Movies like Actors 2021
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Actors (2021)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Actor-filmmaker Peter Vack decides to re-identify as female to maintain relevance in the art and entertainment world. This horrifies Peter's sister Betsey and makes her spiral deep into a mania of sibling rivalry as she desperately searches for her own artistic voice.
Style:
indie film, black comedy
Plot:
sibling rivalry, identity crisis, desire for fame, ambition, family conflict, social commentary, transgender, obsession, fame, satire, performance art, celebrity culture, existentialism, anxiety, mental health, urban, psychological drama, gender identity
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, realistic, melancholic and tense films with plots about urban, identity crisis, psychological drama, character study, ambition, social commentary and obsession mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Actors: The Woman Inside (1981), Insta-Lie (2021), Sound (2012), Fever Dream (2023), Happy Pill (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Vietnam vet decides to undergo a sex change operation in the 1970's. Canadian / American production.
Style:
emotional, reflective, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
transgender, vietnam veteran, desire for fame, self discovery, identity crisis, social commentary, acceptance, mental health, introspection, alienation, isolation, family conflict ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An actor in search of fame finds on his Instagram the way to gain likes and boost his career. To maintain his fake life online, he does crazy things in real life and risks losing track of who he really is.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, mockumentary
Plot:
social media, instagram, actor, fame, identity crisis, obsession, social commentary, deception, identity, self delusion, media satire, reputation ...
Similarity:
90%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style:
art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
70%
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:
celebrity culture, social media, media manipulation, fame, revenge, ambition, father daughter relationship, scandal, betrayal, obsession, public humiliation, retribution ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
A medical student has to drop out of college due to unfortunate circumstances and starts running a sweet shop. However, his boring life encounters a sudden twist when he claims to have discovered the formula for a pill that can make people happy.
Style:
comedy drama, uplifting, black comedy, melancholic
Plot:
medical student, moral ambiguity, social commentary, scam, deception, ethical dilemma, dropout, mental health, community, satire, desperation, trust ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Story:
Dysfunctional young married couple Lily and Daniel are stuck at home in Crown Heights, New York City anticipating a record-breaking hurricane. They are invaded by various quirky characters including sex-obsessed Amber, gym-crazy Chris and wannabe ...
Style:
black comedy, indie film, psychological horror, independent film
Plot:
hurricane, dysfunctional marriage, claustrophobia, urban, dark humor, satire, emotional breakdown, couples therapy, social commentary, moral ambiguity, disaster, catastrophe
Place:
new york
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Nick (Mike Pantozzi) gets his girls the same way he gets his music: online. On a first date, Eva (Jessi Kneeland) invites him to an exclusive filesharing community called ‘The Lionshare’. From there, Nick’s own creative frustration fuels his ...
Style:
mumblecore, independent film, realistic, rom com, black comedy
Plot:
piracy, dating, online dating, internet culture, social network, inspiration, creative process, music industry, ambition, obsession, social commentary, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kristabelle, still living with her Mother cuts herself to feel alive. Her Mother, addicted to plastic surgery also cuts herself trying to maintain her youth. Through the help of a pot smoking young lover, a newly sober British stand up comic and ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, art house, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, self harm, plastic surgery, mental health, family conflict, addiction, identity crisis, coming of age, slice of life, illness, mental illness, urban ...
Similarity:
48%
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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
Similarity:
48%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident ...
Style:
satirical, cynical, dark comedy, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, scandal, satire, expose, urban, fashion show, backstage, office politics, vanity, crisis, professional rivalry ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations ...
Style:
art house, tense, psychological thriller, dark, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, manipulation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, self discovery, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, performance art, urban ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style:
realistic, intense, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, songwriter, character study, betrayal, lie, infidelity, male protagonist, mature, domestic drama, love triangle, jealousy, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
Style:
intense, eighties
Plot:
scandal, alcoholism, defamation, celebrity culture, manipulation, ambition, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban, media satire, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
45%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sarah, a free spirited young girl looking to surgically reassign her gender and Antony, a once exuberant but now a dejected and dispirited young man. What will happen when they meet?
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, coming of age, identity crisis, character study, acceptance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A socially and politically frustrated young man with a troubled past vents his frustrations through a social networking website and unwittingly sparks a revolutionary social movement.
Style:
tense, controversial, intense, political drama
Plot:
social commentary, social media, revolution, activism, frustration, internet culture, civil unrest, anger, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, alienation, media manipulation ...
Similarity:
44%
87
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 44 is the story of Migs, an 18 year old high school student trapped between the two opposing forces of his father, a drug dealer and convicted felon, and his mother, an NYPD cop.
Style:
dramatic, crime drama, realistic, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, family conflict, double life, coming of age, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, drug trade, moral dilemma, mother son relationship, betrayal, ambition ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, anthology ...
Plot:
quarantine, virus, deadly virus, loneliness, isolation, character study, social isolation, lifestyle, social relations, society, social problems, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
41%
172
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, psychological, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, director, actor, surrealism, creative process, lifestyle, social problems, life philosophy, filmmaker, existentialism, character study ...
Similarity:
40%
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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:
fame, celebrity culture, celebrity, media industry, media satire, showbiz, satire, character study, identity crisis, debt, humiliation, social commentary ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sathya, a self-centered aspiring actor who lacks talent, believes he is meant to be famous. After facing rejection, he sets off on a journey through Kerala to learn about emotions and life. Stranded in the village of Kadamakkudy, he meets a ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, realistic, heartfelt, art house ...
Plot:
life lesson, empathy, personal growth, aspiring actor, self discovery, transformation, character study, rejection, village life, slice of life, intimate, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
39%
323
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy Zane leads a pack of money-grabbing relatives who try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Style:
suspense, tense, black comedy, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wealth, ambition, family conflict, inheritance, deception, scheming, family drama, power struggle, manipulation, betrayal, ethical dilemma, family secret ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lorie Walker ( Meagan Good), attends a ritzy private school in a small southern town. Raised by her grandmother Valerie ( Ruby Dee), she often daydreams of becoming a professional dancer. After a chance meeting with a renowned music video director, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, dancer's life, ambition, sex scene, rise and fall, follow your dream, life is a bitch, small town, celebrity culture, rivalry, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An Iranian man with high hopes of becoming a professional actor arrives in Can,France to meet Spielberg but his expectations and the reality are not so much alike.
Style:
independent film, heartfelt, intercultural
Plot:
film industry, showbiz, satire, aspiring actor, fame, bittersweet, celebrity culture, fish out of water, ambition, social commentary, frustration, realism ...
Place:
cannes, france, paris france, iran
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ewa is a reporter. Using her feminine charms and other means she is trying to become a journalist on a Warsaw weekly popular magazine. She hopes to become political interviewer of personalities and state leaders. On her way up the ladder she trips ...
Style:
period piece
Plot:
reporter, ambition, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, journalism, character study, ambitious woman, obsession, social climbing, manipulation, moral ambiguity, downfall ...
Time:
80s
Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland, rome italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Ana throws her life on the Instagram and other social networks, where she posts pictures, videos and short animations, together with witty (and lucid) texts. Ana is going through a strange moment. In addition to going through the family conflicts ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, social media, female friendship, friendship, self discovery, instagram, identity crisis, adolescence, character study, teenage love, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
Style:
noir, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
call girl, prostitution, secret life, double life, female protagonist, domestic drama, mature, motherhood, character study, taboo, family conflict, shame ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Impetus: A Decision follows our hero, Jay Fossier, as he returns home to the states after serving his third and final tour in the middle east. He is forced to return due to P.T.S.D. Home is not so sweet when he returns.
Style:
serious, emotional, independent film, bleak, realistic
Plot:
ptsd, homecoming, military service, mental health, family conflict, small town, character study, veteran, slow burn, flashback, isolation, rehabilitation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, middle east
Similarity:
36%
778
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A wealthy Manhattan family's inability to cope with the suicide of their eldest daughter sends them into a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and sexual taboos that threatens to destroy them.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, suicide, dysfunctional family, coming of age, brother sister relationship, brother sister kiss, voyeurism, grief, cynicism, brother sister incest, looking for love, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three beautiful aspiring actresses embark on a mission to break into the competitive Los Angeles acting scene only to discover the road leading to stardom comes at a price.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
longing, hollywood, ambition, showbiz, price of fame, actress, female friendship, down on your luck, rising to stardom, glory, life is a bitch, mishap ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
35%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sergio, who has traveled to Utrecht with his family to attend a soccer match, suffers a panic attack just before taking the flight back to Barcelona.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
panic attack, isolation, mental health, loneliness, identity crisis, family conflict, escape, alienation, self discovery, slice of life, urban, family drama ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
barcelona, europe, netherlands
Similarity:
35%
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