Movies like The Waiters

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The Waiters (2006)
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The Waiters (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Taylor Starks and his co-workers, all aspiring actors, toil in a Los Angeles restaurant while "waiting" for their big break.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Plot: restaurant, follow your dream, ambition, dream, actor, disgruntled worker, artists and showbiz, struggling artist
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, love and romance, actor's life, follow your dream, showbiz and hollywood mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Waiters: The Last Stand (2006), An American in Hollywood (2014), 2 Jacks (2012), Break a Leg (2005), Somebody to Love (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Last Stand (2006)
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, captivating, tragicomedy, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, ambition, hollywood, rise to the top, showbiz, best friend, actor, rivalry, supportive friend, society, comedian, performer's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
An American in Hollywood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A talented young filmmaker from New York sets off to Los Angeles in pursuit of the Hollywood dream, only to discover through his relationship with a beautiful feisty young actress, that Hollywood is not all that it seems.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: filmmaking, ambition, follow your dream, fall in love, hopes, buddies, showbiz, love and romance, hollywood, friends, artists and showbiz, young
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, california
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72%
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2 Jacks (2012)
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, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, ambition, hollywood, nightlife, hopes, filmmaking, love and romance, fall in love, gambling ...
Time: year 1992, year 2012, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.1
 310
Break a Leg (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: rivalry, showbiz, actor's life, working undercover, rise to the top, blind ambition, ambition, escapades, artists and showbiz, unlikely criminals, female nudity, job ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Somebody to Love (1994)
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: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: transvestism, celebrity culture, down on your luck, hollywood, nightlife, showbiz, city life, unfulfilled love, social differences, urban, friendship, filmmaking ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Love On The Cloud (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Romance gets complicated in modern-day Beijing.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Plot: love triangle, fall in love, best friend, ambition, follow your dream, actor's life, couples, love and romance, showbiz, filmmaking, artists and showbiz
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Loitering with Intent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: friends, deadline, ambition, artists and showbiz, actor's life, family relations, house, disorder, farm, actor, writers, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Queen of the Lot (2010)
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, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, alcohol abuse, love triangle, paparazzi, unstoppable, couples, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Getting Back to Zero (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in the world of underground casinos.
Style: humorous, captivating, psychological, semi serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, against the odds, family relations, dark humor, ambition, race against time, dishonesty, nothing to lose, gambling debt, casino, death of father, brothers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Jump (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring dancer Phoenix lives in the countryside with her father, but she's got her eyes set on farther places. Jumping at the chance to move to shiny Shanghai, she makes ends and dreams meet by working as a janitor at an elite dance studio ...
Style: realistic, feel good, semi serious, sincere, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, fall in love, love and romance, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, contests and competitions, hip hop, hopes, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Holyman Undercover (2010)
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, captivating, light ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, society, ambition, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, actor, missionary, nightclub, fame, tv star, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 4.7
 626
Garbage (2012)
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: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hollywood, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, overnight success, buddies, odd couple, lifestyle, celebrity culture, showbiz, once in a lifetime opportunity, working class, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Jake Squared (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
Style: semi serious, psychological, contemplative, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: midlife crisis, introspection, filmmaking, hollywood, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, art, relationships, losing-it hero, cause and meaning, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Turn the Beat Around (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An idealist young dancer named Zoe tackles the difficult issue of resurrecting disco dancing in today’s music business. She meets hostility beyond resistance on every dance floor where she spins and twirls. Fortunately, she has at least one ally, ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, dancehall girl, nightclub, couples, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, dancing, society, dance
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.7
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Premium (2006)
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: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, wedding, couples, follow your dream, race against time, ambition, showbiz, nothing goes right, filmmaking, black, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Trust Me (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: 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, intrigue, artists and showbiz, youth, rivalry, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 34K
The Magician (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story: İskender (Cem Yılmaz) hokkabazdır. Yani aslında sihirbazdır. Ama onun ve çocukluk arkadaşı Maradona'nın (Tuna Orhan) dışında herkes onun hokkabaz olduğunu düşünmektedir. İstanbul'dan hızla kaçmak zorunda kalan ikili, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic, road movie
Plot: performer's life, follow your dream, ambition, on the road, down on your luck, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, buddies, introspection, magician, stage magician, turk ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, gallipoli, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Personal Tailor (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: From the director of Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, comes PERSONAL TAILOR, one of the most unique films you'll see in this upcoming holiday season. Imagine a team that will sacrifice themselves for your dream at any cost -- but only if that dream ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, stylized, biting ...
Plot: satire, follow your dream, hopes, filmmaking, dream come true, social differences, society, artists and showbiz, media, company
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Bolivar Is Me (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Santiago Miranda¸ an actor representing Bolivar in a television series¸ leaves furious recording because it disagrees with the scripts they oblige die Bolívar¸ against the wall. Between the lucidity and the madness¸ Miranda really acts as a ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, humorous, realistic, metafiction ...
Plot: actor's life, revolution, politics, artists and showbiz, obsessive quest, political unrest, state affairs, irony, delusion, obsession, american revolutionary war, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Seven Days of Grace (2006)
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: lifestyle, love and romance, couples, best friend, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz, gender, actor's life, singleness, down on your luck, friends, restaurant ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Surviving Gilligan's Island (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It was as funny and as cartoonish as the series with three survivors (Gilligan, Mary-Anne, and the Professor) telling their favorite anecdotes and having some of them acted out. The host segments were wonderful, and the flashbacks were done very ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: fame, filmmaking, memories, television, interview, backstage, behind the scenes, making of, reunion
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Amelia's 25th (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Aspiring actress Amelia begins her 25th birthday by breaking up with her boyfriend, and things only go downhill from there. After visiting a dubious psychic for advice, Amelia sets off on a bizarre adventure to find money for rent and possibly love.
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, hopes, ambition, artists and showbiz, introspection, twentysomething life, follow your dream, actress, coming of age
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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38%
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Bobby Jasoos (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A film that celebrates the aspiration of Bobby, who wants to become the number one detective in the old city area of Hyderabad.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, detective ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, workplace, partner, follow your dream, ambition, missing person, rivalry, urban, strong female presence, bollywood, hindi
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Plot: country music, hitchhiker, jail, partner, love and romance, rise to the top, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, lifestyle, odd couple, artists and showbiz, innocence lost ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, nashville tennessee
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37%
 3.5
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Dumbbells (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, workplace situations, buddies, basketball player, gym, ambition, recovery, society, social misfits, boss and employee, misfit, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.0
 145
Battle B-Boy (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Directed by Frank Lin this movie tells the story of a group of talented but financially struggling B-Boys that join an underground fighting ring in Downtown Los Angeles that uses Hip-Hop music and Break dancing to battle for money. To save the life ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot: martial arts, follow your dream, rivalry, ambition, underdog, hopes, kickass, intergender wrestling, female fight, urban ghetto, battles, urban ghetto life ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.1
 512
Strange Hearts (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot: love triangle, rivalry, rise and fall, manipulation, showbiz, celebrity culture, cons and scams, youth, love and romance, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, down on your luck ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Uttama Villain (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot: desire for fame, last wish, fall in love, love and romance, rising to stardom, ambition, artists and showbiz, showbiz, mentor, cancer, illicit love, forced marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Sunset Strip (2000)
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: semi serious, captivating, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: hollywood, musician, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, music band, lifestyle, love triangle, nightlife, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 1972
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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