20 movies like The Dresser, ordered by similarity : Day for Night(1973), Madeline's Madeline(2018), I'm Going Home(2001), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Cold Souls(2009), A Star Is Born(1937), Salut L'Artiste(1973), Stage Door(1937), Irma Vep(1996), Lovely & Amazing(2001), Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood(2019), Driving Miss Daisy(1989) ...
Comedy, Drama
1983
118 Minutes
Albert Finney Tom Courtenay Edward Fox Zena Walker Eileen Atkins Michael Gough Cathryn Harrison Betty Marsden Sheila Reid Lockwood West Donald Eccles
set dresser leading man actress elderly person actor touching somber england theater backstage acting aging failing career loyalty alcoholism devotion fall quest 1940s
Rattled by World War II, an English actor (Albert Finney) could not go on without his fussy valet (Tom Courtenay).
8.0/10
Romance, Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1973
120 Minutes
Jacqueline Bisset François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Léaud Valentina Cortesa Alexandra Stewart Jean Champion Nathalie Baye Bernard Menez Jean-François Stévenin
actor actress director crew member fiancée doctor witty playful melodramatic sad stage france backstage movie making affair fame celebrity acting quest love
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
2001
90 Minutes
Michel Piccoli Antoine Chappey Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Leonor Baldaque Leonor Silveira
actor director grandson actress agent nanny sad profound emotional tender paris theater café film set house france tragic death aging retirement mourning
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
6.4/10
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2009
101 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Dina Korzun Emily Watson David Strathairn Lauren Ambrose Katheryn Winnick Boris Kievsky Oksana Lada Natalia Zvereva Rebecca Brooksher
actor doctor courier actress poet russian engaging offbeat emotional amusing new york city st. petersburg, russia stage doctor's office street apartment unlikely allies self-discovery acting souls
Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1973
96 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Jean Rochefort Françoise Fabian Carla Gravina
actor wife mistress best friend actress charming moving paris theater nightclub film set acting love triangle career television commercial pregnancy jealousy quest underdog 1970s
Nicolas is an actor who only manages to get small roles in films, theatre and commericals. His domestic life does not fare much better as his mistress leaves him and he tries to return to ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
99 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
director maggie cheung costume designer crew member journalist actress witty creative crafty offbeat france movie set hotel theater vacation home filmmaking life imitating art culture clash unrequited love failing career
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
89 Minutes
Catherine Keener Brenda Blethyn Emily Mortimer Raven Goodwin Aunjanue Ellis Clark Gregg Jake Gyllenhaal James LeGros Michael Nouri Dermot Mulroney
mother daughter adopted daughter husband actress actor amusing engaging touching household bedroom store party family female bonding failing career libel love underdog growing up
Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
7.6/10
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|China
2019
159 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Kurt Russell Dakota Fanning Damon Herriman Austin Butler Emile Hirsch Scoot McNairy Luke Perry Al Pacino
actor struggling actor middle-aged man hippie stuntman director cool confident offbeat hollywood restaurant ranch movie set movie studio movie making acting alcoholism stardom starting over fall
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
99 Minutes
Morgan Freeman Jessica Tandy Dan Aykroyd Patti LuPone Esther Rolle Crystal Fox Joann Havrilla William Hall Jr.
elderly person driver widow son jewish woman daughter-in-law charming endearing heartwarming touching amusing car household georgia american south party rally friendship racism aging
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Drama
1984
72 Minutes
Erland Josephson Ingrid Thulin Lena Olin Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss Bertil Guve
director actress alcoholic mother old flame dense striking engaging sad stage sweden theater theater acting aging affair mother/daughter relationship guilt discovery love
An aging Swedish stage director's (Erland Josephson) ex-lover (Ingrid Thulin) and would-be lover (Lena Olin) visit him on the set.
5.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
97 Minutes
Dorian Missick Zoe Saldana Hill Harper Frankie Faison William Sadler Tonya Pinkins Keith Nobbs
actor ex-girlfriend mother fiancé coworker witty tender touching gas station new jersey house film industry acting true love daunting task race against time stereotypes love quest 2000s
When Reginald "Cool" Coolidge's ex-fiance, Charli, pulls into the gas station where he works, Cool realizes that he still loves her after three years apart. There's just one problem: Charli's wedding to another man is only 36 hours away.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1952
145 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Claire Bloom Sydney Chaplin Nigel Bruce Buster Keaton Norman Lloyd Andre Eglevsky Melissa Hayden
clown dancer composer theater owner amusing melodramatic sad london stage dressing room office street apartment theater ambition love aging rise sacrifice love
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
7.4/10
Drama
France
1980
130 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Paulette Dubost Sabine Haudepin Jean-Louis Richard Maurice Risch
theater owner director actress actor designer critic uneasy emotional engaging paris theater montmartre world war ii german occupation love triangle theater production secret performance discovery temptation
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA|Japan
2003
102 Minutes
Bill Murray Scarlett Johansson Giovanni Ribisi Anna Faris Fumihiro Hayashi Catherine Lambert Gregory Pekar Richard Allen
movie star newlywed photographer actress calm offbeat engaging quirky tokyo hotel aging boredom marriage friendship disillusionment travel quest transformation love 2000s
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
5.6/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada|USA
2000
95 Minutes
Cybill Shepherd Peter Outerbridge Alexandra Purvis Gabrielle Miller Michael Hogan
lounge singer mother boyfriend daughter young woman teen girl somber disheartening emotional canada nightclub household midlife crisis family dysfunction divorce alcoholism career aging fall transformation
Marine Life revolves around the choatic family life of June, a middle-aged lounge singer and mother. June is trying to hold on to her career, her beauty, her children and her most recent ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
103 Minutes
James Franco Dave Franco Seth Rogen Zac Efron Alison Brie Paul Scheer Hannibal Buress Jerrod Carmichael Zoey Deutch Nathan Fielder Ari Graynor
director actor audience acting teacher friend filmmaker amusing hilarious emotional endearing passionate offbeat hollywood, calif. film set theater field restaurant apartment following your dreams filmmaker
When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Comedy, Drama
2016
98 Minutes
Javier Gutiérrez Anna Castillo Manuel Cucala Ana Ulloa Juanma Lara Nikolai Will Pep Ambròs Aina Requena Carme Pla Miguel Ángel Aladren
young girl grandfather son uncle friend love interest moving charming cheeky calm creative emotional engaging spain germany love loss journey quest relationships
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