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Plot Summary:
Charlie Berns (William H. Macy) is a veteran Hollywood movie producer who has given up on his career and life. That is until his idealistic screenwriter nephew (Jason Ritter) comes bearing the script of a lifetime and Charlie decides to give his career one final shot. The only thing standing in his way is Diedre Hearn (Meg Ryan), a sharp-witted studio executive brought in to keep Charlie in line.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, South Africa
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, romantic, romantic comedy, satirical
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The Ice Rink (1998)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, sexy
Similar in 78%
Bottoms Up (2006)
Plot Summary:
Captivated by the posh Hollywood scene, bartender Owen Peadman (Jason Mewes) travels from the Midwest to take part in a drink-serving contest. But he fails to win the jackpot and winds up working for a gossip show instead. Now, to uncover the latest juicy secret on super celebrity Hayden Field, Owen buddies up to Field's friend Lisa (Paris Hilton) and gets not only the inside scoop, but also fame,.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, parody, independent film, sex comedy, spoof
Similar in 76%
Chump Change (2000)
Plot Summary:
A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a potential new girlfriend about his faults, auditions, misadventures, and confrontations with the evils of Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, independent film, offbeat
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The Last Shot (2004)
Plot Summary:
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, stylized, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty, inspirational, parody
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Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him complete it in time.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, clever, witty, retro, absurd, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody
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The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson is a mockumentary on the disappearance of a fictitious wealthy British film producer, Kevin Johnson, who is dealing in sex, lies and blackmail in Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 advice of such Hollywood heavies as Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, and Fred Willard -- only to discover that the old adage is true and Nobody Knows Anything about how to succeed in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light, melancholic, independent film, clever, biting, suspense
Similar in 87%
Movers & Shakers (1985)
Plot Summary:
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 the help of depressed screenwriter Herb Derman and rather off-centre director Sid Spokane to try and come up with an idea or two, Joe soon wishes he was not one of those people who always try to keep their promises.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, campy
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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy
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Cattle Call (2006)
Plot Summary:
A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, semi serious, witty, sex comedy, realistic, sexual, independent film, hot
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The Dramatics: A Comedy (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an out of work actress unexpectedly lands a starring role in the sexually explicit mini-series adaptation of a best selling erotic novel, her aimless, stoner boyfriend does his best to be supportive. But when her volatile, Oscar winning co-lead takes "rehearsals" too far, her dream job becomes her boyfriend’s worst nightmare and the couple is forced to decide whether or not their relationship is worth fighting for.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, independent film
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Sex Sells: The Making of 'Touché' (2005)
Plot Summary:
A world record orgy, wild sex scenes, ninjas... just a typical day at the office when you happen to work on a porn set. Director Chuck Steak is making his last film and wants to go out with a bang. With the help of veteran actress Roxy Free and the outrageously endowed Lance Long, they concoct the biggest and most absurdly complicated porn film ever made. But along the way, everything that can possibly go wrong does go wrong. Tempers flare, secrets are revealed and a hidden past is exposed, as all hell breaks loose during the climactic orgy scene. It's a wild ride in this rowdy and heartwarming tale of life in the adult film industry. Written by HBFilmworks.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, mockumentary, sexual, erotic, sex comedy, sexy
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Finding Bliss (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where she can use the skills she so finely honed, Jody must edit adult entertainment to make ends meet. The uncompromising desire to make her movie, leads Jody to secretly film in the porn studio facilities at night - until she is caught in the act.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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Top Five (2014)
Plot Summary:
A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, satirical, semi serious, black comedy, cult classic, clever, witty, talky
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Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Plot Summary:
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, crying
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, cult classic, parody, clever, humorous, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, witty, not serious
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Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy. Celebrities are talking about him on MTV and girls are fighting over him on Jerry Springer. It's everything that he wanted...his plan worked. A week or so later the LAPD is tipped off about his whereabouts and they break down the door of the seedy motel room that he's hiding out in and throw him in LA County's celebrity wing.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized, dark comedy, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious
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The Independent (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, light, satirical, cult classic, witty, mockumentary, stylized, offbeat, realistic
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Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 wants from a LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY by taking a no-holds barred attack on the Spoof Genre from Blockbuster Action movies to Dramas and Documentaries to Popular Television shows.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, spoof, mockumentary, parody, ironic, witty, independent film, offbeat
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Just Write (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, art house, independent film, realistic
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Full Frontal (2002)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in the life of missed connections.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: talky, entertaining, melancholic, non-linear, humorous, semi serious, witty, psychological, clever, offbeat
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Amelia's 25th (2013)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring actress Amelia begins her 25th birthday by breaking up with her boyfriend, and things only go downhill from there. After visiting a dubious psychic for advice, Amelia sets off on a bizarre adventure to find money for rent and possibly love.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Butch Jamie (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman on set. The film's subplots include Jamie's bisexual roommate Lola and her cat actor Howard, Lola's abrasive butch German girlfriend Andi, and Jamie's gay Asian friend David.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Hollywood Dreams (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 delightful and desperate lives of those chasing dreams in Hollywood: One day they are shuffling down a boardwalk with too many suitcases, and the next they are lounging in contemporary hillside homes with a view of the city. Though neither state is permanent the more desirable one fuels the dream. The story's extraordinary execution portrays Hollywood as the fantastic and insane place that it is. Written by Lane Kneedler, American Film Institute Magazine.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, psychological, emotional, sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, talky
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The Last Producer (2000)
Plot Summary:
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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The Big Picture (1989)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, suspense, entertaining, melancholic, harsh, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, clever
Similar in 81%
Soapdish (1991)
Plot Summary:
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic, parody, humorous, witty, satirical, spoof, entertaining, soap opera, realistic
Similar in 79%
Pipe Dream (2002)
Plot Summary:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, semi serious, independent film
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America's Sweethearts (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, romantic, light, satirical, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, witty, realistic
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Plot Summary:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized, semi serious, realistic, psychological, funny, hilarious