Movies like Airheads
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Airheads (1994)
53K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, not serious, talky, parody, clever, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heavy metal culture, music, rock band, hostage, rock and roll, farce, radio, stupidity, satire, music band, artists and showbiz, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, rock, buddies, hard rock, zombie, love, catastrophe, gangsters, drugs, musician, natural disaster, violence, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and melancholic films with plots about storytelling, catastrophe, mentor, runaway, dialogue, brutality and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Music and Crime genres. Some movies like Airheads: Wayne's World (1992), Fubar (2002), The Dirt (2019), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Wayne's World 2 (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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162K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, absurd, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, music, heavy metal culture, teenager, rock, buddy, basement, dumb, slacker, satire, stupidity, musician ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
wisconsin, chicago illinois, milwaukee wisconsin, usa, illinois
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100%
4K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are ...
Style:
humorous, funny, ironic, witty, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, music band, nothing goes right, introspection, musician's life, ambition, buddies, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, beer, death, heavy metal culture ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
51K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
Style:
sexy, humorous, captivating, slasher, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock, rock music, rock band, guitarist, music band, bassist, celebrity, junkie, drugs, drummer, singer, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, scary, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blues, car chase, chase, music, dancing, buddy, prison, on the road, starting over, rivalry, orphan, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves ...
Style:
funny, absurd, humorous, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
rock and roll, music, buddy, satire, rock, dream, wedding, farce, espionage, teenager, musician, nerd ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal culture, youth, rock, musician's life, rock and roll, music band, teenage life, high school, mentor, drums, desire for fame ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music ...
Style:
funny, clever, humorous, sexy, parody ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, rap, gangsters, hip hop culture, nude, satire, crime gone awry, adaptation, first contact, farce, brutality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style:
funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, hostage, disorder, cons and scams, odd couple, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prank telephone call, gangsters, vengeance, dishonesty, sarcasm, mafia, dumb, fantasy world, fight scenes, first contact, technology, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Style:
funny, psychotronic, humorous, sexy, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, high school, music, teenager, rock, school, punk, youth, dancing, musician, cult, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, cynical, funny, talky ...
Plot:
radio dj, hostage, satire, self involved, radio, desire for fame, socially awkward, ambition, lifestyle, goofy hero, workplace, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, stylized, absurd ...
Plot:
rock, heavy metal culture, musician, music, devil, farce, rock and roll, drugs, obsessive quest, rock star, weed, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, rock, farce, hip hop, stupidity, drug abuse, rock and roll, success, team, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, light, satirical, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, blackmail, ambition, music band, disorder, partners, media, artists and showbiz, buddies, showbiz, rock and roll, punk ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
music, showbiz, friendship, celebrity, rock and roll, teenager, desire for fame, ambition, musician's life, music band, lifestyle, disorder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Movies similar to Horrible Bosses
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Style:
parody, humorous, light, absurd, not serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music, satire, the beatles, music business, stupidity, music band, media, partners, musician's life, rising to stardom, rock ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
england, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, harsh, parody ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
nightclub, buddies, brother brother relationship, misfit, dumb, father son relationship, marriage, love and romance, disorder, friends, clubbing, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, new york, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, gangsters, betrayal, justice, police, adaptation, unlikely friendships, drug lord, buddy cop, criminal heroes, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, satirical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
hip hop, satire, music, musician, hip hop culture, rock and roll, nude, catastrophe, vengeance, adaptation, brutality, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, new jersey, los angeles, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) realizes ...
Style:
humorous, clever, funny, light, realistic ...
Plot:
island, mistaken identity, police investigation, brutality, racism, bad cop, interracial relations, resort, social differences, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
fish out of water, music business, happy ending, odd couple, against the odds, musician's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, teaching the ways of the world, nightclub, taxi, music ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Style:
parody, funny, absurd, humorous, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
farce, police, satire, conspiracy, usa president, police investigation, law enforcement, president, kidnapping, catastrophe, corruption, brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
71K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec on the way.
Style:
humorous, clever, feel good, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, music business, gangsters, organized crime, widow, musician's life, cons and scams, mafia, rock, hitman, creativity, lone hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, satirical, cynical ...
Plot:
music, musician, satire, cult, rock and roll, heavy metal culture, singer, rock, music band, fame, musical tour, concert tour ...
Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony ...
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, absurd, parody ...
Plot:
marijuana, stoners, drugs, weed, rock and roll, road trip, stoner, cult, satire, chase, exploitation, buddies ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
los angeles, mexico, california, asia, vietnam ...
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves
Style:
humorous, sex comedy, psychedelic, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
marijuana, stoners, weed, drugs, cannabis, buddies, surveillance, life & death, lone hero, writers, insanity, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, violence, showbiz, heavy metal culture, law enforcement, rock star, goofy hero, partners, boss and employee, investigation, rock and roll, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When fun-loving American agents Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, melancholic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
spy, police investigation, parenthood, family life, parents and children, vacation, couple relations, undercover, working undercover, strong female character, swamp, dumb ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, surreal, unusual plot structure, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, music, party, adaptation, first contact, greed, happy ending, high school, justice, lone hero, fight scenes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, intense, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
magic, friendship, creativity, performance, showbiz, comeback, artists and showbiz, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, partners, rivalry, performer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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