Movies like The Paper 1994

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The Paper (1994)
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The Paper (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.
Style: talky, clever, sentimental, humorous, black comedy, sincere, realistic, semi serious, intellectual, feel good ...
Plot: journalism, newspaper, workaholic, newspaper editor, journalist, workplace, media, satire, husband wife relationship, ambition, introspection, relationship vs career, workplace situations, pregnancy, racial discrimination, hospital, african american, baby, teenage boy, marital argument, job interview, pregnant wife, race against time, newspaper reporter, father daughter estrangement ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: oldies, gangsters, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and clever films with plots about media, workplace, satire, love and romance, couples, journalism and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Paper: Morning Glory (2010), Heartburn (1986), Broadcast News (1987), The Front Page (1974), Mr. Mom (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Morning Glory (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, melancholic, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: workaholic, journalism, hotshot, media, work ethic, female protagonist, life philosophy, reporter, journalist, showbiz, relationship vs career, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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100%
 6.1
 12K
Heartburn (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living ...
Style: melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: journalism, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, divorce, journalist, battle of the sexes, cheating, marriage, writers, infidelity, crumbling marriage, fall in love ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.3
 34K
Broadcast News (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. ...
Style: talky, realistic, funny, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: journalism, journalist, media, unrequited love, workplace, slutty attitude, workplace romance, friendship, unlikely friendships, workaholic, reporter, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1987, 60s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.3
 15K
The Front Page (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style: talky, light, humorous, hilarious, witty ...
Plot: newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, satire, scoop ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 6.6
 28K
Mr. Mom (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick
Plot: parenthood, advertising, fish out of water, switching roles, self discovery, parents and children, family life, fired from the job, relationship vs career, misfit, unfulfillment, rise and fall ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1983
Place: detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.7
 3K
Game 6 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Game 6 is a 2005 American film directed by Michael Hoffman, first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and released in the United States in 2006. Michael Keaton stars. The film depicts the events of October 25, 1986 in the life of Nicky ...
Style: talky, realistic, psychological, humorous, cult classic ...
Plot: baseball, rivalry, obsession, writer's life, artists and showbiz, career change, nothing goes right, lifestyle, parents and children, showbiz, husband wife relationship, taxi driver ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2005
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.1
 108K
The Rum Diary (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden ...
Style: stylized, sexy, light, surreal, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: journalism, journalist, newspaper, cockfight, writers, alcoholism, eccentricity, gangster, addiction, lifestyle, alcoholic, profanity ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place: puerto rico, caribbean, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The World According to Garp (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all ...
Style: dark comedy, offbeat, cult classic, humorous, clever ...
Plot: writers, transgender, single mother, wrestling, coming of age, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, magic realism, female nudity, death ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: bolivia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty, cult classic ...
Plot: journalist, wall street, redemption, politics, interracial relations, society, courtroom, justice, media, finance, legal action, dark humor ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style: black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, political, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: marketing, advertising, business, social satire, lobbyist, satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, journalism, society, politics ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., vermont, usa, north carolina, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.3
 28K
Celebrity (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one ...
Style: black and white, stylized, satirical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: satire, writers, greed, loneliness, justice, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, celebrity culture, spectacle ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, usa, atlantic city new jersey, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.1
 169K
Network (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style: talky, political, realistic, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot: media, journalism, satire, television, media manipulation, social commentary, media satire, corruption, adultery, business, older man younger woman relationship, workplace ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, middle east, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Late Shift (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, independent film ...
Plot: showbiz, media, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, ambition, media satire, television, talk show host, comedian, intrigue, talk show, negotiation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1992
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
In Good Company (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new ...
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, romantic comedy, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: workplace, advertising, business, father daughter relationship, boss, father son relationship, unlikely friendships, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, rivalry, new job ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.1
 41K
The Big Chill (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style: realistic, weeping, cult classic, talky, clever ...
Plot: friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, regret, group of friends, suicide, grief, yuppie, reunited friends, mourning, husband wife relationship, death of friend ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s
Place: south carolina, middle east, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.4
 38K
Smoke (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, intellectual, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: writers, multiple storylines, photography, smoking, photographer, photograph, melancholy, friendship, redemption, dark humor, summer, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, year 1990
Place: new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.1
 88K
Wag the Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style: black comedy, political, talky, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, political corruption, journalism, cia, election, satire, government, political conspiracy, president, secret service, senator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., albania, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.3
 14K
Gung Ho (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and ...
Style: humorous, light, funny, captivating, cult classic ...
Plot: culture clash, business, workplace, worker, friendship, factory, labor union, society, buddies, unemployment, deception, car ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.9
 916
Rick (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, curse, office, wall street, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, workplace intrigue, parents and children, forbidden love, workplace, dishonesty ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
He Said, She Said (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a ...
Style: entertaining, emotional, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: journalism, dating, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, love, workplace, couple relations, couples, unlikely couple, media, destiny, women ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Last Day of Summer (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss...
Style: humorous, contemplative, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: kidnapping, obnoxious boss, vengeful fired employee, social misfits, mentally unstable, restaurant, friends, misfit, friendship, introspection, disorder, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.3
 7K
Girl 6 (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The ...
Style: sexy, talky, surreal, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: phone sex, friendship, neighbor, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, boss and employee, workplace situations, black, women, nudity, satire ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 3.9
 667
Son of Morning (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young copywriter becomes the most famous man on the planet, overnight, when he is mistaken as the next messiah.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, futuristic
Plot: ambition, hopes, journalism, society, danger, miraculous event, workplace, lovers reunited, environmentalism, save the planet, church, catastrophe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Style: humorous, witty, independent film, hilarious, southern gothic ...
Plot: suicide, loneliness, investigation, murder, death, dysfunctional family, drinking, eccentricity, greed, storytelling, theatre director, countryside ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, texas, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Family Thing (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who ...
Style: feel good, touching, realistic, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: biracial, self discovery, family drama, family relations, justice, betrayal, loneliness, secrets, interracial relations, racism, family problems, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: arkansas, america, chicago, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
How to Be a Woman and Not Die Trying (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on ...
Style: clever, witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: journalist, record producer, media, workplace, love and romance, battle of the sexes, unfulfillment, journalism, gender, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, feminism ...
Time: 1940s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.4
 2K
Mistress (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style: humorous, cynical, cult classic, light, captivating ...
Plot: filmmaking, mistress, screenwriter, hollywood, showbiz, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire, media satire ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.5
 41K
Late Night (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women ...
Style: humorous, sincere, entertaining, unpredictable, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: talk show host, infidelity, cheating wife, workplace romance, feminism, talk show, adultery, female friendship, journalism, co worker co worker relationship, writers, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2019
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Fish in a Barrel (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: crime gone awry, rivalry, heist, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, betrayal, disorder, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, thief, diamond ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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