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The Auteur (2008)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
THE AUTEUR follows formerly renowned porn director Arturo Domingo (Five Easy Nieces, Requiem for a Wet Dream) through a bizarre weekend as he receives a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Portland, OR. Encountering crazed fans, former collaborators, bitter enemies and free-loving hippies, Arturo attempts to put the pieces of his broken career and personal life back together.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, mockumentary, touching, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious ...
Plot:
open marriage, lesbian incest, sister sister incest, ex husband ex wife relationship, comeback, filmmaking, incest, orgy, female pubic hair, satire, rise and fall, introspection, sexual relations, showbiz, aging, hopes, unfulfillment, obsession, adultery, porn industry, bare breasts, film industry, interview, filmmaker, sexploitation ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon, vietnam, boston, houston texas, ohio
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and semi serious films with plots about showbiz, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, satire, lifestyle, ambition and hollywood mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Auteur: Film Geek (2005), Rid of Me (2011), Not Another Not Another Movie (2011), He's Way More Famous Than You (2013), Love Shack (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sexual humor, porn industry, filmmaking, adult filmmaking, desire for fame, follow your dream, lifestyle, rising to stardom, misfit, goofy hero, showbiz, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, idaho, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
obsession, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, workplace, disorder, looking for love, workplace situations, workplace romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, obsessed fan, expert ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon
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60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scathing black comedy of embarrassment that charts the emotional breakdown and rebirth of a woman ripe for self-discovery.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, hopes, rejection, dark humor, punk, misfit, divorce, breakup, ex girlfriend, chocolate, female protagonist, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, california
Similarity:
47%
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:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
showbiz, artists and showbiz, interview, talk show, celebrity, humour, friendship, theater, live performance, nostalgia, improv, behind the scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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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:
not serious, realistic, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, media, artists and showbiz, disorder, ambition, downfall, nothing goes right, blind ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
showbiz, hopes, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, celebrity culture, fame, aspiring actress, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball ...
Style:
parody, mockumentary, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, filmmaking, showbiz, against the odds, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, contests and competitions, desire for fame, tragic hero ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
porn industry, incest, female nudity, showbiz, filmmaking, nothing goes right, couples, quibbling, actor's life, strong sexual content, accidental incest, estranged brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, satire, workplace, boss and employee, manipulation, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"These Old Broads" is a 2001 television film written by Carrie Fisher and starring her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor in her final starring film role. Network television executive ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, biting ...
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, ambition, against the odds, rise and fall, aging, love affair, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, farce, hollywood ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Max, Aaron and Glen have a track record littered with strike-outs and misfit hook-ups. The boys embark on a mission to up their hot babe batting average. They meet Hollywood Casanova Johnny Eyelash who teaches these boys the game of scoring A-list ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
friends, couples, sexual relations, orgy, marijuana, female nudity, trap, sex, porn star, hipster, sleaze, disability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
27%
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, showbiz, culture clash, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, buddies, rise and fall, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, kentucky, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, sincere ...
Plot:
desire for fame, artists and showbiz, showbiz, hollywood, once in a lifetime opportunity, couples, ambition, unlikely couple, fame, love, american dream, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dennis Hopper plays Nick Twain, a Hollywood Producer whose latest film is rejected by every film festival in the world except one- in Ohio. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into ...
Style:
satirical, independent film, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
small town, satire, changing lives, cinema, aspiration, filmmaker, film industry, ambition, showbiz, culture clash, behind the scenes, fish out of water ...
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark, featuring Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Beloved, sassy Golden Girl Rue McClanahan stars as an unbeloved, depressive stripper who wants to become a ...
Style:
parody, realistic, not serious, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
satire, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, actor's life, filmmaking, showbiz, hollywood, dancer's life, artists and showbiz, media satire, videotaping ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, UK, Romania
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful. They have not met since. But Alice, who has established herself as a first lady ...
Style:
witty, feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, screwball, introspection, lifestyle, aging, love of one's life, infidelity, movie business, parent child relationship, actor's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
23%
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:
teens, adult
Plot:
hollywood, racism, farce, filmmaking, blaxploitation, black, prejudice, dark humor, storytelling, movie business, black history, misfit ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, africa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
lifestyle, showbiz, relationship vs career, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
23%
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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:
parody, humorous, talky, not serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, hollywood, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
39K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Joe Young is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa. Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, funny, parody, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sex, satire, adult filmmaking, male nudity, porn star, sarcasm, dumb, stupidity, storytelling, fight, fish out of water, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
los angeles, utah, california, usa, xian
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adult filmmaking, making love, friendship, filmmaking, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, against the odds, buddies, couple relations, sex aid, small town life ...
Time:
year 2005
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.
Style:
witty, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, celebrity culture, rise and fall, hidden identity, artists and showbiz, power relations, humour, coach, satire, showbiz, behind the scenes, fame ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
23%
405
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.
Style:
semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
filmmaking, media, hidden identity, writer's life, lifestyle, workplace, showbiz, artists and showbiz, innocence lost, dishonesty, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
Style:
humorous, cynical, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
introspection, parole, love, dull life, dark humor, couples, family relations, society, twins, ex convict, supervisor, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An honors graduate in literature, Wyman is stuck writing cheap erotic fiction, but somehow ends up starring in an AV film. Suddenly a porn superstar in Japan, he discovers a whole new world fraught with pleasure, pain and more twists and turns than ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, porn actor, sexual attraction, writers, filmmaking, lecher, sexual humor, new job, humour, sexual relations, femdom, gang bang ...
Place:
hong kong, china, tokyo
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When former comedian Mark McCarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son.
Style:
humorous, realistic, feel good, light, touching ...
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, dark humor, introspection, life is a bitch, odd couple, buddies, couple relations, partner, power relations, terminal illness, teaching the ways of the world, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, betrayal, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, couples ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
cannes, riviera
Similarity:
21%
77K
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, spoof ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, satire, movie business, dog, actor, cameraman, deception, african american, actress, audition, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
21%
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, buddies, actor's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, silly humor, partnership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, eccentric family, family relations, social relations, ambition, real estate, couples, marriage, estate, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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21%
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