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10 Best Movies Like Cocktail Hour

If you loved Cocktail Hour, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Love Affair

Love Affair

1939★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind....

#2
Persuasion

Persuasion

2007★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are...

#3
High Strung

High Strung

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip h...

#4
The Secret: Dare to Dream

The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe ...

#5
Désirée

Désirée

1954★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to ...

#6
Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocktail Hour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-to...

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