Movies like Man on the Moon

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Man on the Moon (1999)
 7.4
 137K
Man on the Moon (1999)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style: offbeat, depressing, inspirational, touching, humorous, tragicomedy, funny, factual, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, fighting illness, dying, performer's life, celebrity culture, success, death, cancer, insanity, eccentricity, stand up comedy, new year, winter, moon, misfit ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1999, 70s, year 1985, year 1984
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, the philippines, lithuania, memphis
Keyword: oldies, watching a movie, doctors, challenge

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Most similar movies to Man on the Moon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about biopic, artists and showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, showbiz and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Man on the Moon: Ed Wood (1994), American Splendor (2003), Funny People (2009), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Dolemite Is My Name (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ed Wood (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style: black and white, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot: hollywood, showbiz, misfit, biopic, drug addiction, friendship, director, addiction, character study, actress, lgbtq, transvestism ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, america, usa
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100%
American Splendor (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style: realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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100%
 6.3
 123K
Funny People (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
Style: funny, humorous, tragicomedy, melancholic, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: comedian, cancer, loneliness, character study, dark humor, midlife crisis, sarcasm, redemption, destiny, life philosophy, old love, supportive friend ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for ...
Style: sexual, controversial, factual, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, free love, legal, courtroom, court, drug addiction, biopic, fighting the system, rebellion, porn industry, love ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1996, 1950s, 80s
Place: kentucky, ohio, georgia, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, black man, actor, blaxploitation, film industry, comedian, black, showbiz, money, biopic, entertainment industry, profanity ...
Time: year 2019, 70s
Place: los angeles
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38%
 6.8
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Patch Adams (1998)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, uplifting, compassionate ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, kids, teen drama
Plot: medical school, human spirit, hospital, compassion, medical profession, doctor, doctors and patients, friendship, dealing with death, mad scientist, stereotypes, medical ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, year 1998, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and ...
Style: black comedy, contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: hospital, redemption, drug addiction, biopic, addiction, black history, stand up comedy, childhood, death, male nudity, urban, african ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, illinois, los angeles, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 6.9
 39K
Private Parts (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, witty, sexy ...
Plot: radio, nudity, anti conformity, sorority, public nudity, satire, female pubic hair, female nudity, ambition, lifestyle, workplace, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., middle east, new york, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Three Stooges (2000)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: three stooges, actor's life, ambition, rise to the top, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.5
 62K
Chaplin (1992)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, factual, light, intense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: biopic, rising to stardom, hollywood, childhood, actor's life, filmmaking, success, mccarthyism, comedian, unlikely friendships, depression, honest ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, edwardian era, 1950s, 1920s ...
Place: london, los angeles, england, california, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Isn't She Great (2000)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a ...
Style: light, satirical, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: female protagonist, writers, ambition, eccentricity, showbiz, fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, aging, love and romance, autism, marriage ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 70s, 50s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
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: comedian, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, family life, aging, desire for fame, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, judaism, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Martin and Lewis (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of the 10-year rocky relationship between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, sexual
Plot: ambition, friendship, rising to stardom, desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, musician's life, showbiz, breakup, rise to the top, celebrity culture, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
I'm Dying Up Here (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Set in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilarious, but complex business of making an audience laugh.
Style: sitcom, tragicomedy, humorous, funny, erotic
Plot: life philosophy, comedian, stand up comedian, improv, human spirit, bittersweet, weirdo, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, career, comedy club, actor's life ...
Time: 70s, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his ...
Style: psychological, emotional, stylized, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: comedian, actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, biopic, relationships, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, family relations, understanding, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place: london, switzerland, italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style: sentimental, period piece, romantic, factual, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: movie star, historical figure, biopic, fame, hollywood, actress, actor's life, ambition, cultural icon, women, depression, celebrity ...
Time: 50s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: clubbing, punk, rock and roll, party, music, biopic, rave, drug addiction, rock, music business, nightclub, suicide ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Truman Show (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, simulated reality, alternate reality, freedom, video surveillance, small town, fictional reality show, hidden camera, utopia, dystopia, paranoia, god complex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998, future
Place: florida, persia, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Adaptation. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style: satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot: twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, new york, california, usa
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35%
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My Left Foot (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, handicapped, paralysis, medical, painter, art, poet ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: ireland, england, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 23K
Diner (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night
Plot: friendship, coming of age, food, christmas, diner, gambling debt, love and romance, adulthood, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, buddies, lifestyle ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1982, year 1959, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.9
 28K
Calendar Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot: charity, small town, female nudity, women, leukemia, female empowerment, elderly, life philosophy, model, human spirit, friendship, family drama ...
Time: 90s, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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35%
 7.5
 382K
The Aviator (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style: realistic, epic, stylized, period piece, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: success, mental illness, aviation, biopic, filmmaking, entrepreneur, corruption, test pilot, entrepreneurship, businessman, character study, obsessive compulsive disorder ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: los angeles, california, new york, connecticut, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Style: feel good, light, humorous, absurd, funny ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: friendship, filmmaking, hollywood, bromance, strange person, ambition, aspiring actor, actor, friendship between men, biopic, love, promise ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: los angeles, california, america, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.8
 157K
Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, sentimental, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, hospital, illness, doctors and patients, medical, psychiatry, fighting illness, hopes, medicine, disability, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: america, new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
 1K
Pinero (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and ...
Style: disturbing, stylized, factual, intense, sincere ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, writers, biopic, rise and fall, lifestyle, rising to stardom, ambition, drug, drug addiction, prison, society ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, 70s
Place: new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, puerto rico, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.8
 74K
Stepmom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style: sentimental, sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, terminal illness, women, autumn, cancer, step parent, friendship, custody, parents and children, remarry, adoption, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style: clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: money, corruption, business, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, america, geneva switzerland, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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