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The Loved One (1965)
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The Loved One (1965)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, witty, surreal, suspenseful, funny, satirical, fast paced, cult classic ...
Plot: funeral home, hollywood, love triangle, cemetery, funeral, parents and children, dark humor, pets, family relations, family life, actor's life, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, satire, lgbt, business, death, catholic, female protagonist, gay interest, death of uncle, eating disorder, film industry, crematorium, irreverent ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: los angeles, california, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and semi serious films with plots about artists and showbiz, satire, hollywood, showbiz, filmmaking, actor's life and family relations mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Loved One: Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003), Die, Mommie, Die! (2003), Silent Movie (1976), Stuck on You (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the ...
Style: parody, witty, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hollywood, farce, racism, filmmaking, blaxploitation, black, prejudice, dark humor, storytelling, movie business, black history, misfit ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style: humorous, absurd, satirical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: filmmaking, death, actor's life, showbiz, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ghost, cons and scams, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, france, paris france, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a ...
Style: funny, humorous, touching, satirical, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, youth, culture clash, family relations, nothing goes right, actor's life, child prodigy, parents and children, family life, disorder, kids and family, satire ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. ...
Style: humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder, gay, dysfunctional family, transvestism, family relations, artists and showbiz, eccentric family, lifestyle, parents and children, family life, dark humor, love affair ...
Time: 60s, year 2003, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: spain, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Silent Movie (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: filmmaking, showbiz, mime, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, disorder, comeback, alcohol abuse, goofy hero, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.8
 55K
Stuck on You (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt (Greg Kinnear) and Bob Tenor (Matt Damon) make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoing Walt hopes to one day become a famous actor, shy Bob prefers to ...
Style: funny, touching, humorous, light, semi serious ...
Plot: hollywood, twins, family relations, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, artists and showbiz, satire, internet, brother brother relationship, siblings, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, massachusetts, beverly hills, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Smile (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, biting, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: female nudity, choreographer, showbiz, family relations, disorder, social relations, couples, contests and competitions, youth, society, mischievous children, introspection ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 74K
Bowfinger (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, movie business, satire, dog, actor, cameraman, audition, desire for fame, african american, deception, actress ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
Style: independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, job, satire, hollywood, disorder, workplace situations, cons and scams, showbiz, hijacking, workplace, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
For Your Consideration (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, satire, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra ...
Style: erotic, psychedelic, controversial, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: transsexual, gender bending, transgender, satire, lgbt, gender, sex, glbt, lady, exploitation, lgbtq, eroticism ...
Time: 60s
Place: california, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot: hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, showbiz, media satire, media, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire, prison guard, blue collar ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Checking Out (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.
Style: touching, realistic, humorous, sincere, spoof ...
Plot: elderly, family life, family gatherings, lifestyle, siblings relations, homecoming, family problems, actor's life, parents and children, life & death, aging, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Independent (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent ...
Style: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic ...
Plot: filmmaking, eccentricity, creativity, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, media, misfit, nothing goes right, media satire, dark humor, film producer, fictional biography ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Real Life (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style: mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Sweet Liberty (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very ...
Style: melancholic, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, crime gone awry, couple relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, showbiz, fish out of water, actor's life, young lovers, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Magic Christian (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought with money.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, light ...
Plot: surrealism, adoption, satire, disorder, self discovery, friendship, family relations, supernatural, family business, the beatles, inheritance, swing ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place: big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Louis C.K.: Live at The Comedy Store (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story: This material was developed and prepared over the last year or so, mostly in comedy clubs. This special kind of goes back to when he used to just make noises and be funny for no particular reason. It felt right to him to shoot this special in a club ...
Style: witty, cynical, funny, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: dark humor, honest, character study, culture clash, irreverent, dialogue, storytelling, family relations, society, family life, stand up comedy, comedy club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Mistress (1992)
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, cult classic, light, captivating ...
Plot: filmmaking, mistress, screenwriter, hollywood, showbiz, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire, media satire ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?
Style: surreal, cult classic, independent film, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: magic, tap dance, filmmaking, rabbit, satire, dull life, wizards and magicians, lifestyle, starting over, actor's life, innocence lost, workplace ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
American Cowslip (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: redneck, friends, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, drug abuse, ambition, siblings relations, buddies, couples, dark humor, addiction, eccentric man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Who's the Caboose? (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to ...
Style: mockumentary, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: satire, hollywood, filmmaking, showbiz, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, actor's life, terminal illness, nightclub, improv, comedian, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, los angeles, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.2
 1K
The Alarmist (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style: humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Plot: satire, dark humor, workplace, forgery, innocence lost, dishonesty, investigation, screwball, cons and scams, workplace situations, oral sex
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The Film Crew gives a commentary track to Walk the Angry Beach (1968), aka Hollywood After Dark, featuring Rue McClanahan as a stripper. Beloved, sassy Golden Girl Rue McClanahan stars as an unbeloved, depressive stripper who wants to become a ...
Style: parody, not serious, realistic, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: satire, ambition, desire for fame, actor's life, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, dancer's life, artists and showbiz, media satire, videotaping ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
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Nickelodeon (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Going from a lawyer to a writer, and then to a film director, is the career path on which we find the bashful Leo Harrigan. But Leo has problems as well, such as being hopelessly smitten with his leading lady, who chooses to reward his attentions by ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, love triangle, american history, writers, film industry, movie business, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ambition, love and romance, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1910s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: house, family relations, fighting the system, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, satire, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, high school, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.0
 9K
Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill -- sad-sack Jimmy Zoole (Steve Guttenberg) comes home New Year's Eve to find a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) looting ...
Style: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot: breakup, dark humor, disorder, love and romance, nothing goes right, couples, friends, artists and showbiz, redemption, down on your luck, best friend, gay ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Hollywood North (2003)
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: filmmaking, hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, lifestyle, love and romance, obnoxious boss, curses spells and rituals, movie business, older woman younger man relationship, satire ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.1
 240
Bad Actress (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alyssa Rampart Pillage is a washed up TV queen whose career has been reduced to starring in commercials for her husband Bernie’s appliance empire. When their tree hugging daughter Topanga dies in a tragic golf ball accident, Bernie goes off the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, psychopath, couple relations, actor's life, family problems, disorder, dark humor, family relations, celebrity culture, injustice, inventions and discoveries, hollywood ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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