Movies like Livin' Large!

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Livin' Large! (1991)
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Livin' Large! (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
Style: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: african, black, interracial relations, ambition, politics, rich and poor, human spirit, love and romance, rise to the top, journalism, self discovery, love affair, showbiz, society, media, farce, workplace, artists and showbiz, media satire, workplace situations, dancing, party, career, hospital, betrayal by friend ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and independent film films with plots about ambition, love and romance, society, artists and showbiz, media, workplace and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Livin' Large!: Dancing in September (2000), Son of Morning (2011), Running Mates (2000), Holy Man (1998), Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dancing in September (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, independent film
Plot: lifestyle, friendship, ambition, love and romance, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, media satire, workplace romance, journalism, society, hollywood, african american ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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Son of Morning (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young copywriter becomes the most famous man on the planet, overnight, when he is mistaken as the next messiah.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, futuristic
Plot: ambition, hopes, journalism, society, danger, miraculous event, workplace, lovers reunited, environmentalism, save the planet, church, catastrophe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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85%
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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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70%
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Holy Man (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
Style: touching, humorous, satirical, intense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: guru, life philosophy, justice, religion, media satire, materialism, workplace, media, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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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67%
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Open Season (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting
Plot: satire, media satire, workplace situations, showbiz, ambition, boss and employee, media, rise to the top, blind ambition, society, workplace, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Me and Mrs. Jones (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tabloid journalist Liam Marple, sets about to dig up dirt on Laura Bowden, the new British Prime Minister. Posing as a political fundraiser, Liam gains entrance into Number 10 Downing, where he promptly wins the confidence of the idealistic PM.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic, sexual
Plot: scoop, fall in love, relationship vs career, love affair, forbidden love, introspection, moral dilemma, idealism, political intrigue, ambition, state affairs, politics ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Somebody to Love (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: transvestism, celebrity culture, down on your luck, hollywood, nightlife, showbiz, city life, unfulfilled love, social differences, urban, friendship, filmmaking ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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54%
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The Last Stand (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting success as performers in Los Angeles until life becomes too much to handle.
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, tragicomedy, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, ambition, hollywood, rise to the top, showbiz, best friend, actor, rivalry, supportive friend, society, comedian, performer's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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50%
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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.
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Entry Level (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over--at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. Clay and his fellow ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: restaurant, starting over, unemployment, workplace, love and romance, hopes, society, workplace situations, workplace romance, down on your luck, chef, food ...
Time: 21st century
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45%
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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42%
Diary of a Tired Black Man (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Diary of a Tired Black Man is a simple story about the complex relationships between black men and black women.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, black comedy ...
Plot: interracial relations, opposites attract, social differences, looking for love, couples, society, love and romance, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, african american, divorce, marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
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Super Sucker (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, light, sex comedy
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, rise to the top, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, uninhibited rivalry, farce, workplace romance, boss and employee, silly humor ...
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38%
 4.9
 1K
Side Effects (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, clever
Plot: public health, corporate crime, ambition, introspection, fighting the system, love affair, workplace, boss and employee, obsession, dishonesty, society, rise and fall ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Article 99 (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, thought provoking ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, disability, politics, medicine, psychiatrist, medical, surgery, patient, die hard, intern, war veteran ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: kansas, usa
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36%
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Stepping Out (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Mavis (Liza Minnelli) was a chorus line dancer on Broadway. Just as she was on the verge of getting more prominent roles, she fell in love. Her full-of-himself boyfriend moved them to Buffalo, far from the theater scene. As a musician, he plays with ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: broadway, dancing, dancer, dance class, power relations, church, human spirit, rising to stardom, dancer's life, love and romance, underdog, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Write & Wrong (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: They say with age comes wisdom, but unfortunately, in Hollywood, no one seems to care. Quickly approaching her fiftieth birthday, talented and once-famous screenwriter Byrdie has lately had a hard time finding work in the movie biz. As she's ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light
Plot: artists and showbiz, showbiz, cons and scams, friends, elderly, writer's life, love and romance, fall in love, discrimination, false identity, dinner, working the system ...
Time: 21st century
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36%
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of ...
Style: humorous, intense, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: comedian, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, family life, aging, desire for fame, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, judaism, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: new york
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35%
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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35%
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, hip hop, family business, workplace romance, workplace, friends, workplace situations ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
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34%
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Strange Hearts (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot: love triangle, rivalry, rise and fall, manipulation, showbiz, celebrity culture, cons and scams, youth, love and romance, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, down on your luck ...
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33%
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Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot: fall in love, parents and children, family relations, bittersweet, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, society, urban, father son relationship, loneliness, kindness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
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33%
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Humble Pie (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, whimsical
Plot: optimism, follow your dream, rise to the top, physical appearance, family relations, parents and children, humble, social misfits, youth, love and romance, society, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
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33%
Uttama Villain (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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32%
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Hyenas (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Senegal, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent ...
Style: laugh out loud, realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical ...
Plot: african, economist, treasure hunt, blaxploitation, satire, politics, dishonesty, rise to the top, unfulfillment, society, love and romance, ambition ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: africa, senegal
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32%
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Stardom (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style: clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot: fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, rising to stardom, lifestyle, desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Showboy (2002)
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, witty, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: follow your dream, actor's life, rise to the top, showbiz, gay, silly humor, lifestyle, starting over, workplace, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, couples ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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32%
Man of the Year (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best friend, Stuart, hosts the party at his ritzy ultra modern Hollywood Hills home. During the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky, clever ...
Plot: hollywood, lifestyle, love and romance, infidelity, filmmaking, friendship, nightlife, showbiz, couples, dishonesty, bookies, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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32%
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