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The Doorman (2007)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A nightclub gatekeeper can't shake the documentary film crew following him.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, mockumentary, satirical
Plot:
celebrity culture, society, unemployment, lifestyle, downfall, artists and showbiz, introspection, doorman, identity, ego, city life, identity crisis, slice of life, bittersweet, realism, ambition, empathy, friendship, nightclub
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to The Doorman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, witty and semi serious films with plots about lifestyle, artists and showbiz, society, celebrity culture, friendship, satire and showbiz mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Doorman: The Cult of Sincerity (2008), Let Them Chirp Awhile (2007), He's Way More Famous Than You (2013), The Life Coach (2005), Pittsburgh (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
Style:
semi serious, talky, cynical, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, self discovery, society, dull life, ambition, lifestyle, youth, twentysomething life, farce, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The basic storyline of the film follows Bobby and Scott, two young men in their late twenties who are struggling to make careers out of their artistic dreams but their competitiveness with each other gets in the way.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, feel good ...
Plot:
lifestyle, looking for love, couples, performer's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, life is a bitch, twentysomething life, urban, rivalry, male friendship, competition ...
Time:
2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
75%
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:
showbiz, hopes, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, celebrity culture, fame, aspiring actress, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.
Style:
witty, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, celebrity culture, rise and fall, hidden identity, artists and showbiz, power relations, humour, coach, satire, showbiz, behind the scenes, fame ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
65%
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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, couple relations, artists and showbiz, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot:
best friend, city life, lifestyle, twentysomething life, disorder, friends, nothing goes right, singleness, hung over, strong female presence, friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Juanito moved to New York to succeed as an actor. Years have gone by but success has not come his way and now he takes an odd jobs to survive. One day he is visited by his apparently successful cousin. However, their life together will discover the ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, romantic drama ...
Plot:
actor's life, desire for fame, ambition, follow your dream, odd couple, nothing goes right, hopes, bittersweet, culture clash, cousin cousin relationship, struggling actor, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
Style:
realistic, rough, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
stuntman, contests and competitions, rivalry, actor's life, hollywood, filmmaking, ambition, downfall, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, betrayal, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, couples ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
cannes, riviera
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland.
Style:
road movie, realistic, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, friends, buddies, partner, youth, obsessive quest, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, city life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, canada
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Seven comedians bring down the house in the second line up of comic stylings from Producer Cecil Chambers series "Cut'N It Up". In this set the city of Dallas is on display as Rodney Perry, Juan Villereal, Joey Wells, Rayzor, Mark ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, witty, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
comedian, hip hop, satire, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, culture clash, interracial relations, social differences, society, city life, joke, theater ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In front of a live audience at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Emmy-nominated host of Real Time with Bill Maher performs an all-new hour of stand-up comedy. ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, cynical, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
politics, comedian, artists and showbiz, state affairs, society, democrat, atheism, one-man show, profanity, religions or cults, liberal, barack obama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
49%
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:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
lifestyle, couples, couple relations, buddies, love and romance, marriage proposal, interracial friendship, movie business, relationships, artists and showbiz, friends, city life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him!
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
unemployment, estrangement, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, dark humor, buddies, lifestyle, society, friendship, down on your luck, disorder, fictional reality ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
seattle, los angeles, europe, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Recorded November 10th, 2011 as part of the New York Comedy Festival, and only available for purchase online, Louis C.K. follows up his 2010 concert film Hilarious with a new hour’s worth of shrewdly observed and periodically profane material. He ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, witty, talky, independent film ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, dark humor, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, social problems, death, concert, stand up comedian, comedian, talk show, one-man show, politically correct ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
New York Tunez, an all techno record store, is going under. The owner, Keith, a down and out trance DJ, struggles to cope with the changing cultural climate. In a final effort to save the store he organizes a rave. Unfortunately, 2009 is a far cry ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, light ...
Plot:
rave, lifestyle, introspection, music, store, clubbing, city life, nightlife, satire, business, humour, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work, finds himself stuck with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, this odd-couple learn from each other that balance is the key ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
disorder, couples, friends, odd couple, lifestyle, youth, introspection, nothing goes right, unlikely couple, eccentric family, small town, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
42%
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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, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, showbiz, paparazzi, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, false accusation, private vs public, celebrity culture, vengeance, journalism, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend. Film of the ...
Style:
mumblecore, sincere, humorous, touching, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
musician, friendship, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, musician's life, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, human nature, artists and showbiz, friends, twentysomething life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie shows how people there live and interact with each other.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dark humor, betrayal, human nature, lifestyle, buddies, introspection, friendship, showbiz, murder, hollywood, young lovers, partner ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
38%
985
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
Style:
humorous, cynical, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
introspection, parole, love, dull life, dark humor, couples, family relations, society, twins, ex convict, supervisor, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artists and showbiz, comedy of errors, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, theatre director, broadway, comeback, friendship, society, profanity, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
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, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, rise to the top, partner, disorder, desire for fame, ego clash, rivalry, nothing goes right, misfit, satire, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
For four decades comic genius Mel Brooks and talk show king Dick Cavett have partnered to give the world scintillating conversation and sidesplitting humor. In 2010 they reunited on stage to share show business memories and hilarious stories for ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
showbiz, artists and showbiz, interview, talk show, celebrity, humour, friendship, theater, live performance, nostalgia, improv, behind the scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kathy Griffin's all new feature-length stand-up DVD featuring the D-List Diva herself destroying the A-list stars we know and love.
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
celebrity, workplace, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, celebrity culture, stand up comedy, comedian, women's rights, interview, gay interest, gossip ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Fearlessly funny stand-up comic and sitcom star Donald Glover puts on a live show in New York, confessing his love for Cocoa Puffs and Toys "R" Us.
Style:
sincere, clever, talky, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stand up comedy, social issues, racial issues, society, actor's life, family life, family relations, celebrity culture, racism, artists and showbiz, parents and children, absurd humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
As always, Carvey never crosses the line into mean-spiritedness, but easily glides in and out of every impression & expression, reminding us of the huge talent we came to know and love before he left the scene due to his heart condition. ...
Style:
not serious, witty, humorous, realistic, parody ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
stand up comedy, politics, artists and showbiz, religions or cults, profanity, lifestyle, state affairs, society, stand up comedian, live performance, satire, political humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Style:
ironic, sentimental, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adaptation, artist, couples, society, self discovery, lifestyle, bittersweet, love, ambition, loneliness, fashion, art ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray
Style:
mockumentary, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, silly humor, contests and competitions, irreverent, competition, tournament, subculture, satire, deadpan, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
34%
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