Movies like Beware of a Holy Whore
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Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
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Original name: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
Style:
art house, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, neurotic, avant garde, campy
Plot:
gender bending, filmmaking, egoism, drunk, stress, lgbt, autobiography, hotel, satire, fashion, village, prostitute, dark humor, village life, gays and lesbians, showbiz, down on your luck, lifestyle, actor's life, nothing goes right, social relations, mistaken identity, gender, disorder, transvestism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, humorous and witty films with plots about artists and showbiz, lifestyle, filmmaking, satire, showbiz, actor and actor's life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Beware of a Holy Whore: The Third Generation (1979), Day for Night (1973), Satan's Brew (1976), Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971), Cannes Man (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. Released ...
Style:
political, black comedy, cult classic, postmodern, art house ...
Plot:
transvestism, businessman, junkie, terrorism, politics, satire, raf, gender bending, anarchist, female nudity, elimination, kidnapped man ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
sexy, tense, humorous, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, satire, adaptation, director, workplace, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, workplace situations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, future, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, nice france, french riviera, riviera
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot:
dark humor, prostitute, rise to the top, investigation, lifestyle, writer's life, obsession, journalism, destructive relationship, gender, prodigy, media satire ...
Time:
19th century, 70s
Place:
southern germany, munich germany, europe, central europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs the made-for-TV melodrama Pioneers in Ingolstadt, based on the play by Marieluise Fleisser. The film opens as a parade of soldiers are marching through a town square singing patriotic songs. Alma ...
Style:
art house, rough, crying
Plot:
drunk, twenty something, male female relationship, ladies man, naivete, maid, male virgin, military, sex, father son relationship, crazy love, spying ...
Place:
southern germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his ...
Style:
parody, semi serious, realistic, clever, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, movie business, disorder, lifestyle, desire for fame, ambition, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, actor's life, showbiz, media satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, europe, france, usa, beverly hills ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, lifestyle, actor's life, rising to stardom, workplace, filmmaking, workplace situations, workplace romance, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support ...
Style:
semi serious, neurotic, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, adultery, nude, female nudity, nudity, unfaithfulness, friendship, artists and showbiz, actor's life, showbiz, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, los angeles, mulholland drive
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A renowned actor named Otto is the epitome of the problematic but beloved ladies man. Even when drunk he still knows more about filmmaking than does the amateur who is directing him in his latest movie. But what should the unreliable star do when a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
alcohol abuse, lifestyle, love and romance, showbiz, troublemaker, actor's life, aging, artists and showbiz, drinking, drunk, actor, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christian Taylor, a writer on hit TV series Six Feet Under, is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's sacked, though he doesn't know they've overheard the firing. They follow him to Las Vegas, where he is ostensibly ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, rise to the top, follow your dream, actor's life, showbiz, silly humor, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, starting over, workplace, lifestyle, couples ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
celebration, society, disorder, nothing goes right, religions or cults, lifestyle, celebrity culture, faith, satire, social commentary, provincial life, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
550
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, ego clash, lifestyle, ambition, rise to the top, love and romance, filmmaking, showbiz, actor's life, youth, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
While shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses, the director falls for one of them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actress, showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture, actor's life, love and romance, midlife crisis, money, film producer, humiliation, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, india, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, cerebral ...
Plot:
filmmaking, introspection, actor's life, change of heart, lifestyle, breaking point, life is a bitch, showbiz, direction and purpose, death wish, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, witty, stylized, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, gays and lesbians, manipulation, musician, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, culture clash, disorder, love and romance, chess, con artists, caper ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
las vegas, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Hollywood Film unit invades a small Vermont town leading to wholesale abandonment of values and virtue. A smart, warm and funny movie - and not just for movie buffs. Tagline: When a film crew came to Waterford, Vermont - They Shot First And Asked ...
Style:
feel good, independent film, talky, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, filmmaking, satire, hollywood, showbiz, seduction, actor, greed, movie business, lifestyle, love and romance, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new england, vermont, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently broken up and barely enduring a dreary winter, gay Parisian Jérôme Beaunez impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. While there he meets some colorful locals and pursues a dormant desire to become a movie star - but ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, gender, lgbt, prostitute, transsexual, transvestism, lifestyle, disorder, friends, couples, fall in love, actor's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, los angeles, paris france, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a scholar, is haunted by an overwhelming desire to understand the mystery of sex, he decides to conduct an investigation. With two beautiful assistants joining the case, the stakes are raised.
Style:
sexy, talky, captivating, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
sex, making love, sexuality, dark humor, sexual relations, looking for sex, lifestyle, destructive relationship, sex scene, female nudity, erotica, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2001, year 1929, 1920s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three women join a militant feminist group, P.I.G. (Politically Involved Girls), but their newfound liberation doesn't make them any happier.
Style:
realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, naked man, drag queen, lgbtq, midlife crisis, love and romance, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, best friend, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, gender ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
At fifty Louis Gravet, a serious actor, would like to become a comedian. His brother Peter, a film director, has the idea of hiring him for the lead role of a comedy. Family circumstances, their wives, their children, niece, lead him to make another ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, couples, siblings relations, disorder, actor's life, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, midlife crisis, couple relations, brother brother relationship, actor, movie actor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, clever, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, film producer, hollywood, dog, cynicism, beach house, doctor, tantrum, funeral, death, disaster ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 1930s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
culture clash, nothing goes right, friendship, small town, unemployment, village, doctor, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, comedy of errors, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal, australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Style:
art house, stylized, clever, witty, mind bending ...
Plot:
filmmaking, cat burglar, latex, nervous breakdown, satire, movie actress, actress playing herself, female nudity, culture clash, hotel, paranoia, kung fu ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, los angeles, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The relationship between a successful businessman and a prostitute is exploited by a cynical novelist.
Style:
satirical, erotic, biting, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
extramarital affair, murder, nude girl, female nudity, lesbian, husband wife relationship, seduction, bank clerk, friend, deal, quitting job, married couple ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where ...
Style:
independent film, witty, touching, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, unrequited love, love, self discovery, obsessive love, lgbt, friendship, homosexuality, filmmaking, glbt, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 19th century
Place:
london, new york, long island, england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, psychological, sex comedy ...
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, fall in love, showbiz, filmmaking, fish out of water, actor, audition, producer, disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, iowa
Similarity:
100%
760
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stripper, single parent, actor's life, couples, friends, thirtysomething life, family relations, human nature, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
los angeles, austria, europe, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
youth, teenage boy, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, surreal ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, actress, actor, film industry, television, jazz, midlife crisis, homeless man ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
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, nothing goes right, filmmaker, satire, character study, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, lifestyle, actor's life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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