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Movies like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue (2019)

The best movies like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue (2019) are A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Taxi Driver (1976) and Something Borrowed (2011). If Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

    Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Taxi Driver (1976)

    Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Something Borrowed (2011)

    Though Rachel is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy. Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan, Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. How to Be Single (2016)

    New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

    Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Mikey and Nicky (1976)

    Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

    In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Stan & Ollie (2018)

    With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. 54 (1998)

    When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  10. The Odd Couple (1968)

    In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Night Shift (1982)

    A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Cocktail (1988)

    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 quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Metropolitan (1990)

    A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Death Wish (1974)

    After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

    Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. A Man Called Otto (2022)

    When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Great Gatsby (1974)

    Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. House of D (2004)

    In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Scent of a Woman (1992)

    Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. One Night Only (2026)

    Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue?

The closest matches to Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue are A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Taxi Driver (1976) and Something Borrowed (2011). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue?

Start with A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), the closest match to Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue.

What is the highest-rated movie like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue?

Taxi Driver (1976), rated 8.1/10 by 14,014 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue?

One Night Only (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue?

Yes: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Taxi Driver (1976) and Something Borrowed (2011).

How are movies similar to Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Harvey's Last Night on the Avenue, 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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