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Plot Summary:
A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Cheerleaders Beach Party (1978)
Plot Summary:
Four amorous cheerleaders set out to save their ailing college football team by huddling up on the beach with the rival team...and scoring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
Similar in 87%
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
Plot Summary:
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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He's My Girl (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bryan and Reggie are best friends who are in the music business in Missouri. When Reggie enters Brian for a chance to go to L.A., Bryan wins the contest and wants to bring Reggie with him. However, Bryan must bring a girl. In an effort to make sure Bryan gets his shot, Reggie decides to pose as a girl. When the duo arrive in L.A., both fall in love with two women and they must stop the promoter of the contest when he steals Bryan's song for his star, Simon Sledge.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is a makeup artist for a local bikini contest on the beautiful South Beach of Miami. Her life appears to be falling apart when her boyfriend leaves her in a jealous rage. Her wild and gorgeous friends, Dev and Bink, convince her to be a contestant in the contest while her ex-boyfriend's bumbling private detective hilariously tries to track her. In a transformation of innocence to high-profile model, Jamie heats up Miami at South Beach.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Podium (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and have a son. He used to have antother profession: to be French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing that makes him fully happy: the applause.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Loins of Punjab Presents (2007)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: India, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, mockumentary
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Body Slam (1986)
Plot Summary:
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, slapstick
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The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
Plot Summary:
After taking over a failing Miami hotel with her workaholic fiance, Elliot, Tracy thinks Monique Gabrielle has seduced her better half-to-be. She then tries to have an affair of her own, and arranges for hookers to become bellhops. Meanwhile, her rich daddy hires an inept arsonist to blow up the place.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sentimental, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Hollywood High Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
It's another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It's the end of the semester and finals are near, but that doesn't stop the girls of Hollywood High from having fun. From the pool to the beach, they cavort with their boyfriends, drink, and smoke a joint or two. But the fun stops when a teacher keeps one of the guys after school for some personal tutoring.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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Marci X (2003)
Plot Summary:
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, spooky, satirical, controversial
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Stuntmen (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, mockumentary
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Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, teen, entertaining, light, melancholic, talky, stylized, semi serious, humorous, road movie
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The Bros. (2007)
Plot Summary:
Wannabe "gangsta-rappers" resort to a crime spree in order to come up up with ten thousand dollars in order to finance a studio recording session.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, remake of american film
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Roadie (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: offbeat, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, independent film, cult film
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Bandwagon (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tony gets fired from his job. He's not really sad about this because he prefers writing songs and playing the guitar. He meets the drummer Charlie and they decide to start a band, although Tony is afraid of playing in front of other people. He can't even play in front of Charlie. They find another guitarist, Wynn, who enjoys fishing if he's not playing the guitar. The final member of the band is Eric, the bass-player who is often unpredictable in his actions. They name the band Circus Monkey and want to get famous and rich. However, after some successful gigs, they begin to realize what all the big music and show business is about.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Tapeheads (1988)
Plot Summary:
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 help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, satirical, semi serious, cult classic, intense, offbeat, realistic, witty, independent film
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The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Plot Summary:
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, grindhouse, humorous, sex comedy, feel good, realistic, not serious, independent film, parody, funny
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Blame It on the Night (1984)
Plot Summary:
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from his beloved school to keep him company on tour. Getting acquainted is fraught with culture shock for both father and son. Written by Paul Emmons.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Steppin : The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the campus fraternities and sororities fight to recruit the best talent that will help them win the big-money prize.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, hood, captivating, independent film
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Sugar Town (1999)
Plot Summary:
Look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. The producer meanwhile is trying to orchestrate a comeback for a former glam band comprised of Michael Des Barres, John Taylor and Martin Kemp. Rosanna Arquette plays the former movie star wife of the lead singer, who is fretting because she has just been offered the role as the mother of one of the new ingenious. Beverly D'Angelo also shows up as a millionairess who agrees to bankroll the group, but only if she gets a roll in the hay with the lead singer. All of the career problems, including drug proclivity, are represented in this film.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, witty, independent film, realistic, cynical, semi serious, light, sexy, feel good
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Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Plot Summary:
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodore's are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, offbeat, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, campy
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Killing Bono (2011)
Plot Summary:
Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, freeze frame
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City of Rock (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young musician from a small town in China tries to save his town's treasured Rock Park by organizing a charity rock concert.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: China
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Plot Summary:
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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Down and Out with the Dolls (2001)
Plot Summary:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, suspense, erotic, offbeat, independent film, biting, campy
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The Rocker (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 nephew's band.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, teen, light, entertaining, not serious, hilarious, slang, cute
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Plot Summary:
"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 dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, spoof, funny, humorous, cult classic, satirical, hilarious, cynical, ironic
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Krush Groove (1985)
Plot Summary:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, grim, serious, captivating, realistic, eighties, black cinema, cult film
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Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, road movie, cynical, cult classic, teen, feel good, satirical
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School of Rock (2003)
Plot Summary:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 324000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, hilarious, realistic, cult classic, teen, witty