20 movies like Swimming With Sharks, ordered by similarity : Saving Mr. Banks(2013), The Truman Show(1998), O'Horten(2007), The Disaster Artist(2017), Bus Stop(1956), Space Cowboys(2000), Bulworth(1998), The Devil Wears Prada(2006), Mistress(1992), No Pay, Nudity(2016), Life of the Party(2017), Life Begins for Andy Hardy(1941) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
93 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Frank Whaley Michelle Forbes Benicio Del Toro Jerry Levine T.E. Russell Roy Dotrice Patrick Fischler
filmmaker producer boss girlfriend assistant engaging shocking unrestrained hollywood, calif. office manipulation abuse torture ambition film industry hostage situation underdog transformation revenge 1990s
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Australia
2013
125 Minutes
Emma Thompson Tom Hanks Paul Giamatti Jason Schwartzman Colin Farrell Bradley Whitford Ruth Wilson B.J. Novak Rachel Griffiths Dendrie Taylor Kathy Baker
walt disney novelist filmmaker movie producer aunt driver charming endearing fascinating touching witty heartwarming hollywood, calif. london movie studio family home office limousine children's book film industry
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
102 Minutes
Jim Carrey Laura Linney Noah Emmerich Natascha McElhone Holland Taylor Ed Harris Brian Delate Una Damon Paul Giamatti Philip Baker Hall Peter Krause
good guy producer actress ex-girlfriend uplifting endearing quirky alternate reality florida small town television studio manipulation media deception television discovery transformation underdog 1980s
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Comedy, Drama
Norway|Germany|France|Denmark
2007
89 Minutes
Baard Owe Espen Skjonberg Henny Moan Bjørn Floberg Kai Remlow Per Jansen Bjarte Hjelmeland Gard Eidsvold Lars Oyno Anette Sagen Bjorn Jenseg
engineer friend old man child police officer dog offbeat moving eerie train airport oslo retirement deception assault blindness family love discovery transformation
A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
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
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Don Murray Arthur O'Connell Betty Field Eileen Heckart Robert Bray Hope Lange Hans Conried Casey Adams Henry Slate Terry Kelman
singer cowboy friend waitress emotional engaging phoenix café nightclub rodeo bus infatuation ambition unrequited love love transformation pursuit 1950s
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Tommy Lee Jones Donald Sutherland James Garner James Cromwell Marcia Gay Harden William Devane Loren Dean Courtney B. Vance Barbara Babcock Rade Serbedzija
pilot engineer navigator friend boss wife cheeky amusing positive tense thrilling united states space spaceship training area outer space spacecraft reunion heroism disaster
When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
106 Minutes
Warren Beatty Halle Berry Don Cheadle Oliver Platt Paul Sorvino Jack Warden Isaiah Washington Joshua Malina Christine Baranski Richard C. Sarafian Amiri Baraka
senator chief of staff young woman mafia boss rapper suicidal person amusing witty unrestrained brash los angeles club church ghetto office politics honesty controversy hip-hop unlikely romance
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2006
109 Minutes
Meryl Streep Anne Hathaway Adrian Grenier Stanley Tucci Emily Blunt Tracie Thoms Simon Baker-Denny Rebecca Mader Daniel Sunjata Eric Seltzer Rich Sommer
assistant editor stylist journalist boyfriend model amusing engaging new york city paris office fashion publishing ambition transformation rise 2000s
A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.
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, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Nathan Lane Frances Conroy Donna Murphy Valerie Mahaffey Ben Sinclair Boyd Gaines Jon Michael Hill Zoe Perry Mark Blum J.R. Horne
actor dog friend receptionist daughter producer cheeky emotional creative new york city office lounge restaurant apartment veterinarian's office acting dreams hard decisions rejection ageism
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy, & Boyd Gaines) finds out that the way out is through.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2017
84 Minutes
Georgia Chara Christopher Kirby Holly Brisley Talin Argon Michela Carattini Hayley Hughes Michael Budd Johnny Lahoud
man partygoer friend gangster drug dealer amusing tense brooding hilarious unrestrained house party cemetery bar office relationships self-destruction self-discovery party lifestyle changes
A touching comedy drama about 3 friends edging towards their mid thirties who, in an attempt to hang on to their carefree youth,embark on an attempt to write themselves into the history books by trying to host the world's longest house party.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden
young man father mother girlfriend friend cheeky engaging moving small town new york city apartment park office garage maturing city life unemployment father/son relationship death growing up
Hoping his son will attend his alma mater, Judge Hardy agrees to let Andy look for work in New York for the summer before committing to start college. In the big city, Andy is confronted with the harsh realities of life and love.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
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.
Documentary, Action, Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
82 Minutes
loner outcast girlfriend vigilante idealist filmmaker amusing tender touching engaging orlando, fla. apartment san diego homeless shelter brooklyn, n.y. superheroes vigilantism good deeds homelessness imagination
A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters, don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2019
101 Minutes
Martin Donaghy Brian Ferguson Ryan Fletcher Laura Fraser Rachel Jackson Neil Leiper Lorn Macdonald Kevin Mains
scottish person teenager best friend parent partygoer amusing emotional engaging frenetic gutsy unrestrained scotland home city party rave street friendship rave culture drugs
Two teenage boys in Scotland in 1994, best friends with no control over their lives, risk everything to attend an illegal rave, hoping for the best night of their boring lives.
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.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1950
103 Minutes
Judy Holliday William Holden Broderick Crawford Howard St. John Frank Otto Larry Oliver Barbara Brown Grandon Rhodes Claire Carleton Smoki Whitfield Helen Eby-Rock
businessperson girlfriend journalist lawyer politician amusing playful lighthearted washington, d.c. hotel office love triangle corruption big business ambition education love transformation 1950s
A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.
Comedy, Drama
France
2014
119 Minutes
Omar Sy Olivier Nakache Charlotte Gainsbourg Tahar Rahim Izïa Higelin Youngar Fall Isaka Sawadogo Hélène Vincent Christiane Millet Clotilde Mollet Liya Kebede
worker fly illegal immigrant friend social worker engaging amusing suspenseful emotional heartwarming paris france construction site government offices unemployment office street welfare love organization race against time
Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia|USA
1995
94 Minutes
James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Mary Acres David Webb Marshall Napier John Doyle Paul Goddard
farmer wife animal pig dog uplifting endearing inspiring positive farm countryside fair animals social change grief growing up transformation underdog 1990s
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.