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The Franchise (2024)
6K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every f*ck-up has an origin story.
Style:
dark comedy, comedy drama, cynical, meta
Plot:
superhero, hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, satire, behind the scenes, backstage, ambition, bureaucracy, compromise, commercialism, survival, burnout, urban, identity crisis, celebrity culture, film set, film making
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Most similar movies to The Franchise
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, humorous, satirical and mockumentary films and TV series with plots about satire, behind the scenes, celebrity culture, hollywood, showbiz, ambition and irreverent mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Franchise: The Studio (2025), Hollywood Acting Studio (2013), Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (2010), Herd (2016), Almost Hollywood (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
dark comedy, intense
Plot:
hollywood, film industry, ambition, celebrity culture, power struggle, backstage, identity crisis, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, satire, irreverent, movie studio ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
"Hollywood Acting Studio" follows Professor LaFrange, a failed Hollywood hopeful, and his attempts to teach "blockbuster cinema acting" to his community college acting class. LaFrange teaches his class the secrets to auditioning, ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, light, parody ...
Plot:
college, acting class, hollywood, desire for fame, follow your dream, college life, teachers and students, actor's life, hopes, improv, theater, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An all American Latin Actor hilariously struggles to fit into the stereotypes of Hollywood while dealing with his alcoholic manager, sex addicted agent, dysfunctional family and bad dates. A satirical look at docuseries and reality shows.
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, parody, meta, sarcastic ...
Plot:
satire, stereotypes, showbiz, dysfunctional family, celebrity culture, identity, behind the scenes, alcoholism, addiction, irreverent, aspiring actor, autobiography ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
1K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two of the most popular Serbian actors discover a script that they immediately want to work on, forgetting that creating in Serbia isn't as easy as it seems.
Style:
independent film, meta, black comedy, mockumentary
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, film industry, behind the scenes, creative process, filmmaking, compromise, social commentary, ambition, actor, casting, irreverent ...
Place:
serbia, eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this tasty blend of sleaze and thriller, a producer of exploitation and sex videos finds himself accused of killing his own mistress and the boyfriend of one of his most promising stars.
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
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A frustrated Agent submits eight actors to audition for the next big Hollywood Movie. Potential career breaks for them and a large payday for her. How will they fair against two LA Casting Directors and the movie's unusual premise?
Style:
indie film, meta, dark comedy
Plot:
audition, actor, hollywood, film industry, dream, agent, ambition, showbiz, aspiration, casting, satire, rejection ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A comedy series about what really happens behind the scenes of a massive stand-up comedy tour.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, funny, semi serious ...
Plot:
backstage, satire, stand up comedy, behind the scenes, comedian, humour, joke, stand up comedian, showbiz, creative process, friendship, adult humor ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Tortured thespian Steven Toast relocates to the ultimate actor's playground - Hollywood. Surely this time he will get the adulation he so richly deserves.
Style:
absurd, humorous, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, ambition, entertainment industry, hollywood, celebrity culture, self delusion, irreverent, showbiz, deadpan, fish out of water, media industry, professional rivalry ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
So Notorious, sometimes stylized So NoTORIous, is an American sitcom on VH1, loosely based on the life of actress Tori Spelling. The series debuted on April 2, 2006 and despite lasting only ten episodes, received substantial acclaim from critics.
Style:
sitcom, witty, parody, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity culture, hollywood, media satire, performer's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, social relations, filmmaking, down on your luck, friends, famous, satire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Udayabhanu is an assistant director and scriptwriter, who dreams of making it big in the film industry. His attempt is thwarted by his roommate, a junior artiste, Rajappan Thengamoodu who steals his script to become superstar Saroj Kumar
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, comedy drama, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, movie star, film industry, celebrity culture, behind the scenes, problem, escapades, movie business, filmmaker, ego clash, ambition, betrayal ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Argentina
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Story:
Antonio Dumas, a prestigious, intellectual, sophisticated, though also rather cynical and conceited art historian and cultural manager, is appointed director of an important museum of modern art in Madrid after winning a contest for that position. ...
Style:
dark comedy, avant garde, witty
Plot:
modern art, social commentary, satire, art history, urban, culture clash, power struggle, bureaucracy, office politics, character study, behind the scenes, elitism ...
Place:
madrid, spain
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Floyd Mooney is a young African-American comedian whose star is on the rise. But the path to stardom is a minefield that Floyd must navigate to maintain his credibility while attempting to become “white famous.”
Style:
satirical, erotic, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
comedian, ambition, satire, african american, stand up comedy, interracial relations, fame, african american man, direction and purpose, aspiration, humour, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
833
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
A successful producer and a woke writer and director are brought closer by a creeping attraction and a feeling that they are just pawns in the studio's agenda for a Saudi Arabian buyout.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, problem, social problems, filmmaker, lifestyle, movie business, filmmaking, screenwriter, film producer, film industry, social commentary, media satire ...
Similarity:
42%
378
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
Star-ving is a web series of episodes running eight to ten minutes, based very loosely on the life of David Faustino from Married... with Children. His co-star is Corin Nemec, who played the title character in Parker Lewis Can't Lose. The start ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
silly humor, workplace, down on your luck, unfulfillment, workplace situations, nothing goes right, spouse leaving, disorder, showbiz, satire, hollywood, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
In this improvised comedy, the three former child stars - Jodie Sweetin, Christine Lakin, and Beverley Mitchell - play exaggerated versions of themselves in their current Hollywood lives. With the support of one another, this girl squad can take on ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, funny, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, marriage, celebrity culture, female friendship, relationship vs career, career, movie actress, rise and fall, actress, kids and family, children, showbiz ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Grosse Pointe is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000–2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was ...
Style:
parody, sitcom, cynical, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, actress, actor, lifestyle, showbiz, actor's life, rivalry, workplace, dishonesty, backstage, artists and showbiz, starlet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
A bunch of unknown actors create a TV show about themselves. Taking on the inevitable collapse and defeat of their show in the summer of a new era.
Style:
meta, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, actor, artificial intelligence, silly humor, humour, identity crisis, celebrity culture, irreverent, behind the scenes, showbiz, road trip, show ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida, miami, orlando florida, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The story of a failed director and his hodgepodge crew as they search, in vain, for fame and success in the crazy world of Hollywood.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, fake documentary
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, director, desire for fame, agent, hopes, artists and showbiz, film industry, film producer, satire, fame, actor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
36%
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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:
36%
425
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Antics from a film crew as they attempt to remake movies, claiming that they can make them better.
Style:
humorous, parody, realistic, not serious, lighthearted ...
Plot:
filmmaking, silly humor, media, artists and showbiz, stupidity, behind the scenes, film set, improv, irreverent, collaboration, satire, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story:
Emma Caulfield takes you on a life-changing journey of self discovery in this satirical comedy about helping an off-color actress make her way to fame.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
self discovery, ambition, actress, female protagonist, aspiring actress, satire, social satire, coping, desire for fame, introspection, aspiration, ambitious woman ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
584
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
A laugh-at-itself, satirical look at the late-night TV landscape, set behind the scenes of the fictitious talk show Nightcap With Jimmy.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
talk show, satire, workplace, behind the scenes, staff, entertainment industry, workplace situations, backstage, employment agency, celebrity, insanity, coworker ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 37 min.
TV show
Story:
Seth and Jeremy enjoyed relative success from 'Eternal', a hit television vampire drama. Five years after their show has ended, they lean on each other as they struggle to reclaim their previous level of success and relevance, awkwardly ...
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, romantic comedy, mockumentary, black comedy
Plot:
friendship, celebrity culture, showbiz, male friendship, personal growth, bittersweet, behind the scenes, intimate, slice of life, self discovery, ambition, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, north carolina
Similarity:
34%
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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:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Centers around comedian Rob Schneider's real life while living in Hollywood.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, satire, movie star, autobiography, celebrity culture, behind the scenes, parenting, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The series will feature Jack McBrayer playing a version of himself who was the child star of a Lassie-like series and Triumph, the dog who went into the world of decadence and took Jack with him. 15 years later, Jack managed to put his life together ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
showbiz, satire, artists and showbiz, disorder, silly humor, goofy hero, political humor, political satire, topical humor, society, pop culture, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man, working for cinema industry, has dreams about becoming a producer. He tries so many things for his dreams becomes true but must to manage so many bad situations.
Style:
realistic, independent film, satirical, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot:
film industry, struggle, behind the scenes, ambition, financial difficulty, character study, resilience, perseverance, frustration, backstage, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
32%
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:
satire, interview, film industry, behind the scenes, irreverent, voice over narration, porn parody, southern belle, movie business, hollywood, celebrity impersonation, hitler ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The lives of a wildly eclectic group of people are intertwined through the place they all call home, a fabled Hollywood apartment building, El Capitan, which they've dubbed "The Captain." Josh, is a Hollywood whiz kid whose filmmaking ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
hollywood, writers, relationships, satire, neighbor, changing lives, lifestyle change, writer's life, slice of life, showbiz, apartment building, creative block ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
4 narcissists seeking their elusive self-worth via fame, get hurled into a path of self-discovery.
Style:
dark comedy, fast paced
Plot:
narcissism, fame, vanity, ego, character study, self discovery, personal growth, city life, social media, celebrity culture, identity crisis, materialism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
31%
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