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Silent Movie (1976)
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Silent Movie (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them. The film contains only one word of dialogue, spoken by an unlikely source.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, satirical, light, absurd, slapstick comedy, clever, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: filmmaking, showbiz, mime, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, alcohol abuse, comeback, nothing goes right, disorder, buddies, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, satire, chase, minimal dialogue, projectionist, best friend, stuntman, friends, rescue, human spirit, partner, chaos and mayhem, dog ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s, 1920s, 1950s
Place: usa, california, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
Keyword: oldies, partners, movie theatre

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, not serious, realistic and witty films with plots about disorder, artists and showbiz, satire, filmmaking, nothing goes right, showbiz and silly humor mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Silent Movie: Young Frankenstein (1974), The Independent (2000), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), Movie 43 (2013), The Big Bus (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Young Frankenstein (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, black and white, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: castle, monster, mad scientist, frankenstein, experiment, supernatural, satire, frankenstein's monster, scientist, laboratory, hunchback, electricity ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 1974, 20th century, near future ...
Place: arizona, transylvania, europe, usa
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100%
The Independent (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent ...
Style: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic ...
Plot: filmmaking, eccentricity, creativity, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, media, misfit, nothing goes right, media satire, dark humor, film producer, fictional biography ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dracula, vampire, supernatural, vampire bite, farce, love, satire, stupidity, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1890s
Place: europe, england, transylvania, romania, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movie 43 (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
Style: parody, funny, not serious, spoof, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dark humor, irreverence, toilet humor, gross out humor, youth, teenage life, stupidity, society, multiple storylines, dishonesty, escapades, satire ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 1959, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Big Bus (1976)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on ...
Style: parody, road movie, spoof, absurd, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disaster, bus, sabotage, bowling, road trip, nuclear power, priest, veterinarian, bomb, nuclear, nothing goes right, daring rescue ...
Time: 70s, year 1976
Place: new york, usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light ...
Plot: buddies, desire for fame, filmmaking, escapades, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, media satire, danger, woods, found footage ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: roman empire, spanish inquisition, satire, ancient, torture, peplum, revolution, farce, ancient rome, knight, stoner, criticism of religion ...
Time: 18th century, 20th century, year 1981, 1st century, future ...
Place: france, rome italy, greece, arizona, ancient greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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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 ⇓
57%
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The Groove Tube (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot: rising to stardom, culture clash, showbiz, lifestyle, rise and fall, actor's life, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, buddies, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, kentucky, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
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, absurd, satirical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: filmmaking, death, actor's life, showbiz, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ghost, cons and scams, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, france, paris france, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Brother's Justice (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
Style: cynical, realistic, not serious, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, martial arts, hollywood, showbiz, lifestyle, partner, actor's life, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, buddies, silly humor, partnership ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style: humorous, witty, talky, funny, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, storytelling, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, rehearsal, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the ...
Style: parody, witty, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hollywood, farce, racism, filmmaking, blaxploitation, black, prejudice, dark humor, storytelling, movie business, black history, misfit ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," ...
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof ...
Plot: filmmaking, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, goofy hero, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, satire, hostage, disorder, gender, mentally challenged, gender bending ...
Time: year 2005
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalism, nothing goes right, ambition, ego clash, buddies, workplace, battle of the sexes, rivalry, media satire, farce, workplace situations, satire ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood is a 1976 film directed by Michael Winner.
Style: spoof, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, hollywood, canine, animal, german shepherd, filmmaking, chaos, disorder, friends, animal life, wizards and magicians, rise to the top ...
Time: 1920s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, witty
Plot: tango, hollywood, mistaken identity, filmmaking, satire, dancing, fall in love, in love, impersonation, neurosis, prostitute, horse ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Meeting Spencer (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: artists and showbiz, comedy of errors, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, theatre director, broadway, comeback, friendship, society, profanity, screwball ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot: hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, showbiz, media satire, media, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire, prison guard, blue collar ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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48%
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Brain Donors (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run ...
Style: funny, humorous, witty, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
Plot: idiot, stupidity, chase, firefly, crazy, dumb, police corruption, buddy, ballet, dishonesty, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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48%
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Real Life (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style: mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
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48%
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3 Geezers! (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good
Plot: elderly, actor's life, silly humor, showbiz, hollywood, filmmaking, disorder, friends, retirement home, artists and showbiz, gay subtext, prank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
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: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, ambition, downfall, blind ambition, nothing goes right, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Style: surreal, light, funny, stylized, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jazz, video store, filmmaking, eccentricity, friendship, creativity, nothing goes right, art, sabotage, buddy, workplace, african american ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
For Your Consideration (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, satire, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: For four decades comic genius Mel Brooks and talk show king Dick Cavett have partnered to give the world scintillating conversation and sidesplitting humor. In 2010 they reunited on stage to share show business memories and hilarious stories for ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, humour, celebrity, celebrity culture, showbiz, media, lifestyle, filmmaking, elderly, star
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Kid & I (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style: realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Plot: hollywood, friendship, partner, nothing goes right, disability, artists and showbiz, youth, odd couple, good versus evil, buddies, teenage life, wish come true ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: My Breakfast with Blassie is a movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. It is a mostly improvised parody of the popular art film My Dinner with Andre and is set in a restaurant where Kaufman and ...
Style: independent film, parody, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wrestling, tough guy, disorder, taxi, restaurant, celebrity culture, filmmaking, family gatherings, showbiz, media satire, hollywood, terminal illness ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Style: mockumentary, cult classic, parody, humorous, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, hidden identity, media, actor's life, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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