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Z-Listers (2014)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
A passionless Z-list celebrity gets in trouble with the BBC due to copyright infringement and becomes financially unstable.
Style:
satirical, cynical, sarcastic, dark comedy, indie film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity, fame, celebrity culture, showbiz, satire, media satire, media industry, debt, humiliation, reputation, identity crisis, awkwardness, character study, social commentary, ambition, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, anti hero, midlife crisis, urban, office politics, fight, money, police, hotel ...
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, captivating and absurd films with plots about satire, urban, ambition, bittersweet, celebrity culture, social commentary and identity crisis mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Z-Listers: A-list (2006), The Agent (2008), Punching Henry (2016), Disclaimer (2019), What Happened to Mr. Cha? (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Darren goes to Hollywood to tackle his dream of becoming an A-list movie star. However, once he gets there his dreams are crushed once he realizes the life of an actor isn't all of the glitz and glamour he had hoped. When Darren is mistaken for ...
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, cynical
Plot:
celebrity culture, aspiring actor, hollywood, mistaken identity, showbiz, paparazzi, ambition, satire, behind the scenes, bittersweet, identity crisis, fame ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, biting ...
Plot:
ambition, media satire, satire, rivalry, journalist, power struggle, manipulation, media circus, media industry, tv host, competitor, business competition ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
With the peak of his career long behind him, an actor clings to his past glory — until a sudden wake-up call forces him to face who he's become.
Style:
humorous, captivating, melancholic, satirical
Plot:
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Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social commentary, class differences, showbiz, performance art, celebrity culture, fame, price of fame, celebrity, desire for fame, morality, success ...
Place:
los angeles
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55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
indie film, suspense, ambiguous ending
Plot:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
poetry, character study, betrayal, moral ambiguity, conscience, ethics, deception, guilt, ambition, tragedy, mute character, social commentary ...
Time:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tragicomedy, dark comedy, existential, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
performance art, actor's life, identity, ambition, character study, paranoia, outsider, obsession, midlife crisis, alienation, family conflict, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, heartfelt, intercultural
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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