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10 Best Movies Like The Bartender

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

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#1
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#2
Cocktail

Cocktail

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 quickl...

#3
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most mone...

#4
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him....

#5
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

#6
What Men Talk About

What Men Talk About

2010★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bartender for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Four old friends - Kamil, Lesha, Sasha and Slava - all well-to-do professionals in their late 30s embarking on a two days road trip from Moscow to Odessa. They wish to escape the m...

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