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Pittsburgh (2006)
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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 outright self-parody improv in this deliciously deadpan comedy.
Style:
realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, mockumentary, clever, talky
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, relationship vs career, couples, actor's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, theater, media, green card, solar power, actor playing himself, performance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
young lovers, culture clash, crime gone awry, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, showbiz, fish out of water, actor's life, couples, celebrity culture, filmmaking ...
Time:
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Place:
north carolina, usa
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
showbiz, artists and showbiz, interview, talk show, celebrity, humour, friendship, theater, live performance, nostalgia, improv, behind the scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
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Plot:
hollywood, lifestyle, dishonesty, nightlife, showbiz, filmmaking, friendship, infidelity, love and romance, couples, bookies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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, satirical ...
Plot:
showbiz, hopes, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, celebrity culture, fame, aspiring actress, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Straight-laced Jordan (Martin) is about to marry Peter (Snedeker), a clean-cut ambitious attorney. Before she walks down the aisle, Jordan and her best friends, Claire (Adrienne Frantz) and Jessica (Daphnee Duplaix), head to Vegas for a bachelorette ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
eligible bachelor, unlikely couple, wedding planning, actor's life, couples, celebrity culture, showbiz, disorder, love and romance, life turned upside down, bachelorette party, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every ...
Style:
satirical, melancholic, witty, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sarcasm, television, showbiz, audition, deadpan, farce, artists and showbiz, media satire, nothing goes right, actor's life, strong female character, filmmaking ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, betrayal, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, couples ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
cannes, riviera
Similarity:
37%
405
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.
Style:
semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
filmmaking, media, hidden identity, writer's life, lifestyle, workplace, showbiz, artists and showbiz, innocence lost, dishonesty, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
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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:
filmmaking, hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, lifestyle, obnoxious boss, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, movie business ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
31%
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, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, showbiz, paparazzi, filmmaking, actor's life, celebrity, false accusation, private vs public, celebrity culture, vengeance, journalism, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
920
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. ...
Style:
sitcom, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
performer's life, lifestyle, eccentric family, celebrity, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, couples, family life, couple relations, friendship, hollywood, feminism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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:
humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot:
hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, media satire, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, media, actor's life, prison guard, blue collar, mayor ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
30%
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:
realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, disorder, religions or cults, couples, artists and showbiz, misfit, nothing goes right, lifestyle, actor's life, media, breakup ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
789
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, rough, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, biting ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
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Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
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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, mockumentary, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, filmmaking, showbiz, against the odds, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, contests and competitions, desire for fame, tragic hero ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
lifestyle, couples, couple relations, buddies, love and romance, marriage proposal, interracial friendship, movie business, relationships, artists and showbiz, friends, city life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dark humor, betrayal, human nature, lifestyle, buddies, introspection, friendship, showbiz, murder, hollywood, young lovers, partner ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Fat Actress is an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. It aired on Showtime in the United States in the spring of 2005, on Movie Central in Western Canada, The Movie Network in Eastern Canada, FX in the UK, Network Ten in ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
satire, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, actor's life, showbiz, media satire, physical appearance, hypocrisy, media, comeback, celebrity culture, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
THE LITTLEST SUSPECT is the third one hour stand-up special by Kevin Pollak. Although best known for his award-winning work as an actor in over sixty films (A Few Good Men, Casino and The Usual Suspects), Kevin started out as a stand-up comedian, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, stand up comedian, dishonesty, prank, artists and showbiz, gambling, lifestyle, couples, filmmaking, showbiz, impostor, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
filmmaking, death, showbiz, actor's life, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ghost, stupidity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, france, europe, paris france, california ...
Similarity:
23%
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, realistic, not serious, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
satire, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, actor's life, filmmaking, showbiz, hollywood, dancer's life, artists and showbiz, media satire, videotaping ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to ...
Style:
mockumentary, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, hollywood, showbiz, filmmaking, nightclub, terminal illness, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, actor's life, improv, film industry, comedian ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, parody, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wrestling, tough guy, silly humor, diner, taxi, restaurant, disorder, filmmaking, media satire, celebrity culture, family gatherings, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, lifestyle, actor's life, rising to stardom, workplace, filmmaking, workplace situations, workplace romance, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, satire, workplace, boss and employee, manipulation, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
22%
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