Movies like Silent Movie
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Silent Movie (1976)
16K
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:
silent film, humorous, satirical, absurd, light, clever, witty, not serious, talky, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parody, hollywood, farce, filmmaking, actor's life, alcohol abuse, artists and showbiz, comeback, buddies, disorder, nothing goes right, showbiz, goofy hero, chase, mime, creativity, best friends, friends, partners, human spirit, chaos and mayhem, rescue, stuntman, dog, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to Silent Movie
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, witty, realistic and not serious films with plots about disorder, parody, satire, artists and showbiz, mentor, dialogue and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, History and Musical genres. Some movies like Silent Movie: Bowfinger (1999), Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003), The Twelve Chairs (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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66K
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:
humorous, feel good, witty, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, audition, parody, desire for fame, movie business, satire, nothing goes right, ambition, lifestyle, comedy of errors, showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 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:
humorous, witty, feel good, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parody, hollywood, farce, racism, satire, artists and showbiz, misfit, society, actor's life, interracial relations, filmmaking, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
homeless, wealth, switching roles, self discovery, survival, social differences, downfall, goofy hero, society, fish out of water, wager, rich and poor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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, dark humor, satirical, absurd, surreal ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, ghost, lifestyle, cons and scams, death, fake suicide, faked suicide ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s
Place:
usa, europe, france, paris france, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style:
witty, satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
farce, treasure hunt, chase, adventurer, obsessive quest, odd couple, nothing goes right, dishonesty, partners, escapades, goofy hero, disorder ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 20s
Place:
russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Films like Movie 43
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:
humorous, clever, biting, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, hollywood, filmmaking, parody, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, hidden identity, media, workplace situations, media satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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:
humorous, witty, not serious, offbeat, clever ...
Plot:
parody, tv show, culture clash, showbiz, rising to stardom, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, actor's life, rise and fall, buddies, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, kentucky, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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:
humorous, dark humor, light, satirical, witty ...
Plot:
parody, filmmaking, misfit, media, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, media satire, film producer, fictional biography, serial killer, eccentricity, creativity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
nevada, boston, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
parody, desire for fame, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, filmmaking, in the woods, disorder, buddies, escapades, survival, media satire, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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:
humorous, realistic, not serious, absurd, talky ...
Plot:
farce, ballet, partners, dishonesty, nothing goes right, buddies, rivalry, goofy hero, misfit, fish out of water, disorder, taxi driver ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Films like Meet the Spartans
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:
humorous, not serious, funny, absurd, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parody, journalism, nothing goes right, ambition, ego clash, farce, workplace, battle of the sexes, rivalry, media satire, workplace situations, buddies ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture ...
Style:
witty, not serious, humorous, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
superhero, farce, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, escapades, parody, buddies, filmmaking, media satire, disorder, rivalry, figment ...
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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:
humorous, anthology, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roman empire, parody, masturbation, french revolution, spanish inquisition, julius caesar, revolution, farce, chess, legends and myths, political unrest, social differences ...
Time:
18th century, 15th century, stone age, future, ancient history ...
Place:
france, europe, rome italy, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, absurd, witty ...
Plot:
farce, hidden identity, goofy hero, cruise, ocean liner, nothing goes right, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, ship, eccentricity, sarcasm, deadpan ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 30s, 1920s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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:
humorous, not serious, gothic, emotional, horror spoof ...
Plot:
parody, mad scientist, monster, experiment, farce, scientist, castle, frankenstein, haunted by the past, disorder, inheritance, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 70s
Place:
europe, usa, transylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Movies like What About Bob?
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
parody, murder, phone sex, false accusation, mental institution, farce, danger, heist, disorder, mental illness, frame up, love and romance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, talky, clever ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film within a film, rising to stardom, showbiz, ambition, satire, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, actor's life, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, silent film
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, dog, desire for fame, contests and competitions, ambition, pets, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, rise to the top, rescue, heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 20s, 20th century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, funny, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
actor's life, backstage, theater, nothing goes right, showbiz, workplace situations, disorder, love and romance, farce, theatre play, artists and showbiz, play within film ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, manhattan new york city, new york, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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:
humorous, witty, realistic, not serious
Plot:
filmmaking, mistaken identity, choking, suffocation, showbiz, switching roles, farce, heist, hollywood, lifestyle, actor's life, silly humor ...
Time:
20s, 1920s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Films like The Kentucky Fried Movie
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, not serious, light, funny ...
Plot:
hotel, farce, espionage, disorder, secret agents, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, spy, secret service, mistaken identity, assassin ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, year 1938
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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:
humorous, cynical, realistic, not serious
Plot:
filmmaking, martial arts, hollywood, lifestyle, showbiz, film within a film, buddies, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, partners, actor's life, silly humor ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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, talky, witty, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
filmmaking, adaptation, couples, showbiz, artists and showbiz, buddies, rehearsal, disorder, nosy, director, nothing goes right, actor's life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 18th century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, cynical, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, showbiz, alcohol, rivalry, show business, relationship vs career, celebrity, actor's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, movie star ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, italy, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, feel good, captivating, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artists and showbiz, comedy of errors, goofy hero, nothing goes right, disorder, theatre director, broadway, comeback, society, friendship, life turned upside down, screwball ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Films like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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:
humorous, satirical, funny, dark humor, witty ...
Plot:
family relations, lifestyle, family life, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, society, tv show, disorder, satire, husband wife relationship, suburbs, reality tv ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona, california, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A series of comedic short films guaranteed to offend.
Style:
witty, offbeat, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, lifestyle, media, partners, performer's life, parody, actor's life, media satire, looking for sex, showbiz, gays and lesbians, goofy hero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, kentucky, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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:
not serious, humorous, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot:
hollywood, lawyer, media satire, showbiz, filmmaking, media, artists and showbiz, actor's life, satire, lifestyle, grocery store, robbery ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This wacky prequel to the 1994 blockbuster goes back to the lame-brained Harry and Lloyd's days as classmates at a Rhode Island high school, where the unprincipled principal puts the pair in remedial courses as part of a scheme to fleece the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, funny, absurd, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, best friends, goofy hero, social misfits, disorder, partners, buddies, misfit, dumb, high school, obsessive quest, family ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parody, chase, cowboy, escapades, nothing goes right, goofy hero, disorder, explosion, train, glue, robbery, adventure ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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