Movies like Being Michael Madsen
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Being Michael Madsen (2007)
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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, humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, clever, realistic, talky, biting, cult film
Plot:
showbiz, filmmaking, paparazzi, actor's life, celebrity, false accusation, private vs public, celebrity culture, suspense, journalism, vengeance, society, murder, satire, hollywood, actor, movie star, gays and lesbians, media, workplace, artists and showbiz, media satire, backstage
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and biting films with plots about artists and showbiz, showbiz, filmmaking, satire, suspense, celebrity culture and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Being Michael Madsen: Hollywood North (2003), Kathy Griffin: Allegedly (2004), Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004), Nobody Knows Anything! (2003), Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, filmmaking, obnoxious boss, lifestyle, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, movie business, satire, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kathy Griffin's all new feature-length stand-up DVD featuring the D-List Diva herself destroying the A-list stars we know and love.
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humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
celebrity, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, showbiz, tv show, women's rights, comedian, fashion, gay interest, gossip ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style:
humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, talky ...
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, desire for fame, journalism, culture clash, media satire, tv show, celebrity culture, workplace intrigue, artists and showbiz, celebrity ...
Place:
canada, usa, india, toronto ontario canada, montana
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88%
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:
not serious, humorous, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot:
hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, media, satire, robbery, mayor ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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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, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, best friends, actor's life, workplace, rising to stardom, lifestyle, love and romance, workplace situations, filmmaking ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
lifestyle, relationship vs career, showbiz, artists and showbiz, couple relations, actor's life, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, media, theater ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
Style:
parody, realistic, not serious, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
friends, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, workplace, musician's life, desire for fame, performer's life, music, music band, journalism, ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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, humorous, witty, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, culture clash, tv show, showbiz, social decay, rise and fall, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, biting ...
Plot:
murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, politics, cons and scams, filmmaking, showbiz, suspense, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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:
parody, campy, realistic, not serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wrestling, tough guy, silly humor, diner, prank, prodigy, lifestyle, performer's life, actor's life, artists and showbiz, writer's life, media ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, actor's life, friendship, couple relations, rise to the top, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, love and romance, couples, filmmaking ...
Place:
cannes, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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:
parody, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty
Plot:
martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, filmmaking, tv show, showbiz, against the odds, media, lifestyle, odd couple, tragic hero ...
Time:
70s
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66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
There's something magical about an Australian accent that seems to make even the most caustic wit come off with good-natured charm. And that delicate blend of deviant behavior and good intentions has skyrocketed Aussie comic Jim Jefferies to ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, sincere, cynical, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, performer's life, society, misfit, artists and showbiz, showbiz, theater, stand up comedian, religions or cults, suspense, stand up special, stand up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot:
job, hollywood, filmmaking, satire, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, hijacking, cons and scams, dangerous animal, artists and showbiz, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
After Lately is an American television comedy. The series depicts, in mockumentary style, the behind the scenes goings-on at the office of the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. The cast is made up of the actual writers and performers of Chelsea ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
backstage, showbiz, workplace, producer, tv show, workplace situations, disorder, celebrity culture, media, artists and showbiz, friendship, television ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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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:
campy, realistic, not serious, parody, witty ...
Plot:
satire, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, misfit, nothing goes right, media, actor's life, lifestyle, religions or cults, disorder, couples, singleness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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, realistic
Plot:
desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, hopes, lifestyle, filmmaking, showbiz, fame, escapades, society, gay, celebrity culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
2014 standup special originally aired on Comedy Central.
Style:
cynical, humorous, talky, witty, clever ...
Plot:
society, performer's life, artists and showbiz, suspense, profanity, stand up, live audience
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes.
Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes ...
Style:
sitcom, clever, humorous, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
journalism, satire, workplace romance, backstage, suspense, politics, workplace intrigue, media satire, workplace situations, celebrity culture, rise to the top, media ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Maher addresses contemporary political, social and cultural topics -- Iraq, President Bush and the so called Axis of Evil. The opinionated Maher said about Victory Begins at Home: "We've heard everything about the War on Terrorism except ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, cynical, parody ...
Plot:
adult humor, comedian, politics, society, topical humor, absurd humor, joke, stand up comedian, cynicism, live performance, satire, celebrity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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So Notorious, sometimes stylized So NoTORIous, is an American sitcom on VH1, loosely based on the life of actress Tori Spelling. The series debuted on April 2, 2006 and despite lasting only ten episodes, received substantial acclaim from critics.
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witty, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom ...
Plot:
performer's life, celebrity culture, hollywood, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, social relations, media satire, love and romance, friends, down on your luck, famous, roommate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute ...
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realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, surreal ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, film industry, actress, actor, television, jazz, midlife crisis, motorcycle accident ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy Stanley Belt (Lewis), can't do anything right. The TV show is getting closer, and Stanley ...
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cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
satire, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, media satire, ventriloquist dummy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Introducing "Barely Famous": a docu-style comedy series. This show explores the hypocrisy of reality TV by centering around two sisters who say they would never do a reality show, but are being filmed by a camera crew. Over the course of ...
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parody, realistic, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, actor's life, satire, showbiz, disorder, love and romance, family relations, tv show, looking for love, media satire, hollywood, hippie ...
Time:
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california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"These Old Broads" is a 2001 television film written by Carrie Fisher and starring her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor in her final starring film role. Network television executive ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot:
showbiz, ambition, actor's life, lifestyle, against the odds, rise and fall, aging, filmmaking, love affair, artists and showbiz, hollywood, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
usa
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51%
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, parody, ironic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, downfall, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, ambition, blind ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie shows how people there live and interact with each other.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, biting, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dark humor, introspection, betrayal, human nature, buddies, lifestyle, friendship, showbiz, hollywood, murder, suspense, couples ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
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Tanner on Tanner is a follow up to celebrated filmmaker Robert Altman and DOONESBURY cartoonist Gary Trudeau's political satire TANNER '88, a mockumentary following a fictional democratic presidential candidate (Michael Murphy) on his ...
Style:
semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot:
satire, undercover, manhunt, fighting the system, moral dilemma, campaign, journalism, state affairs, politics, lifestyle, rebellion, society ...
Time:
21st century
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 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, humorous, witty, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hollywood, farce, racism, filmmaking, blaxploitation, prejudice, dark humor, movie business, actor's life, society, misfit, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, africa, usa
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49%
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