no idea what they are supposed to do tonight. They also both know that they'll have to pretend to be completely different to how they've ever been previously, in the hope of getting it right this time. How bad can a second date really go and what is there to lose? Ryan and Laura are about to find out.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:39

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctors daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Finland
Duration01:47

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration01:40

In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Australia, USA
Duration01:47

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:22

Hum Tum (Hindi: हम तुम, translation: You and Me, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A young man returns to his ex-girlfriend and true love to discover the source of her increasing depression. As the young man earnestly tries to help his girlfriend through her troubles, their love begins to bloom.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:51

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:00

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:39

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration01:14

Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Two students at neighboring colleges get swept up in first love. Pookie Adams, a kooky misfit with no family or friends, clings to the quiet and studious Jerry, who has the ability to make a choice of living in Pookie's private world or be accepted by the society that Pookie rejects. Unwittingly, it is through their awkward relationship that Pookie prepares Jerry for the world of "weirdos" that she doesn't fit into.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:04

William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration01:48

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
Duration01:46

An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:43

This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:33

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
CountryThailand
Duration01:55

Some time during the Rattanakosin Kingdom, Mak becomes a soldier and has to leave his pregnant wife Nak at home in Phra Khanong. In the distant frontline he meets four soldiers who become his best friends. Menwhile his wife Nak struggles to give birth to their baby alone. When the war is over, Mak invites his friends to go to his home and meet his beautiful wife Nak. But in Phra Khanong the rumor goes around town that Nak is a ghost. After a series of uncanny events his four friends and some villagers try to tell Mak that his wife is already dead.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:37

Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

    Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
    Duration01:51

    An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:21

    Be-spectacled geek, Abhay falls in love with college hottie, Alisha and silently slinks away into the shadows when he realises she's unattainable. Seven years later, he re-enters her life as the nanny and hopes to woo the single mom, this time at least. Does he succeed?

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, India
    Duration02:20

    Gautam is an incorrigible flirt, who runs after every girl he sees. Meera is a pretty girl with desi values and attire, who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though different from each other, these three are perfect friends staying under one roof until friendship becomes confusing, and love becomes complicated.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, South Korea, China

    In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryJapan

    A detective probes the brutal murder of a woman in a red light district while a housewife hides her double life as a prostitute from her husband.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:04

    Na-mi, a transfer student, becomes a laughingstock on her first day of school because of her strong southern dialect. Six girls jump in to help the new kid adapt to the new environment, and the girls come to call their circle of friends "Sunny."

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:14

    Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one girl: his girlfriend Bunny. But since his father is poor, her parents don't accept him.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance, Japan, Belgium, Canada
    Duration01:41

    A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:35

    The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.




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