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Garbage (2012)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two best friends, garbage truck drivers in Hollywood become celebrities overnight after they find Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for JERRY MAGUIRE in the trash and suddenly their lives go topsy-turvy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, overnight success, showbiz, working class, lifestyle, partner, odd couple, buddies, celebrity culture, once in a lifetime opportunity, ambition, life turned upside down, fame, friendship, friends, misfit, disorder, fish out of water, agent, celebrity, garbage truck, hollywood sign, garbage
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, friends, lifestyle, friendship and hollywood mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Garbage: The Godfather of Green Bay (2005), He's Way More Famous Than You (2013), Premium (2006), Entourage (2015), Moola (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joe Keegan is the 'Rocky' of stand-up comedy. A fifteen-year comedy veteran who was pegged for stardom early on in his career but has blown every major audition he has ever had in legendary fashion. Fresh off a recent fiasco with a heckler ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Plot:
lifestyle, ambition, desire for fame, once in a lifetime opportunity, best friend, partner, buddies, drug dealing, showbiz, dull life, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
showbiz, hopes, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, celebrity culture, fame, aspiring actress, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
591
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, love triangle, follow your dream, couples, ambition, showbiz, race against time, filmmaking, nothing goes right, black, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
85K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style:
sexy, teen, entertaining, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, friendship, aspiring actor, filmmaking, skinny dipping, satire, rivalry, celebrity, relationship vs career, movie star, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, amarillo texas, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trust Me follows flailing Hollywood agent Howard, who seemingly strikes gold after signing the next big child star. What results is an unexpected ride through the nasty inner workings of Hollywood, as Howard desperately tries to make it in an ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
starlet, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, prodigy, artists and showbiz, rivalry, intrigue, youth, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality that is the Hollywood machine.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, buddies, showbiz, hollywood, partner, writer's life, desire for fame, rivalry, love, youth, screenwriter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Amish man comes to Hollywood to be a missionary, and gets cast as Satan on a nighttime soap opera.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, ambition, society, lifestyle, actor, missionary, nightclub, fame, tv star, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
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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, tragicomedy, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, ambition, rise to the top, hollywood, showbiz, best friend, actor, rivalry, society, comedian, performer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ryan and Sean get discovered as Internet Celebrities, and are given the opportunity to be in a movie, but meet some wacky situations.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, light hearted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fish out of water, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, goofy hero, farce, ambition, misfit, buddies, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, computers and web ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, disorder, partner, desire for fame, dark humor, friends, unemployment, buddies, aviation, unfulfillment, obsessive quest, nasa ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, sincere ...
Plot:
desire for fame, artists and showbiz, showbiz, hollywood, once in a lifetime opportunity, couples, ambition, unlikely couple, fame, love, american dream, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
616
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, independent film, offbeat ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, musician's life, lifestyle, performer's life, obsessive quest, ambition, family problems, on the road, showbiz, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, road trip ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
idaho, usa
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:
25%
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, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, musician, strong sexual content, ambition, rising to stardom, music band, lifestyle, desire for fame, nightlife, love triangle, celebrity culture, actor's life ...
Time:
70s, y2k, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light hearted, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fish out of water, hollywood, actor's life, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, female protagonist, movie business, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style:
realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, partner, disability, nothing goes right, friends, teenage life, wish come true, good versus evil, artists and showbiz, odd couple, youth ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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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, semi serious, realistic, talky, biting ...
Plot:
hollywood, lifestyle, dishonesty, nightlife, showbiz, filmmaking, friendship, infidelity, love and romance, couples, bookies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
567
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bernard "Bern" Lemly (Gregory Hines) is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Olezniak (Vincent D'Onofrio) is stewing after recently losing his sight. The ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
blindness, blind character, physical disability, hostage, partner, friends, disability, buddies, rescue, human spirit, ambition, misfit ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
23%
358
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
showbiz, friends, disorder, buddies, artists and showbiz, partner, fish out of water, on the road, odd couple, ambition, rivalry, feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous
Plot:
friends, friendship, partner, love and romance, lifestyle, self discovery, odd couple, disorder, couples, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
436
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, nightlife, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, ambition, hollywood, hopes, filmmaking, fall in love, love and romance, womanizer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The trials and tribulations of the latest Indie Folk Star - Jolene.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
musician's life, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, folklore, friends, music, youth, artists and showbiz, partner, rise and fall, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, music industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music band, music, nightlife, rock, relationship vs career, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
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, light, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artists and showbiz, cons and scams, showbiz, friends, writer's life, elderly, love and romance, discrimination, fall in love, false identity, screenwriter, hollywood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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, independent film ...
Plot:
ego clash, friendship, best friend, rivalry, showbiz, filmmaking, performer's life, criticism, screenwriter, magazine editor, friends, unsupportive friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Latina working in Los Angeles as a messenger is randomly discovered and fashioned into a pop music star.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rising to stardom, fall in love, musician's life, ambition, starting over, couples, teaching the ways of the world, showbiz, wooing, celebrity culture, teenage life, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
20%
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:
talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, paparazzi, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, love triangle, alcohol abuse, couples, unstoppable, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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