Movies like I'll Do Anything
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I'll Do Anything (1994)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, satirical, clever, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic, sad, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, unsuccessful, female nudity, father daughter relationship, nude, catastrophe, twists and turns, musician, natural disaster, women, music, violence, writers, weapons, hip hop, justice, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, brutality, parallel universe, runaway, happy ending, childhood, dreams ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, melancholic and semi serious films with plots about catastrophe, fantasy world, dialogue, storytelling, runaway, culture clash and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like I'll Do Anything: Stuart Saves His Family (1995), The Muse (1999), How Do You Know (2010), Where the Heart Is (1990), Kingdom Come (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style:
humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, satire, self discovery, nothing goes right, disorder, family problems, family life, couple relations, lifestyle, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, funny, light, inspirational ...
Plot:
hollywood, muse, screenwriter, writers, manipulation, writer's life, mentor, runaway, workplace, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Style:
romantic, light, humorous, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
fall in love, love triangle, love story, sarcasm, life philosophy, destiny, twists and turns, writers, shopping, love affair, love and romance, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, washington d.c.
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92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Style:
humorous, satirical, touching, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
farce, single father, social differences, destiny, life philosophy, family problems, society, real estate, fashion, nude, art, childhood ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Style:
touching, humorous, light, intense, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, death, eccentric family, family problems, introspection, family in crisis, parents and children, self discovery, gangsters, african american, life & death, infidelity ...
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89%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, touching, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
childhood, youth, culture clash, family relations, nothing goes right, actor's life, child prodigy, parents and children, family life, disorder, satire, fantasy world ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport, father son relationship, mentor, adaptation, power relations, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new york yankees, san francisco, usa, latin america ...
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Style:
funny, humorous, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
terminal illness, dark humor, farce, mental institution, suicide attempt, road trip, nude, twists and turns, satire, transformation, workplace, existentialism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children's TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter ...
Style:
humorous, sad, melancholic, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, natural disaster, police investigation, runaway, lone hero, love story, honest, chase, creativity, culture clash, redemption, fight scenes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kansas, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, talky, light, artsy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fashion, farce, fashion show, multiple storylines, art, fashion model, love and romance, lifestyle, media satire, lovers reunited, nude, satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of ...
Style:
humorous, intense, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
showbiz, comedian, ambition, actor's life, desire for fame, aging, family life, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, loneliness, mentor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn't know what to ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, feel good, thought provoking ...
Plot:
depression, bittersweet, widow, family relations, musician, homeless, guilt, parenthood, redemption, dysfunctional family, destiny, hospital ...
Time:
80s
Place:
baltimore, usa
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87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, "Last Summer in the Hamptons" concerns a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their summer together at the decades-old family retreat which economic circumstances ...
Style:
talky, clever, psychological, enigmatic, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentor, superhero, artist, humanity, vengeance, secrets, redemption, writers, culture clash, childhood, happy ending ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, long island
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87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben (Robert De Niro) must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss (Catherine Keener) demands extensive ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
movie business, filmmaking, hollywood, midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, showbiz, workplace, workplace situations, disagreement, satire, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california, cannes
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to ...
Style:
talky, humorous, intense, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, creativity, showbiz, ambition, rise to the top, couples, friendship, performer's life, redemption, love, multiple storylines, catastrophe ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, talky, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, elderly, odd couple, partners, couples, retiring, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one ...
Style:
cynical, stylized, satirical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, writers, greed, loneliness, justice, artists and showbiz, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, celebrity culture, showbiz, spectacle ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Angie lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and dreams of a better life than everyone she knows. When she finds that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie, she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband. This ...
Style:
intense, touching, sentimental, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, self discovery, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, human nature, women, wedding, working class, female protagonist, eccentricity, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Style:
talky, melancholic, semi serious, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, female protagonist, runaway, woman in danger, greed, crumbling marriage, family problems, self discovery, dishonesty, marriage, adultery, depression ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, witty, parody ...
Plot:
friendship, food, working class, unemployment, irish, distopia, police investigation, dysfunctional family, addiction, transformation, creativity, restaurant ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, london, dublin ireland, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, stylized, light ...
Plot:
coming of age, parenthood, dysfunctional family, poverty, family relations, child's point of view, parents and children, black people, couple relations, single parent, family problems, school ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, tokyo, usa
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85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is ...
Style:
feel good, touching, satirical, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
kidnapping, father daughter relationship, working class, farce, obsession, crime gone awry, showbiz, unemployment, desire for fame, unlikely criminals, obsessive quest, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, belgium, europe
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, suspense, dark humor, satire, destiny, loneliness, fantasy world, first contact, greed, culture clash, death ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, farce, transvestite, suicide, transformation, male nudity, disaster, lgbtq, satire, greed, writers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa, europe, california, italy ...
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The ...
Style:
sexy, talky, surreal, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
phone sex, friendship, neighbor, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, boss and employee, workplace situations, gangsters, women, nude, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every ...
Style:
satirical, melancholic, witty, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
television, showbiz, audition, sarcasm, tv show, deadpan, farce, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, media satire, actor's life, strong female character ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new ...
Style:
sentimental, intellectual, melancholic, surreal, thought provoking ...
Audience:
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Plot:
friendship, paranoia, dreams, gangsters, existentialism, fantasy world, homosexuality, justice, life philosophy, lone hero, first contact, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, hollywood, filmmaking, satire, life philosophy, death, culture clash, mentor, gangsters, destiny, runaway ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation he is given a second chance, all he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country. What could possibly go wrong?
Style:
humorous, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
bus, orphan, school, teacher, gangsters, friendship, road trip, farce, satire, twists and turns, corruption, stereotypes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
single father, adoption, redemption, hopes, teacher, time, life & death, identity, happy ending, first contact, fight scenes, hospital ...
Time:
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Place:
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