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It Only Takes a Night (2023)

Four best friends go on a girl’s night out, who end up on a path none of them expected and find out it really does only take one night to change your life.

Directed byCallan Durlik

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  1. 01

    Penny Lane Is Dead

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 91 min · Comedy · Horror · Thriller

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    Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: Screen Australia
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  2. 02

    The One You're With

    Similar atmosphere

    2021 · 88 min · Comedy · Romance

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    A girl running from her past has a one-night stand with a guy who's stuck in his ways, only to wake up the next morning to discover they are forced to live together due to a nation-wide state of emergency.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: romcom
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    Between Two Worlds

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 99 min · Comedy · Romance

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    The tale of a young writer trying to get over the girl that left him behind and survive the intricacies of the capital's nightlife with only the help of his hard partying, wisecracking friends as they drag him from one London nightspot and party to the next.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  4. 04

    Caught by Love

    Shared themes

    2026 · 84 min · Romance · TV Movie

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    While on a journey of self-discovery, a resort guest gets swept into an undercover investigation for stolen jewels that turns into an unexpected and adventurous romance.

    Why it connects

    • shared theme: romcom
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    My Year Without Sex

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 96 min · Comedy · Drama

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    A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared production studio: Screen Australia
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  6. 06

    Lez Bomb

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 91 min · Comedy

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    A closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming-out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 07

    Our Ladies

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama

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    In 1996 Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    The Royal Hotel

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 91 min · Drama · Thriller

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    After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  9. 09

    How to Have Sex

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 91 min · Drama

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    Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  10. 10

    The Last Time You Had Fun

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 82 min · Comedy · Drama

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    When Ida, cheeks streaked by mascara tears, unexpectedly shows up at her sister's, the staid Alison bargains her way out of mom duty for the night and the two head off to an Eastside wine bar. There, they run into Will and the freshly divorced, sweatpants-attired Clark. After some slightly inebriated commiserating about mismanaged marriages and other adult concerns, the foursome head out into the night, careening from downtown lofts to pot dispensaries to midnight swims and back again, determined to prove they still have what it takes to have a good time.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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