Movies like Real Life

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Real Life (1979)
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Real Life (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style: mockumentary, funny, satirical, humorous, witty, comedy drama, clever, realistic, not serious, biting ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, family life, lifestyle, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz, slice of life, suburbs, veterinarian, media, suburban life, real world, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media satire, gynecologist, filmmaking, nervous breakdown, filmmaker ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, hawaii, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, witty, realistic and not serious films with plots about satire, artists and showbiz, showbiz, disorder, filmmaking, lifestyle and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Real Life: The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Smile (1975), Lost in America (1985), Nobody Knows Anything! (2003), The Groove Tube (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: house, family relations, fighting the system, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, satire, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, high school, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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100%
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Style: funny, parody, satirical, witty, clever ...
Plot: culture clash, satire, politics, sarcasm, stand up comedian, farce, nothing goes right, islam, society, actor's life, business, political satire ...
Place: india, middle east, new delhi, asia, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Smile (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, biting, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: female nudity, choreographer, showbiz, family relations, disorder, social relations, couples, contests and competitions, youth, society, mischievous children, introspection ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Lost in America (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style: road movie, humorous, witty, talky, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: road trip, on the road, self discovery, motor home, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water, nothing goes right, cross country trip, married couple, promotion ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place: las vegas, arizona, nevada, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot: hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, showbiz, media satire, media, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire, prison guard, blue collar ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
The Groove Tube (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot: rising to stardom, culture clash, showbiz, lifestyle, rise and fall, actor's life, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, buddies, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, kentucky, new york
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100%
Modern Romance (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style: humorous, melancholic, disturbing, intense, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: obsession, love, character study, honest, love and romance, couples, self discovery, breakup, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doomed romance, crazy love ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place: usa
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100%
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Movie 43 (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
Style: parody, funny, not serious, spoof, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dark humor, irreverence, toilet humor, gross out humor, youth, teenage life, stupidity, society, multiple storylines, dishonesty, escapades, satire ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 1959, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, ambition, downfall, blind ambition, nothing goes right, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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38%
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The Muse (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to ...
Style: satirical, light, funny, feel good, surprise ending ...
Plot: hollywood, muse, screenwriter, writers, manipulation, writer's life, runaway, workplace, mentor, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, love and romance ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style: humorous, absurd, satirical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: filmmaking, death, actor's life, showbiz, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ghost, cons and scams, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, france, paris france, california ...
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31%
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Stella Street (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, social decay, culture clash, showbiz, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, buddies ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought ...
Style: mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, witty ...
Plot: satire, backstage, small town, improv, city council, theater, coming of age, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent, dentist, director ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: missouri, usa, north america, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Never Been Thawed (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
Style: not serious, cynical, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot: friendship, rise to the top, lifestyle, partner, disorder, ego clash, desire for fame, misfit, nothing goes right, rivalry, satire, cooking and food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball ...
Style: mockumentary, not serious, humorous, parody, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, against the odds, showbiz, filmmaking, media, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, lifestyle, odd couple ...
Time: 70s
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Adopted (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, suspense, mockumentary ...
Plot: adoption, family relations, disorder, society, lifestyle, culture clash, satire, profanity, orphan, misfit, babies and infants, fish out of water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
For Your Consideration (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, satire, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Independent (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent ...
Style: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic ...
Plot: filmmaking, eccentricity, creativity, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, media, misfit, nothing goes right, media satire, dark humor, film producer, fictional biography ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada
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27%
Being Michael Madsen (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Actor Michael Madsen turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, and troubles.
Style: parody, witty, humorous, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: paparazzi, showbiz, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, private vs public, false accusation, celebrity culture, society, journalism, vengeance, murder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.
Style: mockumentary, spoof, witty, epic, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, movie studio, bible, female nudity, scout, disorder, religions or cults, road not taken, down on your luck, ancient history, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1993
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26%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Brother's Justice (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
Style: cynical, realistic, not serious, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, martial arts, hollywood, showbiz, lifestyle, partner, actor's life, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, buddies, silly humor, partnership ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Silent Movie (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: filmmaking, showbiz, mime, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, disorder, comeback, alcohol abuse, goofy hero, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
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25%
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Style: mockumentary, cult classic, parody, humorous, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, hidden identity, media, actor's life, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
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25%
Movers & Shakers (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of a best-selling sex manual "Love in Sex". Enlisting ...
Style: realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: satire, filmmaking, profanity, religions or cults, couples, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit, actor's life, artists and showbiz, media, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: usa
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25%
Louis C.K.: Live at The Comedy Store (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story: This material was developed and prepared over the last year or so, mostly in comedy clubs. This special kind of goes back to when he used to just make noises and be funny for no particular reason. It felt right to him to shoot this special in a club ...
Style: witty, cynical, funny, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: dark humor, honest, character study, culture clash, irreverent, dialogue, storytelling, family relations, society, family life, stand up comedy, comedy club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Pittsburgh (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: lifestyle, showbiz, relationship vs career, actor's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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23%
My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: My Breakfast with Blassie is a movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. It is a mostly improvised parody of the popular art film My Dinner with Andre and is set in a restaurant where Kaufman and ...
Style: independent film, parody, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wrestling, tough guy, disorder, taxi, restaurant, celebrity culture, filmmaking, family gatherings, showbiz, media satire, hollywood, terminal illness ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california
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23%
Special Needs (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: TV producer Warren (Isaak James) is developing his masterpiece, a reality show called "Handicaps" starring a variety of people with disabilities. Aided by Laura (Eva James), an overbearing partner with anger issues, and an ex-prison guard ...
Style: humorous, witty, not serious, mockumentary, biting ...
Plot: satire, disability, workplace, politics, ambition, misfit, showbiz, workplace situations, dark humor, obstacle, disabled person, paraplegic ...
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23%
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