20 movies like Crashing Hollywood, ordered by similarity : Hearts of the West(1975), Never Give a Sucker an Even Break(1941), Ghanchakkar(2013), The Goldwyn Follies(1938), Hail, Caesar!(2016), I Ought to Be in Pictures(1982), Mistress(1992), Entourage(2015), Singin' in the Rain(1952), The Perils of Pauline(1947), Merton of the Movies(1947), The Player(1992) ...
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
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, Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
140 Minutes
young man young woman husband wife thief robber engaging hilarious lighthearted hysterical gripping mumbai, india india city house robbery heist memory loss husband/wife relationship confusion
A safe cracker claims he has lost his memory when two criminals come calling for their cut of the bank heist loot.
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, Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith Martin Ferrero Eugene Butler Samantha Harper Santos Morales David Faustino Shelby Balik
actress screenwriter hairdresser father daughter girlfriend witty fiery touching brooklyn, n.y. hollywood, calif. family home movie studio father/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement show business ambition new town transformation
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
112 Minutes
Robert Wuhl Martin Landau Robert De Niro Danny Aiello Eli Wallach Jace Alexander Tuesday Knight Sheryl Lee Ralph Christopher Walken Laurie Metcalf Jean Smart
director producer investor mistress actor screenwriter quirky witty hollywood, calif. movie set diner aspirations show business filmmaking re-writes second chance writing quest underdog transformation
A comedy about a screenwriter (Robert Wuhl), whose old movie script is read by a producer (Martin Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (... See full summary »
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
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
1992
123 Minutes
Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Whoopi Goldberg Peter Gallagher Brion James Cynthia Stevenson Vincent D'Onofrio Dean Stockwell Richard E. Grant Lyle Lovett
producer murderer screenwriter girlfriend police detective blackmailer playful dark amusing hollywood, calif. police station bar parking lot movie studio resort extortion filmmaking accidental death investigation obsession
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
82 Minutes
Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello Dianne Wiest Van Johnson Zoe Caldwell John Wood Milo O'Shea Deborah Rush Irving Metzman John Rothman
waitress husband producer actor archaeologist countess quirky amusing touching new jersey theater apartment street hollywood, calif. airplane loneliness marriage magic great depression poverty
In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
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, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
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.
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
2006
86 Minutes
Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Catherine O'Hara Harry Shearer Parker Posey Michael McKean Christopher Moynihan Ricky Gervais Jennifer Coolidge Michael Hitchcock Fred Willard
actor actress reporter director producer hilarious hysterical los angeles movie set movie studio celebrities show business oscars quest transformation 2000s
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.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Matt Letscher Carrie Preston Adam Greer Veronica Cartwright Victor Raider-Wexler Michael Emerson Jack Plotnick David Burke Sam Pancake
actor agent wife writer love interest lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. movie set bar household homosexuality show business sexual taboo sham marriage deception forbidden love discovery 1950s
In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
Comedy
USA
1981
124 Minutes
actress wife director gossip columnist filmmaker friend madcap unrestrained witty melodramatic hollywood, calif. beach house studio los angeles show business pornography schemes filmmaking marriage suicide attempt
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.