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Movies like Do You Believe In Water? (1976)

The best movies like Do You Believe In Water? (1976) are A Night at the Opera (1935), Looking for Richard (1996) and The Knack... and How to Get It (1965). If Do You Believe In Water? hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. A Night at the Opera (1935)

    The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Looking for Richard (1996)

    Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

    A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Mike Birbiglia: The New One (2019)

    Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)

    Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage in New York and tackles talking vs. texting, bad buffets vs. so-called "great" restaurants and the magic of Pop Tarts.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

    Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Madeline's Madeline (2018)

    Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  8. Watching the Detectives (2007)

    Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Flashdance (1983)

    Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

    Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)

    Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

    An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Nine to Five (1980)

    Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Noises Off... (1992)

    Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Moonstruck (1987)

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

    Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Feel the Beat (2020)

    After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The TV Set (2007)

    As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Do You Believe In Water??

The closest matches to Do You Believe In Water? are A Night at the Opera (1935), Looking for Richard (1996) and The Knack... and How to Get It (1965). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Do You Believe In Water??

Start with A Night at the Opera (1935), the closest match to Do You Believe In Water?.

What is the highest-rated movie like Do You Believe In Water??

Feel the Beat (2020), rated 7.5/10 by 1,187 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Do You Believe In Water??

Feel the Beat (2020) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Do You Believe In Water??

Yes: A Night at the Opera (1935), Looking for Richard (1996) and The Knack... and How to Get It (1965).

How are movies similar to Do You Believe In Water? chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Do You Believe In Water?, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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