Movies like King of the Airways
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King of the Airways (1994)
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Original name: Louis 19, le roi des ondes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Be careful what you wish for...it just may come true. This is the underlying theme of this French-Canadian comedy drama that follows the travails of a TV addict who wins a talent contest and finds himself the subject of an embarrassingly revealing television series. Louis Jobin is a rather depressive young salesman who works in an electronics store. At night he is a passionate channel surfer, sitting upon his couch staring at his television. When Channel 19 announces a talent contest. Louis immediately enters. The contest winner will become the subject of a TV show with Channel 19 filming every movement, 24 hours a day for three months. Louis wins the contest and is at first elated by his prize but then begins to feel otherwise after he becomes a celebrity.
Style:
clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, parody
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, addiction, suspense, love and romance, rise to the top, couples, fighting the system, media, ambition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, media satire, love, sex, loneliness, celebrity, salesman, television, nerd, voyeur, male female relationship, fame, glory ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada, quebec
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Most similar movies to King of the Airways
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about couples, love and romance, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, male female relationship, love and media satire mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like King of the Airways: Hollywood North (2003), Weather Girl (1995), Get Well Soon (2001), My Best Friend's Girl (1983), Just Write (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The making of a serious, Canadian art house film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, filmmaking, obnoxious boss, lifestyle, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, movie business, satire, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of ...
Style:
campy, biting, sexy, cynical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, business rivalry, couples, weatherman, battles, showbiz, relationship vs career, unfulfilled love, workplace romance, nightlife, sexual relations, media satire ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host confronts his ex-girlfriend who is dating a cross-dresser.
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
disorder, gender, media, lifestyle, fish out of water, nervous breakdown, talk show, suspense, nothing goes right, couples, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Isabelle Huppert plays an attractive Parisienne out looking for some fun during her vacation on the ski slopes of Courchevel in the Alps when she starts up a relationship with a great-looking sportswear salesman, but at the same time she is ...
Style:
sexy, biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, satire, mountain, nightclub, female nudity, male nudity, nude, suspense, sexual content, skiing, dark humor, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style:
witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, comedy of errors, social differences, mistaken identity, bus, writers, actress, young lovers, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
beverly hills, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Luis, a Spanish student,goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighbour of her aunt, but when she broke up with her husband, Luis goes to live with her.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, biting, sexual, clever ...
Plot:
aunt nephew relationship, neighbor, bingo, exchange student, custody battle, starting over, suspense, fall in love, eccentric family, lifestyle, family life, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
paparazzi, rise to the top, obsession, desire for fame, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, vengeance, opposites attract, love and romance, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Place:
new york, usa, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes.
Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes ...
Style:
sitcom, clever, humorous, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
journalism, satire, workplace romance, backstage, suspense, politics, workplace intrigue, media satire, workplace situations, celebrity culture, rise to the top, media ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jane White's only ambition is to appear on a popular talk show.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, obsessive quest, family relations, mentally unstable, parents and children, female protagonist, transvestism, couples, serial killer, media, love and romance, mentally challenged ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract. Rosa, a youth with wealthy parents, wants to establish herself as an artist. The clumsy and enthusiastic Viktor, not quite honest, ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, witty, humorous, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
advertising, rise to the top, marketing, boss and employee, dishonesty, love and romance, workplace, student life, workplace situations, job interview, campaign, career ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Movies similar to The Art of Love
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, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, best friends, actor's life, workplace, rising to stardom, lifestyle, love and romance, workplace situations, filmmaking ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style:
feel good, realistic, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, filmmaking, couple relations, hidden identity, frame up, fall in love, love and romance, lifestyle, dishonesty, actor's life, disorder, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Wealthy construction mogul Sam Ching (Andy Lau) and cabaret dancer Milan Sit (Qi Shu) fall madly in love with one another despite the class differences that would keep many couples apart. However, what Sit doesn't know is that Ching is the man ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
opposites attract, lifestyle, looking for love, couples, artists and showbiz, fall in love, love and romance, dancer's life, singleness, cabaret, unfulfillment, love
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, not serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot:
talk show, newscaster, couples, radio dj, artists and showbiz, media, workplace, couple relations, lifestyle, media satire, tv show, celebrity culture ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Minimalistic frieze fifteen episodes about human behavior (desire, submission, love, jealousy, wisdom, honesty, sincerity, passion, faith, ...) located between two fantastic stories about the will and doubt.
Style:
sexy, cynical, talky, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gays and lesbians, male objectification, suspense, looking for love, couples, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, nude, female objectification, sex scene, topless woman ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Actor Michael Madsen turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, and troubles.
Style:
parody, semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
showbiz, paparazzi, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, false accusation, private vs public, celebrity culture, suspense, vengeance, journalism, society ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Alain Berrebi directs with his sister Lorène, a company of ready-to-wear in the Path. Their business is booming to the point to consider acquiring a nearby shop. Fortunately, it belongs to David Stern, the father of his fiancée Arlette.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
opposites attract, immigrants, love and romance, lifestyle, unfulfillment, social relations, fashion, couples, impossible love, social differences, on the road, culture clash ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, sexy
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
city life, couple relations, ambition, rise to the top, love affair, gain trust, power relations, workplace, lifestyle, ex military, relationships, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shanté Smith has moved to Atlanta where she's the Love Doctor, helping women get their men to the altar. Tiffany calls her after she catches her boyfriend, Byron, in a clinch with his boss, Carla, just after he wins a competition similar to ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family relations, looking for love, contests and competitions, battle of the sexes, couples, fall in love, guru, love and romance, workplace, lifestyle, singleness, father son relationship ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Since girlhood, TAYLOR has believed that love and marriage are the most important events in every woman's life. Now she's 35 and single with no prospects in sight. As Taylor and her friends wade through the mire of the L.A. dating pool, ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, looking for love, thirtysomething life, couples, singleness, phone sex, one night stand, dating, love and romance, friends, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Latina working in Los Angeles as a messenger is randomly discovered and fashioned into a pop music star.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
starting over, musician's life, fall in love, rising to stardom, ambition, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, couples, lifestyle, wooing, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style:
humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, talky ...
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, desire for fame, journalism, culture clash, media satire, tv show, celebrity culture, workplace intrigue, artists and showbiz, celebrity ...
Place:
canada, usa, india, toronto ontario canada, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jed prepares to interview French cineaste and self-appointed expert on the nature of love - Thierry Grimandi. The worldly and somewhat jaded Jed is dead-set on dismissing the auteur's musings as pompous and, well French, until his own ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, clever
Plot:
social differences, best friends, opposites attract, battle of the sexes, thirtysomething life, couple relations, lifestyle, couples, looking for love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Art of Love is composed of several chapters, which follows several Parisian couples.
Style:
realistic, witty, sentimental, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
looking for love, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, sexual relations, lifestyle, love, couples, love interest, husband wife relationship, man-woman relation, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, couple relations, lifestyle, youth, crumbling marriage, society, unfulfillment, love and romance, dishonesty, opposites attract, couples, road not taken ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
couple relations, couples, love and romance, writer's life, midlife crisis, love affair, curses spells and rituals, male female relationship, love, father son relationship, mother son relationship, curse ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
humour, love triangle, relationship vs career, rise to the top, ambition, introspection, fall in love, couples, couple relations, love and romance, writer's life, lifestyle ...
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Just a Little Harmless Sex examines a young married couple that faces a serious break-up when the husband is caught committing adultery with a prostitute.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nightclub, love and romance, partners, buddies, prostitute, dishonesty, lifestyle, looking for love, infidelity, sexual relations, couples, marital crisis ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, Malta, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first love.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, love and romance, lovers reunited, family problems, dull life, couple relations, mother daughter relationship, love, adultery, male female relationship, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, malta
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, ...
Style:
funny, romantic, parody, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, television, destiny, women, farce, actor, transsexual, brutality, doctors, secrets, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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