Comedy, Drama, Romance
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Blackmail
Fight Club
The Bodyguard
The Usual Suspects
Faces
Pulp Fiction
Short Cuts
The Romance Of Robert Burns
Slingshot Cops
Swindle
Smart Ass
Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story
L.A. Story
Rush Hour
Payback
Man with the Screaming Brain
Double Dragon
The Lovers
The Fire Within
Deconstructing Harry
SIMILAR MOVIES
Blackmail
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1929
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.Fight Club
IMDB 8.4 | Oct , 1999
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.The Bodyguard
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1992
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.The Usual Suspects
IMDB 8.2 | Jul , 1995
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.Faces
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1968
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.Pulp Fiction
IMDB 8.5 | Sep , 1994
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.Short Cuts
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.The Romance Of Robert Burns
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 1937
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming relationship with beautiful Jean Armour. Soon a marriage is arranged for Jean, and Robby must race to her side before she is married off.Slingshot Cops
IMDB 9 | Nov , 2016
A supernatural menace has descended on the peaceful town of Woodsville Center! It's up to Officier Rusty (Matt Farley), his partner Wolf (Jim McHugh, the mysterious newcomer known as The Eastern European (Tom Scalzo), loyal Officer Annabelle (Sharon Scalzo), and their courageous friends to take down this deadly villain!Swindle
IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 2002
Four thieves attempt to make the richest score in history.Smart Ass
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2014
Kelly, Dan and Louis are students at a prestigious business school, destined to become tomorrow's elite. The industrious trio are determined to start putting their education into practise from the off in an attempt to make as much money as they can from their fellow students. Working on the theory that relationships between the sexes can be regulated by market principles, they begin to inflate the popularity of certain individuals artificially, by hiring beautiful and sexy off-campus women as their dates for exclusive and riotous college parties. However their perfect business model soon spirals out of control as their moneymaking scheme takes off in a big way across campus.Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2004
Charming and continually drunk millionaire sees a woman on the street and falls madly in love with her, she works as a striptease dancer and has a mentally handicapped brother. They fall in love, but he unfortunately has to marry someone else.L.A. Story
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1991
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.Rush Hour
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1998
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.Payback
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1999
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.Man with the Screaming Brain
IMDB 5.1 | Apr , 2005
The brains of a Russian taxi driver and a wealthy businessman are brought together in one body by a mad scientist.Double Dragon
IMDB 4.6 | Nov , 1994
Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.The Lovers
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1958
A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.The Fire Within
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1963
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.Deconstructing Harry
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1997
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.