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Cannes Man (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.
Style:
parody, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, mockumentary
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, movie business, rise to the top, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, actor's life, disorder, farce, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, celebrity culture, cons and scams, media satire, dancing, attorney, fight, karate, writers, female nudity, blonde, photographer, beach, priest ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, france, usa, europe, los angeles, beverly hills, cannes
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and semi serious films with plots about artists and showbiz, showbiz, filmmaking, satire, lifestyle, hollywood and actor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Cannes Man: Entourage (2015), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000), My Life's in Turnaround (1993), Two Days (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
85K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style:
sexy, teen, entertaining, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, friendship, aspiring actor, filmmaking, skinny dipping, satire, rivalry, celebrity, relationship vs career, movie star, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, amarillo texas, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
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, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
gender bending, filmmaking, drunk, egoism, stress, autobiography, lgbt, hotel, satire, mistaken identity, celebrity culture, village life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, lifestyle, actor's life, rising to stardom, workplace, filmmaking, workplace situations, workplace romance, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two Manhattan slackers want to make a movie about their lives. One drives a cab, the other tends bar; neither has a clue how to make a movie. Things look up when real-life actors Phoebe Cates and Martha Plimpton agree to star in the project.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dating, satire, taxi, best friend, filmmaking, friendship, love and romance, ambition, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, lifestyle, actor's life ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, cerebral ...
Plot:
filmmaking, introspection, actor's life, change of heart, lifestyle, breaking point, life is a bitch, showbiz, direction and purpose, death wish, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Entropy is the semi-autobiographical film by director which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
true love, nudity, female nudity, filmmaking, passion, dating, marriage proposal, talking cat, model, wedding, pregnancy, fall in love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, las vegas, usa, europe, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support ...
Style:
semi serious, neurotic, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, adultery, nude, female nudity, nudity, unfaithfulness, friendship, artists and showbiz, actor's life, showbiz, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, los angeles, mulholland drive
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, romantic drama ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, dishonesty, chase, journalism, self discovery, reporter, expose, talent agent, extortion, diary, writers ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
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405
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.
Style:
semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
filmmaking, media, hidden identity, writer's life, lifestyle, workplace, showbiz, artists and showbiz, innocence lost, dishonesty, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben (Robert De Niro) must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss (Catherine Keener) demands extensive ...
Style:
stylized, melancholic, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
movie business, hollywood, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, satire, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, showbiz, workplace, workplace situations, disagreement, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, cannes, california
Similarity:
35%
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, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style:
clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, lifestyle, rising to stardom, rise to the top, desire for fame, showbiz, celebrity culture, fame ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal ...
Similarity:
35%
30K
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:
satirical, witty, black and white, cynical, stylized ...
Plot:
satire, greed, writers, loneliness, justice, dark hero, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlantic city new jersey, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
35%
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:
semi serious, humorous, witty, cynical, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
photograph, paparazzi, ambition, desire for fame, rise to the top, obsession, artists and showbiz, opposites attract, lifestyle, love and romance, vengeance, celebrity culture ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
new york, usa, england, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, hispanic
Plot:
transvestism, unfulfilled love, nightlife, friendship, city life, showbiz, celebrity culture, social differences, fall in love, filmmaking, urban, down on your luck ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy ...
Style:
humorous, witty, satirical, sad, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, unsuccessful, filmmaking, female nudity, father daughter relationship, slice of life, nude women, bare breasts, parent child relationship, family relations, young heroes, single parent ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, australia
Similarity:
34%
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:
feel good, independent film, talky, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, filmmaking, satire, hollywood, showbiz, seduction, actor, greed, movie business, lifestyle, love and romance, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new england, vermont, england
Similarity:
34%
366
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christian Taylor, a writer on hit TV series Six Feet Under, is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's sacked, though he doesn't know they've overheard the firing. They follow him to Las Vegas, where he is ostensibly ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, rise to the top, follow your dream, actor's life, showbiz, silly humor, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, starting over, workplace, lifestyle, couples ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, clever, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, film producer, hollywood, dog, cynicism, beach house, doctor, tantrum, funeral, death, disaster ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 1930s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
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:
parody, humorous, talky, not serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, hollywood, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, independent film
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, one last chance, showbiz, artists and showbiz, aging, betrayal, dishonesty, film industry, movie studio, gambling, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every ...
Style:
satirical, melancholic, witty, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sarcasm, television, showbiz, audition, deadpan, farce, artists and showbiz, media satire, nothing goes right, actor's life, strong female character, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
32%
550
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, ego clash, lifestyle, ambition, rise to the top, love and romance, filmmaking, showbiz, actor's life, youth, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Paul Mazursky (Scenes From a Mall) takes a bite out of Hollywood with a hilarious look at the artistic sell-out. Starring Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon Shelly Winters, Jerry Stiller, Chris Penn, and Ally Sheedy, this merciless comedy exposes ...
Style:
independent film, witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, aging, midlife crisis, hollywood, bittersweet, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, introspection, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, california, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, psychological, sex comedy ...
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, fall in love, showbiz, filmmaking, fish out of water, actor, audition, producer, disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, iowa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trust Me follows flailing Hollywood agent Howard, who seemingly strikes gold after signing the next big child star. What results is an unexpected ride through the nasty inner workings of Hollywood, as Howard desperately tries to make it in an ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
starlet, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, prodigy, artists and showbiz, rivalry, intrigue, youth, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
31%
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, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, hidden identity, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, lifestyle, media, media satire ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
youth, teenage boy, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
31%
77K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, witty, spoof ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, satire, movie business, dog, actor, cameraman, deception, african american, actress, audition, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
31%
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, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
filmmaking, death, showbiz, actor's life, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ghost, stupidity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, france, europe, paris france, california ...
Similarity:
31%
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