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Best in Show (2000)
 7.4
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Best in Show (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
Style: mockumentary, parody, cult classic, hilarious, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, witty, biting, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: dog, obsession, lesbian, satire, eccentricity, poodle, ambition, psychiatrist, training, rivals, homosexual, gay couple, animal, lgbt, terrier, lgbtq, hotel, gay, psychopath, tribe, catholic, humour, puppy love, time warp, dog sex ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, illinois, florida, usa, new york, pennsylvania, new york state
Keyword: sport, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and witty films with plots about satire, disorder, ambition, silly humor, couples, farce and lifestyle mostly in Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like Best in Show: Waiting for Guffman (1996), For Your Consideration (2006), The Impostors (1998), A Mighty Wind (2003), Schitt's Creek (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Waiting for Guffman (1996)
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, witty ...
Plot: satire, backstage, small town, improv, city council, theater, coming of age, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent, dentist, director ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: missouri, usa, north america, florida
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100%
For Your Consideration (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, satire, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Impostors (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has ...
Style: humorous, light, absurd, feel good, witty ...
Plot: farce, eccentricity, deadpan, cruise, hidden identity, goofy hero, nothing goes right, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, satire, ship, screwball ...
Time: 1930s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 29K
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, funny, talky, stylized ...
Plot: music, satire, musician, folk singer, singer, love and romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, buddies, lifestyle, lovers reunited ...
Time: 2000s, 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Schitt's Creek (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, ironic, light ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot: small town, motel, life turned upside down, lgbtq, riches to rags, family relations, class differences, eccentric family, parents and children, cafe, friendship, gay relationship ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: canada
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26%
 5.9
 153K
Brüno (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Style: mockumentary, funny, parody, humorous, controversial ...
Plot: gay, gender, social satire, gay slur, lgbt, nudity, fame, fashion, homosexuality, sex, obsession, society ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, vienna, los angeles, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.5
 74K
Bowfinger (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, movie business, satire, dog, actor, cameraman, audition, desire for fame, african american, deception, actress ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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23%
 5.4
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Closing Escrow (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, eccentric family, social relations, family relations, ambition, satire, real estate, couples, marriage, estate, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style: light, absurd, humorous, detective, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: private detective, stupidity, dog, kidnapping, pets, human animal relationship, dumb, investigation, goofy hero, amateur detective, save the day, owner dog relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
 284K
Scary Movie (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slasher ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: satire, youth, adolescence, sarcasm, stupidity, absurd humor, graphic violence, creativity, serial killer, high school, dark humor, dumb ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, absurd, controversial, funny ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: satire, racism, travel, culture clash, dark humor, road trip, stereotypes, stupidity, toilet humor, fish out of water, male pubic hair, irreverent ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, kazakhstan, usa, alabama, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: house, family relations, fighting the system, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, satire, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, high school, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, absurd ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, farce, stupidity, journalist, sexism, friendship, rivalry, new job, nervous breakdown, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
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The Foot Fist Way (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, harsh, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, obsession, disorder, life is a bitch, buddies, ambition, breaking point, dark humor, contests and competitions, goofy hero, infidelity, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 290K
Zoolander (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the ...
Style: funny, humorous, parody, light, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: conspiracy, fashion model, male model, brainwashing, satire, fashion, assassination, dumb, stoner, fame, president, comedy of errors ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Style: witty, feel good, humorous, not serious, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rise and fall, ambition, rivalry, goofy hero, underdog, contests and competitions, buddies, social satire, partner, rejection, friends, misfit ...
Time: year 2004
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.7
 44K
Zelig (1983)
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, ...
Style: mockumentary, surreal, black and white, humorous, parody ...
Plot: celebrity, psychiatrist, satire, character study, justice, fictional biography, artists and showbiz, switching roles, missing person, disappearance, therapy, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: new york, paris france, germany, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.7
 18K
Silent Movie (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: filmmaking, showbiz, mime, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, disorder, comeback, alcohol abuse, goofy hero, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
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: mockumentary, parody, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: friends, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, unfulfillment, music band, desire for fame, performer's life, workplace, musician's life, music, journalism, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: dog, bulldog, switching roles, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, fish out of water, disorder, family relations, misfit, odd couple, pets, getting home ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.8
 8K
Mascots (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Style: funny, satirical, surreal, mockumentary, absurd ...
Plot: mascot, competition, eccentricity, stupidity, mentor, existentialism, loneliness, brutality, satire, dancing, stoner, hedgehog ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.9
 61K
Duplex (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: twists and turns, dark humor, couple relations, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, satire, old dark house, urbanization, love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Real Life (1979)
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, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.2
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The Birdcage (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: gay, cross dressing, senator, gender, drag queen, gay parent, gay couple, farce, lgbtq, wedding, gay slur, nightclub ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami, usa, miami beach, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Flying Scissors (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, rivalry, silly humor, contests and competitions, found footage, steroids, museum, feminist, rock paper scissors, ambition
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.1
 3K
Smile (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, biting, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: female nudity, choreographer, showbiz, family relations, disorder, social relations, couples, contests and competitions, youth, society, mischievous children, introspection ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Mother of Invention (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mockumentary about an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning an annual young inventor award. The only problem is... he's never made an invention that works.
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: inventions and discoveries, ambition, contests and competitions, found footage, rivalry, inventor, multiple contestants, humour, invention, rivals, lonely
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.0
 9K
Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.1
 137K
The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, political, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: congressman, politics, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, twists and turns, profanity, satire, election campaign, mentor, political corruption ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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