Movies like Zelig
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Zelig (1983)
46K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, black and white, parody, humorous, melancholic, compassionate, not serious, clever, witty ...
Plot:
satire, celebrity, disappearance, missing person, character study, justice, artists and showbiz, therapy, celebrity culture, loneliness, philosophy, found footage, psychiatrist, eternal love, absurdism, supernatural, social climbing, depression, insanity, mentor, wedding, schizophrenia, bullfighting, magic, illness ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983, 80s, 70s, 30s ...
Place:
new york, paris france, germany, bronx new york city, new jersey
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Most similar movies to Zelig
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, witty, clever and talky films with plots about satire, dialogue, suprisingly clever, storytelling, runaway, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Zelig: Annie Hall (1977), Shadows and Fog (1991), Play It Again, Sam (1972), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Broadway Danny Rose (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
290K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Style:
philosophical, funny, romantic comedy, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
comedian, breakup, neurosis, love and romance, relationships, dating, love story, passion, sarcasm, marriage, divorce, pessimism ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 20th century, year 1977, 60s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, los angeles, california, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Style:
surreal, sexy, humorous, black and white, philosophical ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, vigilante, false accusation, investigation, vigilantism, circus, lone hero, disorder, danger, comedy of errors, mistaken identity ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
new york, central europe, eastern europe, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of ...
Style:
funny, parody, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dating, nymphomaniac, love, infidelity, divorce, imaginary friend, adultery, farce, art, friendship, filmmaking, best friend ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
san francisco, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, ironic, talky, enigmatic ...
Plot:
advertising, workplace, business, satire, creativity, advertising agency, obsession, introspection, mental illness, body horror, advertising executive, psychiatrist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
paris france, russia, jerusalem
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. ...
Style:
black and white, funny, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
screwball, showbiz, gangster, thanksgiving, comedy of errors, mafia, comedian, art, female protagonist, blacks and whites, artist, girlfriend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 80s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love story, movie star, magic realism, daydreamer, satire, writers, surrealism, imagination, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, fish out of water, real world ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1985, 1900s, year 1935
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.
Style:
mockumentary, clever, humorous, witty, funny ...
Plot:
prison, robbery, fighting the system, goofy hero, couples, petty criminal, misfit, unlikely criminals, couple relations, cons and scams, hapless, heist ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
persia, turkey, quebec
Similarity:
35%
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40K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, sexy, political, black comedy ...
Plot:
satire, dictatorship, dictator, revolution, politics, political satire, rebellion, loser, fish out of water, political activism, misfit, rise to the top ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, latin america, south america
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, emotional, touching, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
radio, working class, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rescue, lifestyle, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, new year's eve, world war two, nostalgia ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1987, 70s ...
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Style:
philosophical, black and white, cult classic, postmodern, talky ...
Plot:
satire, artist, existentialism, weekend, filmmaking, discussion, alien, nostalgia, argument, childhood memory, price of fame, flashback ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality.
Style:
anthology, parody, sex comedy, sexy, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
zoophilia, satire, sex, mad scientist, surrealism, sarcasm, sex scene, bestiality, sexology, transsexuality, looking for sex, nudity ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and ...
Style:
talky, realistic, philosophical, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
marriage, infidelity, relationships, midlife crisis, divorce, loneliness, marital separation, depression, breakup, character study, friendship, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style:
philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, adultery, infidelity, mistress, philosophy, existentialism, guilt, justice, uncle niece relationship, blackmail, moral dilemma, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, canada
Similarity:
30%
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, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, showbiz, paparazzi, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, false accusation, private vs public, celebrity culture, vengeance, journalism, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one ...
Style:
satirical, witty, black and white, cynical, stylized ...
Plot:
satire, greed, writers, loneliness, justice, dark hero, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlantic city new jersey, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
My Breakfast with Blassie is a movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. It is a mostly improvised parody of the popular art film My Dinner with Andre and is set in a restaurant where Kaufman and ...
Style:
independent film, parody, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wrestling, tough guy, silly humor, diner, taxi, restaurant, disorder, filmmaking, media satire, celebrity culture, family gatherings, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought ...
Style:
mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, hilarious ...
Plot:
satire, small town, backstage, repressed homosexual, wagon train, coming of age, theater, city council, improv, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
missouri, usa, north america, florida, california ...
Similarity:
27%
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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, sketch, omnibus, chaos, disorder, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, media, media satire, showbiz, chaos and mayhem, filmmaking ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world.
Style:
atmospheric, talky, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, jazz, dark humor, art, infidelity, love and romance, musician's life, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, fall in love, writers, addiction ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, chicago, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Style:
witty, talky, humorous, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, bank robber, disorder, overnight success, couple relations, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American ...
Style:
satirical, lighthearted, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, cold war, embassy, iron curtain, american abroad, political satire, incompetent official, diplomacy, fish out of water, family vacation, bureaucracy, spying ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style:
ironic, talky, humorous, witty, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infidelity, thanksgiving, sisters, writers, family relations, love, midlife crisis, atheism, opera, audition, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
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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, fictional reality show, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, hawaii, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, witty, spoof ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, buddies, desire for fame, escapades, filmmaking, obsessive quest, disorder, artists and showbiz, danger, media satire, woods, found footage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
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, humorous, witty, not serious, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, gang, media, media satire, partner, prank, buddies, disorder, chaos, jackass, pop culture, irreverence ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized ...
Plot:
movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, satire, dysfunctional family, justice, adultery, one more chance, showbiz, disorder, blind character, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Style:
surreal, funny, spoof, sketch comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, absurdism, social commentary, obstacle course, surrealism, british police, embarrassment, social satire, migration, buddies, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, witty, talky ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, satire, backstage, writers, theater, murder, playwright, actor, rehearsal, actress, showbiz ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
rising to stardom, showbiz, culture clash, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, buddies, rise and fall, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, kentucky, new york
Similarity:
24%
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