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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
Style:
independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot:
filmmaking, job, hollywood, satire, hijacking, dangerous animal, showbiz, vengeance, disorder, workplace, dishonesty, obnoxious boss, artists and showbiz, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace situations, thief, theft, blackmail, film industry, roommate, film producer, movie studio, kicked in the butt, film within a film ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and semi serious films with plots about satire, showbiz, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, hollywood, dark humor and media satire mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Hijacking Hollywood: The Assistants (2009), New Suit (2002), The Last Producer (2000), Hollywood North (2003), Being Michael Madsen (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, satire, workplace, boss and employee, manipulation, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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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:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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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:
filmmaking, hollywood, one last chance, showbiz, artists and showbiz, aging, betrayal, dishonesty, film industry, movie studio, gambling, heist ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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68%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The making of a serious, Canadian art house film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, lifestyle, obnoxious boss, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, movie business ...
Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, cons and scams, working class, workplace situations, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, rapper, store ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
filmmaking, death, showbiz, actor's life, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ghost, stupidity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, france, europe, paris france, california ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, media, artists and showbiz, disorder, ambition, downfall, nothing goes right, blind ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, showbiz, media satire, workplace situations, society, boss and employee, media, ambition, rise to the top, blind ambition, workplace, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place:
australia, london
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Action is an American comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. It aired on Fox during the 1999-2000 season. The series was critically praised for its irreverent, and ...
Style:
sitcom, cult classic, cynical, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, satire, dark humor, disorder, sleazy, artists and showbiz, workplace, nothing goes right, heroes, lifestyle, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When screenwriter Cal Neros fritters away a million-dollar advance on a script and blows his deadline, the studio boss gives him one week to write the sickest movie ever committed to the screen.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
race against time, silly humor, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, disorder, showbiz, chases and races, farce, urban, writer's block, satire, behind the scenes ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
40%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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39%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, mockumentary
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to ...
Style:
mockumentary, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck actor is frustrated with Hollywood and makes a plan to write, direct, and distribute his own project. When the money goes missing, it proves to just be the beginning of an adventure to get it back.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, sitcom ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, rise to the top, bank, african american, filmmaker, empowerment, filmmaking, social commentary, satire, behind the scenes, interracial relations, showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada, new york
Similarity:
35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, sexy, cynical, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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los angeles, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, film industry, behind the scenes, satire, interview, irreverent, deadpan, obscurity, alcoholism, disorder, womanizer, actor's life ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq
Similarity:
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77K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, witty, spoof ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, satire, movie business, dog, actor, cameraman, deception, african american, actress, audition, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
33%
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:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
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Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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