20 movies like Wings of Fame, ordered by similarity : Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Roald Dahl's The Witches(2020), My Art(2016), Inside Out(2015), Shazam!(2019), The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017), Goosebumps(2015), Swiss Army Man(2016), Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018), Being John Malkovich(1999), Show People(1928), Only Lovers Left Alive(2013) ...
Fantasy, Comedy
Netherlands
1990
116 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Andréa Ferréol Colin Firth Walter Gotell Marie Trintignant Robert Stephens Gottfried John Nicolas Chagrin
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A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an ... See full summary »
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
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A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
2020
105 Minutes
Anne Hathaway Octavia Spencer Stanley Tucci Jahzir Kadeem Bruno Codie-Lei Eastick Charles Edwards Morgana Robinson Eugenia Caruso Simon Manyonda Jonathan Livingstone
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An orphan and his grandmother travel to a seaside resort at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe -- under cover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
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Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2015
95 Minutes
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After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada
2019
132 Minutes
Zachary Levi Mark Strong Asher Angel Jack Dylan Grazer Djimon Hounsou Grace Fulton Ian Chen Jovan Armand Faithe Herman Cooper Andrews Marta Milans
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A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.
Other, Biography, Drama, History
Ireland|Canada
2017
104 Minutes
Dan Stevens Christopher Plummer Jonathan Pryce Justin Edwards Morfydd Clark Donald Sumpter Miles Jupp Simon Callow Miriam Margolyes Ian McNeice Bill Paterson
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The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|Australia
2015
103 Minutes
Jack Black Dylan Minnette Odeya Rush Ryan Lee Amy Ryan Jillian Bell Halston Sage Steven Krueger Keith Arthur Bolden Amanda Lund Timothy Simons
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A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|Sweden
2016
95 Minutes
Paul Dano Daniel Kwan Daniel Radcliffe Mary Elizabeth Winstead Antonia Ribero Timothy Eulich Richard Gross Marika Casteel Andy Hull Aaron Marshall
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A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells Ben Falcone Gregory Korostishevsky Jane Curtin Stephen Spinella Christian Navarro Pun Bandhu Marc Evan Jackson Erik LaRay Harvey
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When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
John Cusack Cameron Diaz Catherine Keener Orson Bean Mary Kay Place John Malkovich Charlie Sheen Ned Bellamy
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A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
Comedy
USA
1928
82 Minutes
Marion Davies William Haines Dell Henderson Paul Ralli Tenen Holtz Harry Gribbon Sidney Bracey Polly Moran Albert Conti John Gilbert Mae Murray
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A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
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A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Other
USA|UK
2018
90 Minutes
Madison Iseman Jeremy Ray Taylor Wendi McLendon-Covey Caleel Harris Chris Parnell Ken Jeong Bryce Cass Peyton Wich Shari Headley Christian Finlayson
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Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
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The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
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
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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.
Comedy
UK
1952
81 Minutes
Robert Morley Margaret Rutherford Olive Sloane Kay Kendall Joan Rice Michael Medwin Charlotte Mitchell Liam Gaffney
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In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2001
92 Minutes
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In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.
Comedy, Fantasy
2016
93 Minutes
Chao Deng Jelly Lin Kitty Zhang Yuqi Tsui Hark Kris Wu Zhang Wen Zhang Mei'e Yang Neng
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A beautiful mermaid (Jelly Lin) falls for a developer (Deng Chao) who threatens the ecosystem of her species.
Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
France|Belgium
2015
84 Minutes
Alain Gagnol
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A super-powered boy helps a wheelchair-bound policeman in his attempt to bring down a mob kingpin.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2003
93 Minutes
Hilary Duff Adam Lamberg Robert Carradine Hallie Todd Jake Thomas Yani Gellman Ashlie Brillault Clayton Snyder Alex Borstein Brendan Kelly Carly Schroeder
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Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.