Movies like The Independent 2000

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The Independent (2000)
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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 directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
Style: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic, witty, mockumentary, stylized, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot: filmmaking, eccentricity, creativity, stereotypes, misfit, media, artists and showbiz, dark humor, nothing goes right, media satire, film producer, fictional biography, father daughter relationship, satire, serial killer, cheerleader, parents and children, showbiz, partner, disorder, killer, police officer, female nudity, chauffeur, hollywood ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada, england, boston
Keyword: partners, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, witty, not serious and realistic films with plots about artists and showbiz, filmmaking, satire, showbiz, disorder, media satire and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy, Musical and Drama genres. Some movies like The Independent: The Hebrew Hammer (2003), Silent Movie (1976), Not Another Not Another Movie (2011), Shock Treatment (1981), The Bogus Witch Project (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son.
Style: parody, humorous, satirical, stylized, not serious ...
Plot: hanukkah, christmas, satire, blaxploitation, holiday, good versus evil, vigilantism, religions or cults, secret identity, obsessive quest, society, undercover ...
Place: jerusalem
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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
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100%
Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, ambition, downfall, blind ambition, nothing goes right, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Shock Treatment (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
Style: surreal, cult classic, allegory, spoof, horror musical ...
Plot: satire, cheerleader, brainwashing, social commentary, fictional game show, small town, insanity, sex crime, rock opera, mental institution, surrealism, nervous breakdown ...
Time: year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light ...
Plot: buddies, desire for fame, filmmaking, escapades, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, media satire, danger, woods, found footage ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Movers & Shakers (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of a best-selling sex manual "Love in Sex". Enlisting ...
Style: realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: satire, filmmaking, profanity, religions or cults, couples, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit, actor's life, artists and showbiz, media, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," ...
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof ...
Plot: filmmaking, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, goofy hero, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, satire, hostage, disorder, gender, mentally challenged, gender bending ...
Time: year 2005
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
 7.0
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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 ⇓
24%
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Style: mockumentary, cult classic, parody, humorous, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, hidden identity, media, actor's life, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball ...
Style: mockumentary, not serious, humorous, parody, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, against the odds, showbiz, filmmaking, media, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, lifestyle, odd couple ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
TV: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
Style: parody, witty, humorous, not serious, light ...
Plot: satire, prank, gang, buddies, disorder, partner, media, chaos, jackass, surfing, friends, media satire ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Love Shack (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: porn industry, showbiz, filmmaking, nothing goes right, sex, incest, female nudity, strong sexual content, quibbling, couples, actor's life, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
Being Michael Madsen (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Actor Michael Madsen turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, and troubles.
Style: parody, witty, humorous, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: paparazzi, showbiz, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, private vs public, false accusation, celebrity culture, society, journalism, vengeance, murder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture ...
Style: witty, parody, not serious, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, farce, obsessive quest, escapades, artists and showbiz, media satire, buddies, disorder, star wars, superhero, rivalry, heroes ...
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ 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%
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.
Style: mockumentary, spoof, witty, epic, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, movie studio, bible, female nudity, scout, disorder, religions or cults, road not taken, down on your luck, ancient history, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of ...
Style: humorous, mondo, sketch comedy, anthology, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, omnibus, sketch, goofy hero, media, artists and showbiz, media satire, chaos and mayhem, filmmaking, showbiz, disorder, chaos ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at Hollywood. He hasn't had a hit film in years, and most in the industry, including his close friends, think he's washed up. Harry is given one last ...
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, mockumentary, suspense ...
Plot: found footage, threat, filmmaking, one last chance, showbiz, down on your luck, money, old dark house, director, audition, blood, sarcasm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.7
 498
Stella Street (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, social decay, culture clash, showbiz, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, buddies ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style: humorous, witty, talky, funny, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, storytelling, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, rehearsal, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.4
 2K
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%
 5.7
 4K
Tapeheads (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some ...
Style: humorous, satirical, light, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, blackmail, disorder, music band, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, buddies, media, partner, rock and roll, punk ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Never Been Thawed (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
Style: not serious, cynical, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot: friendship, rise to the top, lifestyle, partner, disorder, ego clash, desire for fame, misfit, nothing goes right, rivalry, satire, cooking and food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson is a mockumentary on the disappearance of a fictitious wealthy British film producer, Kevin Johnson, who is dealing in sex, lies and blackmail in Hollywood.
Style: mockumentary, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: filmmaking, 007, tv crew, investigation, satire, found footage, artists and showbiz, media, missing person, kidnapping, hollywood, celebrity culture ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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