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Jake Squared (2013)
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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:
psychological, humorous, contemplative, semi serious, light, captivating, offbeat, mind bending, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, introspection, filmmaking, hollywood, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, art, relationships, profanity, bittersweet, losing-it hero, cause and meaning, filmmaker
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and independent film films with plots about artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, filmmaking, family relations, society, lifestyle and introspection mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Jake Squared: A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010), A Short History of Decay (2014), The Last Producer (2000), Mistress (1992), The Alumni Chapter (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, last wish, family problems, ex athlete, introspection, self discovery, friendship, terminal illness, society, death, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Style:
emotional, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations, mental illness, dark humor, introspection, parents and children, unfulfillment, unsuccessful, elderly, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, independent film
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, one last chance, showbiz, artists and showbiz, aging, betrayal, dishonesty, film industry, movie studio, gambling, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
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, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
What happens when you graduate from college, only to find that jobs are practically nonexistent and your best friends aren't what they seem? Four old friends reunite after college graduation. The conversation quickly turns sour, and a series of ...
Style:
contemplative, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, college, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfillment, estrangement, society, best friend, dull life, friends, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
23%
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, tragicomedy, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, ambition, rise to the top, hollywood, showbiz, best friend, actor, rivalry, society, comedian, performer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
436
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, nightlife, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, ambition, hollywood, hopes, filmmaking, fall in love, love and romance, womanizer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most ...
Style:
realistic, clever, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, aging, dealing with death, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, nostalgia, character study, introspection, regret, memory, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, sarajevo
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday life whilst trying to cope with his fear of terrorist nuclear attacks. However, with the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, satire, terrorism, society, friends, buddies, urban, eccentric family, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Style:
mumblecore, psychological, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
alienation, misfit, introspection, mentally unstable, unfulfillment, social misfits, society, friendship, self discovery, love and romance, urban, looking for love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, family life, self discovery, introspection, couple relations, family relations, writer's life, couples, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, playwright, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, workplace situations, boss and employee, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, happiness, couples, love, introspection, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Style:
ironic, sentimental, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adaptation, artist, couples, society, self discovery, lifestyle, bittersweet, love, ambition, loneliness, fashion, art ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best friend, Stuart, hosts the party at his ritzy ultra modern Hollywood Hills home. During the ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, biting ...
Plot:
hollywood, lifestyle, dishonesty, nightlife, showbiz, filmmaking, friendship, infidelity, love and romance, couples, bookies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, psychological, sex comedy ...
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, fall in love, showbiz, filmmaking, fish out of water, actor, audition, producer, disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, iowa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, cinema, surrealism, filmmaker, art, film history, artist, cowboy, respect, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, portugal, asia, latin america, europe ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Unscripted is the on going tales of three out of work actors navigating the rough terrain of Los Angeles. In a land where the universal word for actors is "No", Unscripted takes a look at these three kind souls just trying to survive. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, showbiz, media, lifestyle, aspiring actor, casting, audition, hollywood, satire, media satire, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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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:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, sitcom
Plot:
rising to stardom, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, workplace, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Paul Mazursky (Scenes From a Mall) takes a bite out of Hollywood with a hilarious look at the artistic sell-out. Starring Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon Shelly Winters, Jerry Stiller, Chris Penn, and Ally Sheedy, this merciless comedy exposes ...
Style:
independent film, witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, aging, midlife crisis, hollywood, bittersweet, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, introspection, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, california, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and his wife is losing her patience. A twist of fate and some bizarre wisdom from a "freelance ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, clergy, family life, dull life, family problems, society, aging, human nature, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, human nature, lifestyle, family relations, city life, couples, introspection, waking up, urban, breakup, singleness, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, sweet, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, happy ending, redemption, tragedy, cancer, actor's life, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
nothing goes right, family in crisis, introspection, starting over, hopes, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, family problems, down on your luck, workplace, stand up comedy, stand up comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
single parent, parents and children, family relations, homecoming, unfulfillment, baseball, love, fatherhood, relationships, second chance, redemption, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic comedy where a the relationship of a teacher and married principal goes much worse than that of their children.
Style:
realistic, independent film, semi serious, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, alzheimer's disease, marriage, solar eclipse, suburbs, single parent, love and romance, youth, lifestyle, unfulfillment, couple relations, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, berlin germany, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
212
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marco Valois wants to direct a serious movie inspired by the life of a soldier living with post-traumatic stress disorder. He soon realizes that the young soldier home from Afghanistan won't open up that easily. Marco, willing to do just about ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
friends, introspection, showbiz, artists and showbiz, mental illness, filmmaking, bittersweet, unfulfillment, hopes, buddies, misfit, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
18%
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, emotional, light, captivating ...
Plot:
friends, deadline, actor's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, family relations, house, disorder, farm, actor, writers, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
18%
656
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:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, overnight success, partner, buddies, odd couple, lifestyle, once in a lifetime opportunity, showbiz, celebrity culture, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
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