# One Night at McCool's (2001)

> A bartender's chance encounter with a seductive survivor spirals into a comic neo-noir web of desire, crime, and investigative confusion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1485

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Harald Zwart
- Cast: Matt Dillon, Liv Tyler, Michael Douglas, Paul Reiser, Reba McEntire, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins, Andrew Dice Clay
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203755/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: sardonic, raunchy, witty, adult movie night, dark comedy marathon

## Movies like One Night at McCool's

- [Blood Simple (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/6351)
- [2 Days in the Valley (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/4591)
- [Palmetto (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/19273)
- [The Alibi (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/8907)
- [Mad Dog and Glory (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/5519)
- [The Ice Harvest (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/4367)
- [Zero Effect (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/9738)
- [The Hot Spot (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/8853)
- [Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/40600)
- [The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/5831)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt