Movies like Showboy
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Showboy (2002)
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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 doing "research" for the next season, but is actually pursuing a dream to become a dancer in a Vegas show.
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, clever, cynical, offbeat, queer cinema
Audience:
date night
Plot:
tv show, rise to the top, follow your dream, showbiz, ambition, actor's life, gay, couples, nightlife, starting over, filmmaking, lifestyle, silly humor, workplace, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, workplace situations, homosexual, audition, lgbt, lgbtq, gender bending, gays and lesbians, media, gender ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and witty films with plots about lifestyle, artists and showbiz, couples, showbiz, actor's life, love and romance and filmmaking mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Showboy: Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000), No Shame (2001), Kathy Griffin: Allegedly (2004), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Pittsburgh (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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95%
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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, humorous, witty, realistic, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, love and romance, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, ego clash, showbiz, filmmaking, youth, actor's life, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain, europe
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62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kathy Griffin's all new feature-length stand-up DVD featuring the D-List Diva herself destroying the A-list stars we know and love.
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humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
celebrity, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, showbiz, tv show, women's rights, comedian, fashion, gay interest, gossip ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq
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51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the ...
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semi serious, captivating, emotional, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, showbiz, filmmaking, fall in love, fish out of water, actor, audition, producer, couples, disorder ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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, talky ...
Plot:
lifestyle, relationship vs career, showbiz, artists and showbiz, couple relations, actor's life, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, media, theater ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic
Plot:
lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, love and romance, unlikely couple, friendship, americana, workplace romance, tv show, media satire, journalism, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'Every day is another day closer to the day I'll never have to do this again.' Five women, one restaurant, one night, one birthday, one breakdown. Then the phone rings. A famous actor is coming for dinner. I Really Hate My Job is the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sexy woman, workplace, waitress, friendship, love and romance, introspection, aging, midlife crisis, workplace romance, female nudity, restaurant, couple relations ...
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his ...
Style:
parody, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, movie business, disorder, ambition, lifestyle, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, rise to the top, cons and scams, media satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, europe, france, usa, cannes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four women - a blonde, a hippie, a lesbian and a barmaid - are looking for love, money and success. When one inherits an Italian restaurant from her father, they see this as a chance to fulfil their dreams. Then the restaurant is in danger of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
couples, lifestyle, best friends, love and romance, singleness, down on your luck, friends, gays and lesbians, actor's life, gender, artists and showbiz, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, actor's life, friendship, couple relations, rise to the top, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, love and romance, couples, filmmaking ...
Place:
cannes, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
suicide, filmmaking, actor's life, introspection, change of heart, lifestyle, breaking point, life is a bitch, death wish, direction and purpose, showbiz, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently broken up and barely enduring a dreary winter, gay Parisian Jérôme Beaunez impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. While there he meets some colorful locals and pursues a dormant desire to become a movie star - but ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, transsexual, prostitute, gender, transvestism, lifestyle, lgbt, couples, disorder, friends, actor's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, los angeles, paris france, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at Whisky a Go-Go; he lives in a canyon and plays impromptu duets with a mysterious guitarist he ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, captivating, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
hollywood, musician, desire for fame, rising to stardom, music band, lifestyle, ambition, nightlife, love triangle, celebrity culture, actor's life, love and romance ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A campy chronicle of the lusts and loves of the men and women who work on a low-rent TV show called, "The Love Judge."
Style:
campy, cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, lgbt, suspense, actor's life, boss and employee, hotshot lawyer, artists and showbiz, gays and lesbians, dealing with death, workplace, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
czech republic, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Films like The Watermelon Woman
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support ...
Style:
semi serious, neurotic, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, actor's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, nude, love and romance, lifestyle, couple relations, nightclub, actress, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous, feminist film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, gay, african american, black lgbt, gender, black history, women of color, anarchist, anti racism, blaxploitation ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: what happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn't good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
ego clash, friendship, best friends, rivalry, filmmaking, showbiz, performer's life, criticism, screenwriter, magazine editor, friends, unsupportive friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alex and Elliot an unlikely pair connect to write a film about a New York cop working undercover as a fashion model.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, couple relations, nothing goes right, writer's life, gays and lesbians, gender, human nature, actor's life, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
They Shoot Movies, Don't They? is a voyeuristic look at first time director Tom Paulson and the movie he wrote called Mirage. Frank Gallagher is the documentarian whose camera waits and watches as Paulson navigates through a jungle of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, clever, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
ambition, lifestyle, actor's life, obsession, addiction, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, disorder, couples, media, blind ambition ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stripper, dream, actor's life, single parent, couples, family relations, thirtysomething life, friends, love and romance, crumbling marriage, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, austria, california, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, paparazzi, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, alcohol abuse, love triangle, unstoppable, couples, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young artist (Peter Paige), desperate to replace the relationship he had with his recently relocated godson, is targeted by a neighborhood mom (Kathy Najimy) as a potential threat to the community.
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
godparent, false accusation, coming of age, gay, gender, suburban life, lifestyle, small town life, small town, suburbs, lgbt, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
32%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
transvestism, friends, social differences, nightlife, fall in love, celebrity culture, city life, down on your luck, filmmaking, unfulfilled love, showbiz, hollywood ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, light, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
filmmaking, mistress, screenwriter, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, satire, media satire, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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, sentimental, touching, humorous
Plot:
three stooges, actor's life, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, tv show, disability, hollywood, comedian, stroke ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A small group of friends experience relationships which grow and stumble, involving everything from straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships. The speed with which these relationships last leads to the Goldfish memory effect, the belief ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, witty, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
lesbian, gay, lgbt, love triangle, looking for love, lifestyle, wooing, couples, battle of the sexes, couple relations, infidelity, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sunny Holiday, an aspiring singing star, abandons his wife and young baby to set off on a nine-month tour of bleak western towns. He takes off with his road manager in a pink Chrysler in search of their own version of the American Dream: a country ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, non-linear, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, musician's life, ambition, obsessive quest, performer's life, lifestyle, family problems, on the road, showbiz, artists and showbiz, human nature, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
usa, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
Style:
art house, campy, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
gender bending, lgbt, hotel, filmmaking, satire, stress, drunk, gays and lesbians, actor's life, prostitute, lifestyle, gender ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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