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Day for Night (1973)
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Day for Night (1973)
Original name: La Nuit américaine
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style: humorous, sexy, tense, atmospheric, romantic, intense, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, adaptation, director, actor's life, nothing goes right, workplace, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, love and romance, lifestyle, film industry, actor, movie business, satire, love, hotel, filmmaker, time travel, women, circus, cinema, fame, realism ...
Time: 20th century, future, year 1973, 70s, 18th century
Place: france, europe, riviera, french riviera, nice france
Keyword: avant-garde, butter, new wave, french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and clever films with plots about artists and showbiz, love and romance, filmmaking, lifestyle, couples, showbiz and actor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Day for Night: Living in Oblivion (1995), Irma Vep (1996), The State of Things (1982), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Postman (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
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Irma Vep (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Style: stylized, art house, witty, clever, surreal ...
Plot: filmmaking, latex, cat burglar, actress playing herself, nervous breakdown, satire, culture clash, kung fu, paranoia, hotel, slave, fantomas ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: france, paris france, europe, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The State of Things (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956) . The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish ...
Style: contemplative, spiritual, black and white, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, children, film industry, spirituality, art, chaos, film producer, showbiz, disorder, chases and races, workplace, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, germany, portugal, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
Style: art house, talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, gender bending, lgbt, autobiography, hotel, satire, drunk, stress, celebrity culture, village life, mistaken identity, village ...
Time: 70s
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Postman (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Style: sentimental, emotional, romantic, sad, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: poet, friendship, poetry, island, writers, love, communism, art, letter, postman, bicycle, life & death ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1994, 90s, future ...
Place: italy, corsica, sicily, chile, naples italy ...
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100%
 7.4
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Bed & Board (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine ...
Style: touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic, feel good ...
Plot: infidelity, divorce, pregnancy, culture clash, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, couples, adultery, relationships, dysfunctional couple, music teacher ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Love on the Run (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Beginning with "The 400 Blows," director Francois Truffaut made a series of films about the impetuous Antoine Doinel, in which this is the last. Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his his wife. It being ...
Style: art house, psychological, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: bookstore, female nudity, love, new love, book, cemetery, infidelity, adultery, grownups, nudity, couples, lovers reunited ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, montmartre paris, europe, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
Style: controversial, sexual, anthology, art house, erotic ...
Plot: sex addict, sex, nudity, dating, bachelor, female nudity, sex scene, writers, relationships, dark humor, dream, love ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Stolen Kisses (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, ...
Style: humorous, art house, anthology, detective, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, existentialism, relationships, adultery, prostitution, coming of age, hotel room, swing, couples, female nudity, european, new love ...
Time: year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, montmartre paris, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.4
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Noises Off... (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, light, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: actor's life, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, backstage, actor, eternal love, strong female lead, dance ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: iowa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
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Beauty Spot (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Style: black and white, romantic, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, actor, movie star, showbiz, love and romance, dog, actor's life, fame, actress, love, art ...
Time: 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 1930s, 1900s ...
Place: los angeles, usa, california, iran
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27%
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized ...
Plot: movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, adultery, dysfunctional family, justice, showbiz, one more chance, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, couple relations ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Mademoiselle (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.
Style: sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: wedding, love and romance, opposites attract, lovers reunited, love affair, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, couples, disorder, husband wife relationship, one night stand ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, workplace romance, filmmaking, workplace situations, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, workplace, rising to stardom, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style: humorous, witty, talky, funny, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, storytelling, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, rehearsal, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
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The Big Picture (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once ...
Style: light, suspense, melancholic, harsh, entertaining ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, friendship, movie business, rise to the top, desire for fame, rivalry, ambition, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, rich and poor, satire ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Soft Skin (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.
Style: black and white, neo noir, depressing, art house, anthology ...
Plot: neglected wife, airport, love, transformation, doomed romance, new love, swing, infidelity, flight attendant, adultery, love at first sight, divorce ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, lisbon portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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State and Main (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Hollywood Film unit invades a small Vermont town leading to wholesale abandonment of values and virtue. A smart, warm and funny movie - and not just for movie buffs. Tagline: When a film crew came to Waterford, Vermont - They Shot First And Asked ...
Style: talky, feel good, humorous, funny, melancholic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: small town, hollywood, filmmaking, showbiz, greed, movie business, lifestyle, love and romance, small town life, disorder, couple relations, nothing goes right ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: new england, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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All About Actresses (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: While shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses, the director falls for one of them.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: filmmaking, actress, showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture, actor's life, love and romance, midlife crisis, money, film producer, humiliation, actor ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Passion (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: society, celebrity culture, nothing goes right, disorder, lifestyle, religions or cults, celebration, art, filmmaking, religion, artists and showbiz, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: My Wife is an Actress is a French Romantic Comedy/Drama film starring real life couple Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive ...
Style: melancholic, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: jealous husband, love story, brutality, dishonesty, lifestyle, couples, relationship vs career, couple relations, actor's life, journalism, women, relationships ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, london, europe, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Notting Hill (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a ...
Style: romantic, feel good, touching, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, fame, social differences, love and romance, bookstore, opposites attract, power of love, paparazzi, love, friendship, male female relationship, dating ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature ...
Style: costume drama, romantic, emotional, scenic, stylized ...
Plot: adultery, love affair, love, lieutenant, infidelity, destructive relationship, society, social differences, love story, tragedy, filmmaking, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 80s, 20th century, 70s ...
Place: england, france, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Contempt (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker ...
Style: art house, philosophical, erotic, grindhouse, visual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, screenwriter, satire, femme fatale, film producer, writers, relationships, marriage, female nudity, estranged couple, film industry, passive aggression ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: france, rome italy, italy, mediterranean sea, southern italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.7
 565
Premium (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, wedding, couples, follow your dream, race against time, ambition, showbiz, nothing goes right, filmmaking, black, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 14K
Delicacy (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: cafe, unlikely couple, love and romance, love triangle, office romance, love affair, loss of loved one, elevator, death of husband, employer employee relationship, cemetery, bereavement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.4
 7K
Delirious (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: paparazzi, obsession, ambition, rise to the top, desire for fame, photograph, artists and showbiz, showbiz, celebrity culture, lifestyle, opposites attract, vengeance ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new york, england, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Sorry if I Want to Marry You (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Second part of the film "Sorry if I love you". Alex (Raoul Bova) and Niki (Michela Quattrociocche) are more in love than ever. They have just returned from the lighthouse on the island Blu where they have lived unforgettable days. Niki ...
Style: sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, lifestyle, wedding preparations and rituals, wedding planning, age difference, social differences, couples, love, amor, communication problem, infidelity, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
America's Sweethearts (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
Style: funny, feel good, romantic, satirical, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: hollywood, love triangle, breakup, couples, hotel, infidelity, divorce, showbiz, paparazzi, desire for fame, dishonesty, marriage crisis ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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