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Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
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Original name: Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 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:
humorous, witty, semi serious, stylized, clever, touching, realistic, biting, dark comedy, suspense
Plot:
makeup artist, rise to the top, rivalry, lifestyle, workplace, elderly, workplace intrigue, office, business, fashion, cosmetics, satire, minefield, profanity, strong female presence, workplace situations, power relations, biopic, beauty, decadence, irreverence, rise to power, work ethic, business meeting, business rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, humorous and witty films with plots about ambition, satire, workplace, workplace situations, lifestyle, rise to the top and artists and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay: The Intern (2015), BlackBerry (2023), Barbarians at the Gate (1993), You Are Here* (2000), Head Office (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, destiny, prejudice, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, fashion, workplace situations, life ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, peru, san francisco ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Finland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and ...
Style:
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Plot:
cell phone, business, technology, marketing, mobile phone, businessman, rise and fall, advanced technology, silicon valley, biopic, job, arrogance ...
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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.
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witty, humorous, realistic, edutainment, semi serious ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, rise to the top, rise and fall, rising to stardom, lifestyle, workplace situations, celebrity culture, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, media satire, insider trading, stock broker ...
Time:
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Similarity:
67%
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, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
stock market, wall street, business, satire, finance, money, ceo, corporation, greed, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, business and finance ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent comedy-drama. Sanjay is a man in his mid-'20s who has come to the conclusion his life is stuck in neutral. Sanjay hates his job and doesn't ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, rise to the top, boss and employee, nothing goes right, fighting the system, workplace, twentysomething life, sexual content, workplace situations, dull life, unfulfillment, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot:
job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace romance, workplace situations, power relations, rise to the top, workplace, dishonesty, business, money ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Similarity:
41%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
three stooges, actor's life, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
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:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
office, workplace, women, friendship, office politics, existentialism, storytelling, loneliness, workplace situations, heist, fighting the system, secretary ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
36%
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:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style:
black comedy, cynical, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
medical, hospital, medicine, dark humor, satire, law, business, half sister, nun, family relations, power relations, family problems ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 70s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
34%
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, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
nixon, special agent, government agency, head of state, media, fighting crime, hotshot hero, drug dealing, state affairs, performer's life, politics, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing ...
Style:
serious, realistic, inspirational, touching, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, rags to riches, designer, eccentricity, couples ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
33%
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, lifestyle, rising to stardom, rise to the top, desire for fame, showbiz, celebrity culture, fame ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal ...
Similarity:
32%
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:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, society, campaign, unemployment, friends, against the odds, political campaign, election campaign, campaigning, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Style:
witty, satirical, visually appealing, political, factual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, casino, manipulation, profanity, gambling, conspiracy, native american, cons and scams, corruption, dishonesty, investigation, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., california, texas
Similarity:
29%
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, sexual, slapstick ...
Plot:
rise and fall, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, friendship, actor's life, showbiz, buddies, breakup, rise to the top, lifestyle, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, 1950s
Similarity:
28%
585
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Beauty shop owner finds romance as she struggles to save her business.
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, hood ...
Plot:
save the day, ambition, love and romance, workplace romance, society, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, fighting the system, boss and employee, uninhibited rivalry, black ...
Time:
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Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Linda Dackman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but this does not prevent she from seeing the positive side of life and continue their quest for Prince Charming.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
breast cancer, lifestyle, looking for love, support group, couples, physical appearance, singleness, dating, female protagonist, resilience, single woman, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
22K
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, satirical, humorous, clever, intense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
guru, satire, life philosophy, justice, religion, materialism, media, workplace, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, screwball ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, miami
Similarity:
27%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Life in the trenches of that most honorable and frustrating profession...teaching. It's the start of a memorable new year at Harrison High. The self-conscious Mr. Stroope is convinced that his time has come - this year he will be furnished with ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, semi documentary, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, teachers and students, hardcase students, power relations, lifestyle, ambition, youth, education, rivalry, teaching, high school teacher ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball’s widely-read book "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival", the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, family business, fashion designer, drug abuse, fashion show, workplace, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, addiction, model ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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802
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
fashion, workplace romance, fashion model, love triangle, looking for love, rise to the top, lifestyle, workplace, fall in love, fashion magazine, disorder, relationship vs career ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
444
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, contemplative, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, obsessive quest, friends, best friend, partner, down on your luck, betrayal, buddies, business, corporate world, financial crisis, office ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, cynical ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, actor's life, rivalry, theater, desire for fame, ambition, workplace, ego clash, blind ambition, body double, against the odds, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Geraldine Elmhurst Liddle - Deen to her friends - is up against five other contestants for the $2 million jackpot on the game show "Bring Home the Bacon!". News of her upcoming appearance on the show takes her small New Brunswick hometown ...
Style:
game show, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, couples, parents and children, elderly, social relations, rags to riches, family secret, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
eccentric family, on the road, family relations, elderly, family in crisis, cross country, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, independent film ...
Plot:
college, workplace intrigue, teachers and students, workplace, battle of the sexes, disorder, buddies, rivalry, campus, fake dating, teenager, academician ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new england, yale university
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben (Robert De Niro) must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss (Catherine Keener) demands extensive ...
Style:
stylized, melancholic, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
movie business, hollywood, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, satire, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, showbiz, workplace, workplace situations, disagreement, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, cannes, california
Similarity:
23%
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