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The Studio (2025)
59K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
Style:
intense, dark comedy
Plot:
hollywood, film industry, ambition, backstage, power struggle, celebrity culture, nostalgia, satire, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, irreverent, movie studio, drug use, filmmaking, film making
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, USA
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absurd, humorous, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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soap opera, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
behind the scenes, talk show host, backstage, women, business competition, talk show, lifestyle, competitor, female protagonist, relationship problems, office politics, power struggle ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, tension, suspense, dark comedy
Plot:
showbiz, film industry, behind the scenes, ambition, satire, celebrity culture, moral ambiguity, backstage, scandal, character study, sensuality, sexploitation ...
Place:
los angeles
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51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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43%
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Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
comedy drama, satirical, cynical
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, young adult, youth, teenage life, school, teenage girl, young girl, ambition, high school life, schoolgirl, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, beverly hills, usa
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38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
mockumentary, satirical, parody, meta, sarcastic ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, light, parody ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, independent film
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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891
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 567 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, controversial, dark comedy, political, black comedy ...
Plot:
director, politics, power struggle, social commentary, moral ambiguity, working class, social realism, character study, ambition, education, class conflict, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
northern england, liverpool, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, director, desire for fame, agent, hopes, artists and showbiz, film industry, film producer, satire, fame, actor ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, emotional, melancholic, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
poetry, character study, betrayal, moral ambiguity, conscience, ethics, deception, guilt, ambition, tragedy, mute character, social commentary ...
Time:
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 18 min.
TV show
Story:
Brandon Rogers stars as the screaming, foul-mouthed host of an overly colorful low-budget children's TV show featuring the worst advice for kids, an inept crew, and numerous technical difficulties.
Style:
dark comedy, adult comedy, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, advice, irreverent, behind the scenes, hypocrisy, vulgar, character study, stoner, dark humor
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
psychological, humorous, captivating, art house, comedy drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
aspiration, ambition, identity, self discovery, showbiz, struggling artist, character study, celebrity culture, family problems, blind ambition, social problems, money problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A retired football star, notorious and oppressed by the media, cooperates with his daughter in an opportunity to take revenge on the social media portal. The more they dive into the dream of fame and stardom, the greater their involvement.
Style:
tense, dark comedy
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1990, before the First Gulf War, Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double, loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. But once the real Saddam invades Kuwait and makes international headlines, ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
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Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
political satire, diplomacy, ambition, office politics, diplomat, political campaign, satire, social climber, job, workplace, political candidate, political leader ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, cynical ...
Plot:
workplace, actor, aspiring actor, satire, actor's life, desire for fame, celebrity, unsuccessful, popularity, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, dark comedy, absurd, spoof ...
Plot:
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