Movies like Hollywood Ending

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Hollywood Ending (2002)
 6.5
 28K
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized, semi serious, realistic, psychological, funny, hilarious ...
Plot: movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, adultery, justice, dysfunctional family, showbiz, one more chance, nothing goes right, disorder, comedy of errors, blind character, artists and showbiz, couple relations, art, satire, farce, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blindness, roman empire, psychopath, hotel, film industry, basement ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city
Keyword: gangsters, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, witty, realistic and semi serious films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, art, love, satire and writers mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Hollywood Ending: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Duplex (2003), Anything Else (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
Style: light, captivating, colorful, humorous, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high society, interview, college student, wealthy family, love, party, job, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda ...
Style: surreal, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot: child, adoption, adopted son, adoptive mother, prostitution, loneliness, dysfunctional family, life philosophy, family relations, love and romance, opposites attract, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa, ancient greece, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 61K
Duplex (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: twists and turns, dark humor, couple relations, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, satire, old dark house, urbanization, love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 33K
Anything Else (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda ...
Style: witty, melancholic, semi serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dysfunctional family, writers, advice, relationship problems, psychoanalysis, young lovers, unlikely couple, couple relations, writer's life, love and romance, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. ...
Style: black and white, funny, talky, clever, touching ...
Plot: screwball, showbiz, gangster, thanksgiving, mafia, female protagonist, art, comedian, girlfriend, artist, profanity, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style: feel good, melancholic, surreal, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: time travel, magic realism, painter, literature, art history, bohemian life, love and romance, writers, artist, nostalgia, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
America's Sweethearts (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
Style: funny, feel good, romantic, satirical, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: hollywood, love triangle, breakup, couples, hotel, infidelity, divorce, showbiz, paparazzi, desire for fame, dishonesty, marriage crisis ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 8.0
 277K
Annie Hall (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Style: romantic comedy, philosophical, romantic, humorous, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: comedian, relationships, love and romance, neurosis, marriage, divorce, loneliness, unlikely friendships, love story, dating, passion, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1977, 60s
Place: new york, los angeles, california, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
To Rome with Love (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing ...
Style: feel good, romantic, surreal, ironic, sexy ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: love story, love, art, culture clash, meet the parents, adultery, farce, life philosophy, marriage, architect, newlyweds, love and romance ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
Style: romantic, light, witty, feel good, sexy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, love story, destiny, family drama, beautiful scenery, couple relations, family life, multiple storylines, dysfunctional family, infidelity, satire, family relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: paris france, new york, europe, italy, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.8
 147K
Manhattan (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Style: black and white, romantic, humorous, visually stunning, meditative ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: dating, age difference, couples, divorce, lolita, love triangle, love and romance, friendship, adultery, mistress, dachshund, teenage girl ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of ...
Style: funny, talky, witty, humorous, parody ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dating, love, infidelity, nymphomaniac, art, friendship, adultery, imaginary friend, divorce, farce, filmmaking, bittersweet ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.1
 1K
Pipe Dream (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, couple relations, hidden identity, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, actor's life, frame up, fall in love, disorder, artists and showbiz, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
This Is Not a Film (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, breakup, couples, couple relations, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, obsession, artists and showbiz, urban, actress, reenactment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
New York Stories (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style: anthology, talky, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: artist, art, obsession, hotel, luxury hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, greece, usa, manhattan new york city, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Stardust Memories (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Style: black and white, philosophical, cult classic, postmodern, talky ...
Plot: artist, existentialism, filmmaking, weekend, art, showbiz, childhood memory, nostalgia, alien, discussion, argument, price of fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Style: talky, humorous, melancholic, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: heist, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, disorder, couple relations, overnight success, cons and scams, bank robbery, art ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 6.5
 74K
Bowfinger (1999)
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, talky ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, movie business, satire, dog, actor, cameraman, audition, desire for fame, african american, deception, actress ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they ...
Style: witty, humorous, detective, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot: hypnosis, investigation, workplace, insurance investigator, heist, plot twist, justice, unlikely criminals, love and romance, power relations, murder mystery, false accusation ...
Time: 1940s, year 2001, year 1940, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, madagascar, istanbul turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Big Picture (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once ...
Style: light, suspense, melancholic, harsh, entertaining ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, friendship, movie business, rise to the top, desire for fame, rivalry, ambition, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, rich and poor, satire ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 1K
Just Write (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style: witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hollywood, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, social differences, bus, writers, actress, hidden identity, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
Place: beverly hills, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, surreal, humorous, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: magic realism, movie star, daydreamer, writers, love story, imagination, surrealism, life turned upside down, fish out of water, real world, couples, unlikely couple ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1985, 1900s, year 1935
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Whatever Works (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into ...
Style: philosophical, romantic, feel good, funny, cynical ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, age difference, suicide attempt, homosexual, lifestyle change, eccentricity, polyamory, love and romance, storytelling, unlikely couple, character change, social climbing ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and ...
Style: realistic, talky, melancholic, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot: marriage, infidelity, relationships, midlife crisis, divorce, loneliness, depression, breakup, character study, friendship, dishonesty, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.7
 11K
Full Frontal (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in ...
Style: talky, entertaining, non-linear, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, actor's life, workplace intrigue, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, couple relations, husband wife relationship, satire, internet, film industry ...
Time: year 2002
Place: los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.4
 6K
Two Much (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, witty, anamorphic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: twins, farce, greed, art, love triangle, switching roles, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, wooing, nothing goes right, hidden identity, screwball ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.1
 7K
Lost & Found (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, romantic, sweet, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: neighbor, love story, happy ending, justice, love and romance, buddies, unfulfilled love, friendship, looking for love, nothing goes right, couples, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.3
 3K
Mr. Jealousy (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he ...
Style: independent film, talky, humorous, clever, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: teacher, obsession, love and romance, jealousy, substitute teacher, pop culture, infidelity, wooing, singleness, looking for love, comedy of errors, disorder ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, iowa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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