Movies like Elvis Meets Nixon

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Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
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Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA
Style: mockumentary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
Plot: elvis presley, politics, white house, profanity, drug dealing, media, ambition, fighting crime, satire, head of state, government agency, artists and showbiz, state affairs, hotshot hero, performer's life, celebrity culture, special agent, incognito, hare krishna, drug, drugs/alcohol, special agents, drugs
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c.

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about media, ambition, satire, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Elvis Meets Nixon: Grassroots (2012), Holy Flying Circus (2011), Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000), Tanner '88 (1988), The Night We Called It a Day (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Grassroots (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: politics, ambition, satire, against the odds, society, campaign, friends, unemployment, election campaign, political campaign, campaigning, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is outlined starting from her life in New Jersey to the scandal behind her arrest.
Style: witty, realistic, humorous, edutainment, clever ...
Plot: relationship vs career, rise and fall, rise to the top, rising to stardom, workplace situations, boss and employee, celebrity culture, lifestyle, obnoxious boss, media satire, insider trading, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Hell on Heels: The  Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film is about two companies who are battling it out for customers, Mary Kay, and one of her workers Lexi Wilcox are fighting it out with Jinger Heath. Who will win? You will have to see.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: makeup artist, rise to the top, rivalry, ambition, workplace, lifestyle, elderly, workplace intrigue, office, business, fashion, satire ...
Time: 21st century
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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
Style: surreal, clever, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, society, artists and showbiz, friends, debate, religion, ignorance, blasphemy, christianity, television ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, united kingdom, britain
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Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
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: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, workplace romance, filmmaking, workplace situations, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, workplace, rising to stardom, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot: rising to stardom, teenage life, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, youth, celebrity culture, hollywood, coming of age, artists and showbiz, media, film within a film
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Tanner '88 (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
TV show
Story: In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a ...
Style: mockumentary, political, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: politics, election, political satire, white house, american politics, satire, usa politics, head of state, ambition, fighting the system, state affairs, journalism ...
Time: year 1988, 80s, 20th century
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's,
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, biting, thought provoking
Plot: media, couple relations, private vs public, couples, ignorance, television, conservatism, husband wife relationship, campaigning, morality, christian, campaign ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england
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The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, entertaining
Plot: journalism, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, workplace, media, love and romance, prostitute, ambition, rise and fall, father son relationship, racial slur, blackmail ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: australia, usa, los angeles, sydney australia
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Knife Fight (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
Style: semi serious, witty, cynical, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: campaign, politics, ambition, satire, political intrigue, political corruption, dishonesty, private vs public, society, state affairs, scoop, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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See Arnold Run (2005)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: politics, campaign, ambition, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, rise and fall, showbiz, relationship vs career, bodybuilding, couple relations, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
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The Three Stooges (2000)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: three stooges, actor's life, ambition, rise to the top, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time: 90s
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Martin and Lewis (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of the 10-year rocky relationship between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, sexual
Plot: ambition, friendship, rising to stardom, desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, musician's life, showbiz, breakup, rise to the top, celebrity culture, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s, 1950s
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Private Parts (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, witty, sexy ...
Plot: radio, nudity, anti conformity, sorority, public nudity, satire, female pubic hair, female nudity, ambition, lifestyle, workplace, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., middle east, new york, usa, detroit
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The Late Shift (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, independent film ...
Plot: showbiz, media, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, ambition, media satire, television, talk show host, comedian, intrigue, talk show, negotiation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1992
Place: usa, new york
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
Style: mockumentary, parody, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: friends, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, unfulfillment, music band, desire for fame, performer's life, workplace, musician's life, music, journalism, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: stand up comedy, lifestyle, social differences, battle of the sexes, politics, artists and showbiz, performer's life, couple relations, disorder, theater, comedian, stand up comedian ...
Time: 21st century
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Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, independent film ...
Plot: hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, media, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, ambition, buddies, satire ...
Place: new york
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I'm Still Here (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to ...
Style: mockumentary, surreal, melancholic, stylized, disturbing ...
Plot: hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, celebrity culture, career change, actor's life, lifestyle, starting over, performer's life, profanity, found footage, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Stark Raving Black (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Blustery funnyman Lewis Black hits the stage for his Comedy Central special, which finds the comic using his wry observational humor to skewer everything from Washington politicians and the tanking economy to cellphones and getting old.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: stand up comedian, adult humor, satire, artists and showbiz, state affairs, politics, political satire, anger, political humor, profanity, stand up comedy, comedian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit
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Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mother (Bill Cosby), Jugs (Raquel Welch) & Speed (Harvey Keitel) work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, murder, chase, paramedic, black, truck, trucker, medical, rivalry, nothing goes right, fighting the system, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
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Running Mates (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, political, biting
Plot: campaign, rise to the top, lifestyle, ambition, fighting the system, democrat, love affair, political intrigue, workplace, society, head of state, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: michigan, usa, washington d.c.
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Growing Up Brady (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, relationship vs career, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, suburbs, hollywood ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
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Amazing Grace (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to ...
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: blaxploitation, campaign, election, black, african american, candidate, campaigning, racism, satire, rise to the top, rebellion, prodigy ...
Time: 70s
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa
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Spinning Boris (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style: clever, realistic, political, talky, witty ...
Plot: politics, campaign, head of state, ambition, idealism, leadership, rise to the top, political unrest, culture clash, political intrigue, political conspiracy, society ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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Tanner on Tanner (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Tanner on Tanner is a follow up to celebrated filmmaker Robert Altman and DOONESBURY cartoonist Gary Trudeau's political satire TANNER '88, a mockumentary following a fictional democratic presidential candidate (Michael Murphy) on his ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: satire, manhunt, undercover, fighting the system, moral dilemma, campaign, rebellion, politics, journalism, society, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
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Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and surefire commercial success. As such, Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, hippie, trippy, acid, nudity, vietnam war, beach, movie studio, acid trip, drug trip, success ...
Time: future, 20th century
Place: vietnam, europe, italy, los angeles
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The Vagina Monologues (2002)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: This controversial work, created and performed by Eve Ensler, debuted off-off-Broadway in 1996 and soon rode a wave of national acclaim. Now, the intimacy of Ensler's original show has been lovingly brought to the screen. Capturing her unique ...
Style: semi serious, contemplative, clever, witty, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gender, sexual dysfunction, society, introspection, battle of the sexes, artists and showbiz, feminism, couples, satire, performer's life, sexual relations, profanity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.
Style: inspirational, realistic, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot: stock market, wall street, business, finance, satire, money, economics, ceo, greed, corporation, entrepreneur, business and finance ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city, new york
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