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The Show About the Show (2017)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
Style:
satirical, independent film, meta, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, experimental, mockumentary, sarcastic
Plot:
filmmaking, behind the scenes, escapades, backstage, talk show, satire, creative process, urban, autobiography, intimate, small community, deadpan, character study, making of, dialogue driven
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, entertaining and feel good films with plots about satire, urban, humour, behind the scenes, intimate, stand up and public speaking mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Show About the Show: Cast Party (2015), Me (2014), Jay and Silent Bob Do Degrassi (2005), Boris: The Film (2011), He's Way More Famous Than You (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Podcast giants join forces for one night in New York City, to create the "Lollapalooza of podcasts." Featuring live stage performances by Radiolab, Invisibilia, Reply All, The Truth, Lauren Lapkus and SNL's Bobby Moynihan. Plus music ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
variety show, live performance, public speaking, joke, stand up comedian, satire, humour, comedian, urban, entertainment industry, celebration, behind the scenes
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, funny, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
satirical, ironic, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, dream, director, farce, problem solving, filmmaker, irony, filmmaking, behind the scenes, ambition, urban, bittersweet
Place:
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108
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Snoogans! What are Jay and Silent Bob doing in Canada? Rewind….what are they doing at DEGRASSI! One major perk to being a director is that you can live out your fantasies. Kevin Smith's fantasy? To be featured in a three episode arc of ...
Style:
humorous, meta, feel good, sitcom, semi serious ...
Plot:
jay and silent bob, satire, high school, filmmaking, filmmaker, school, high school life, humour, escapades, irreverent, behind the scenes, adult humor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
film industry, ambition, satire, behind the scenes, humour, filmmaking, silly humor, filmmaker, irreverent, media satire, compromise, urban ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
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69%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, semi serious, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
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Place:
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60%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Viral video star Miranda Sings and her real-world alter ego Colleen Ballinger share the stage in a special packed with music, comedy and "magichinry."
Style:
semi serious, funny, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, female protagonist, live performance, duplicity, irony, split personality, music, variety show, female comedian, fan culture, pop culture, improv ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Damien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor Denis Lavant. Indebted, he’s working at a post-production company, far from his artistic ideals. On the eve of his 33rd birthday, he is self-centered, ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, filmmaker, satire, film producer, slice of life, realism, self discovery, identity, everyday life, intimate, midlife crisis, alienation ...
Place:
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Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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An original web comedy series starring ESPN personality Kenny Mayne as a thinly-veiled version of himself, a dry, surreal sportscaster singularly determined to do anything besides what is asked of him by his employers. He has a fictional crew that ...
Style:
surreal, mockumentary, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, deadpan, lifestyle, surrealism, irreverent, media satire, urban, fish out of water
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A struggling and publicly disgraced Hollywood icon gets another shot at mega stardom when he is hired to star and direct an action movie in Uzbekistan.
Style:
spoof, semi serious, ironic, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, movie actor, second chance, movie star, filmmaking, irony, actor, movie business, hollywood, hollywood star, battles, fight ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
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Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, news, media satire, journalist, workplace, office worker, workplace situations, office, office work, job, coworker, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
comedian, satire, humour, public speaking, social satire, monologue, autobiography, daily life, talk show host, family life, intimate, fatherhood ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
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53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, light, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Louis C.K. recorded live on January 28, 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, satire, humour, comedian, stand up comedian, public speaking, joke, social commentary, dark humor, confession, storytelling, stream of consciousness ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, independent film, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
ohio
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243
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, stand up comedian, comedian, public speaking, humour, joke, satire, confession, honest, intimate, introspection, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.
Style:
sketch comedy, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, comedian, stand up comedian, sketch, humour, nostalgia, variety show, irreverent, pop culture, media satire, improv, deadpan ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, captivating, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york
Similarity:
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128
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
debt, satire, party, escapades, money problems, friends, urban, hustler, neighborhood, community, female crime boss, payback ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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