20 movies like Free and Easy, ordered by similarity : Hearts of the West(1975), Never Give a Sucker an Even Break(1941), The Muppet Movie(1979), Lady Killer(1933), Zelig(1983), Entourage(2015), Merton of the Movies(1947), Crashing Hollywood(1938), Dog Years(2017), Teen Titans GO! to the Movies(2018), The Goldwyn Follies(1938), Hail, Caesar!(2016) ...
Comedy
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anita Page Trixie Friganza Robert Montgomery Edgar Dearing Gwen Lee John Miljan Lionel Barrymore William Haines William Collier Jr. Dorothy Sebastian
manager beauty queen movie star mother madcap cheery playful kansas hollywood, calif. movie studio grauman's chinese theatre beauty pageant movies ambition acting romance disaster quest discovery rise
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
Comedy
USA
1975
102 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Andy Griffith Donald Pleasence Blythe Danner Alan Arkin Richard B. Shull Herbert Edelman Alex Rocco Frank Cady Anthony James Burton Gilliam
writer actor filmmaker stuntman secretary cheeky lighthearted hollywood, calif. movie set nevada movies hollywood acting writing old west myths quest pursuit rise 1930s
During the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. But when he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert Kessler), a Hollywood unit manager, to star in a series of low-rent Westerns.
Comedy
USA
1941
71 Minutes
W.C. Fields Gloria Jean Margaret Dumont Leon Errol Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Nagel Franklin Pangborn Mona Barrie Susan Miller Charles Lang
filmmaker actress producer mother daughter amusing campy madcap hollywood, calif. airplane movie studio movies fantasy hollywood pursuit escape 1940s
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
Comedy, Kids & Family
UK|USA
1979
94 Minutes
Charles Durning Austin Pendleton Steve Martin Mel Brooks Milton Berle James Coburn Dom DeLuise Elliott Gould Bob Hope Madeline Kahn Carol Kane
kermit the frog fozzie bear businessman producer miss piggy gonzo cheery uplifting creative playful endearing florida hollywood, calif. car swamp friendship road trip movies hollywood song and dance
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
James Cagney Mae Clarke Leslie Fenton Margaret Lindsay Henry O'Neill Raymond Hatton George Chandler Douglas Dumbrille
usher police detective criminal gangster actor movie star confident charming crafty los angeles hollywood, calif. movie studio crime ring hollywood investigation escape acting adventure escape pursuit
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Comedy
USA
2015
104 Minutes
Kevin Connolly Adrian Grenier Kevin Dillon Jerry Ferrara Jeremy Piven Emmanuelle Chriqui Perrey Reeves Rex Lee Debi Mazar Rhys Coiro Constance Zimmer
movie star friend agent studio head actor director charming cheeky cool hollywood, calif. movie set mansion party office beach fame movies acting friendship business
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold on a risky project that will serve as Vince's directorial debut.
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Leon Ames Gloria Grahame Alan Mowbray Hugo Haas
usher stuntwoman movie star actress actor hero charming madcap lighthearted kansas small town movie theater movie set club hollywood, calif. film industry aspirations robbery friendship romance
A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2017
96 Minutes
Burt Reynolds Ariel Winter Chevy Chase Clark Duke Ellar Coltrane Nikki Blonsky Kathleen Nolan Al-Jaleel Knox Shelley Waggener Todd Vittum
former legend actor friend movie star charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving nashville, tenn. film festival aging life movies acting discovery rise transformation 2010s
An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action
USA
2018
87 Minutes
Aaron Horvath
superhero robin sidekick cyborg superman friend amusing charming cheeky hilarious movie theater movie set hollywood, calif. big city car movies superheroes dreams hollywood crimefighting
A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
115 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds The Ritz Brothers Kenny Baker Vera Zorina Helen Jepson Bobby Clark Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy
producer young woman roommate brother cook director lighthearted playful hollywood, calif. movie set soda shop car hamburger stand party movies unrequited love false accusations singing ventriloquism naivete
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In."
Comedy
USA|UK|Japan
2016
106 Minutes
Josh Brolin Ethan Coen George Clooney Alden Ehrenreich Ralph Fiennes Scarlett Johansson Tilda Swinton Channing Tatum Frances McDormand Jonah Hill Veronica Osorio
actor studio head kidnapper director police officer president charming cheeky amusing movie set movie studio office car bar street movies disillusionment kidnapping ransom survival
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Dick Powell Ann Dvorak Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Raymond Walburn David Rubinoff Benny Baker Andrew Tombes Alan Dinehart Paul Harvey Edwin Maxwell
singer dancer manager politician wife rival playful cheeky engaging bus new york city town rally hotel ambition politics radio romance performance rise
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1972
100 Minutes
Sylvia Miles Joe Dallesandro Andrea Feldman Pat Ast Ray Vestal
actor actress agent lesbian hotel manager girlfriend outlandish shocking melodramatic hollywood, calif. motel mansion sex ambition acting may-december romance lesbianism mother/daughter relationship wretched excess love
An out-of-work actor (Joe Dallesandro) moves in with an ex-Hollywood star (Sylvia Miles) having daughter troubles.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Nino Martini Ida Lupino Leo Carrillo Harold Huber James Blakeley Stanley Fields Mischa Auer
gangster singer henchman kidnapper heiress manager frenetic madcap outlandish movie theater radio station mexico opera house movies kidnapping idolization performance radio quest adventure
Chivo, a singer who works in a movie theater providing live entertainment, is and apprehended by a music-loving Mexican bandit Braganza who wants to make Chivo part of his band. Braganza, who admires American gangsters, also kidnaps Jane and her rich boyfriend, Bill. to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Comedy
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Jean Harlow Lee Tracy Franchot Tone Frank Morgan Una Merkel Pat O'Brien C. Aubrey Smith
movie star publicist father brother millionaire emotional amusing hollywood, calif. fame romance exploitation deception acting love transformation 1930s
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Comedy
USA
1987
80 Minutes
Robert Townsend Anne-Marie Johnson Starletta DuPois Helen Martin Craigus R. Johnson Dominick Irrera Paul Mooney Lisa Mende Robert Shafer John Witherspoon Ludie Washington
actor brother mother grandmother writer director hilarious profound dreamy los angeles barbershop hot dog stand movie studio basketball court movie set stereotypes hollywood prejudice african-americans acting self-respect
An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.