20 movies like Late Show, ordered by similarity : France boutique(2003), Network(1976), Hairspray(2007), Down Memory Lane(1949), Ginger and Fred(1986), Top Banana(1954), Bamboozled(2000), A King in New York(1957), A Hard Day's Night(1964), The Truman Show(1998), Two Tickets to Broadway(1951), The Barefoot Executive(1971) ...
Comedy
Germany
1999
107 Minutes
Thomas Gottschalk Harald Schmidt Veronica Ferres Jasmin Tabatabai Olli Dittrich Sabine Orléans Dieter Pfaff Andrea Sawatzki Karl Markovics Otto Schenk Jürgen Tarrach
television producer radio operator radio personality star celebrity audience amusing engaging creative witty heartwarming lighthearted germany tv station television television studio television commercials television personalities television ratings radio show
The program director of a German TV station desperately looks for a new talk master for the Late Show.
Comedy
France
2003
94 Minutes
Karin Viard François Cluzet Nathalie Baye Bernard Menez Micheline Presle Mickaël Chirinian Julien Lucas Jean-Yves Chatelais Valérie Bonneton Vincent Debost Noémie Lvovsky
husband wife tv personality schemer rival television producer airy lighthearted witty amusing engaging playful tv station france television shopping failing business failing marriage humor sabotage
Comedy about the daily operations of a TV shopping channel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
121 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Peter Finch William Holden Robert Duvall Beatrice Straight Wesley Addy Ned Beatty Arthur Burghardt Bill Burrows John Carpenter Jordan Charney
news reporter television producer terrorist emotional striking witty gutsy television studio new york city meaning of life ambition disillusionment fame television discovery transformation 1970s
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
Musical, Comedy
USA|UK|Canada
2007
115 Minutes
John Travolta Nikki Blonsky Amanda Bynes Christopher Walken Zac Efron Elijah Kelley Queen Latifah Michelle Pfeiffer Brittany Snow James Marsden Allison Janney
teenager dancer mother father best friend rival campy heartwarming inspiring baltimore household television studio high school dance racism television love competition underdog rivalry
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Comedy
USA
1949
72 Minutes
host television producer technician police officer dentist golfer cheery amusing television studio theater recording studio office movies comedy television advertising actors singing quest discovery
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.
Comedy
Italy|France|West Germany
1986
126 Minutes
Giulietta Masina Marcello Mastroianni Franco Fabrizi Friedrich Ledebur Martin Blau Toto Mignone Augusto Poderosi Salvatore Billa
impersonator dancer old man old woman dwarf celebrity cheeky amusing tender spectacular italy television studio hotel street stage celebrity television dance impersonation partnership
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act on a TV variety show.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
100 Minutes
Phil Silvers Rose Marie Danny Scholl Judy Lynn Jack Albertson Johnny Coy Joey Faye Herbie Faye Brad Hatton
actor salesgirl tv personality personal assistant young man producer amusing lighthearted outlandish television studio department store show business love triangle television egoism publicity love rivalry 1950s
A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
135 Minutes
Damon Wayans Savion Glover Jada Pinkett Smith Tommy Davidson Michael Rapaport Thomas Jefferson Byrd Paul Mooney Sarah Jones Gillian White Susan Batson Yasiin Bey
writer television producer television star assistant brother cheeky creative hysterical quirky gutsy studio new york city office apartment race relations television performance stereotypes unexpected success underdog
A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1957
105 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Dawn Addams Oliver Johnston Maxine Audley Jerry Desmonde Sidney James Joan Ingram Michael Chaplin John McLaren Phil Brown
king young boy communist queen revolutionary amusing witty new york city paris television studio television communism social commentary royalty mccarthyism rivalry rescue 1950s
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1964
83 Minutes
The Beatles Wilfrid Brambell Norman Rossington John Junkins Victor Spinetti Anna Quayle Deryck Guyler Richard Vernon Eddie Malin Robin Ray Lionel Blair
drummer director bassist teenager singer guitarist playful witty quirky stage bar television studio train england music television gambling fame photography the beatles
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live television performance.
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
106 Minutes
Tony Martin Janet Leigh Gloria DeHaven Eddie Bracken Ann Miller Barbara Lawrence
singer love interest agent girlfriend producer lighthearted amusing charming manhattan, n.y. bus station central park television studio bus song and dance big break deception television love rise 1950s
Nancy Peterson and her friends want to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.
Kids & Family, Comedy
1971
96 Minutes
Kurt Russell Joe Flynn Wally Cox Harry Morgan Heather North Alan Hewitt John Ritter Ed Reimers
mailroom clerk girlfriend rival chauffeur executive chimpanzee outlandish amusing california studio apartment airplane office television ambition deception love pop culture discovery temptation
A TV-network page (Kurt Russell) becomes program director by picking hit shows with his girlfriend's pet chimp.
Comedy
USA
1991
96 Minutes
Terrence "T.C." Carson Lisa Arrindell Anderson Blanche Baker Nathaniel Afrika Hall Julia Campbell Bernie McInerney Loretta Devine Dan Albright
journalist anchorman producer fiancée best friend frenetic lighthearted spirited crime scene television studio newsroom wedding race relations african-americans television ambition arranged marriage exploitation rise transformation
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Rosie Perez Marianne Jean-Baptiste Patti LuPone Karen Duffy Diego Serrano Wendell Pierce Melissa Leo Aida Turturro Rosanna DeSoto Alicia Renee Washington Reno
mother television producer assistant husband baby boss amusing emotional madcap new york city tv station hospital apartment motherhood career family working woman marriage television love
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Comedy
USA
1992
87 Minutes
John Ritter Pam Dawber Jeffrey Jones David Tom Heather McComb Bob Dishy Joyce Gordon Eugene Levy Erik King
husband wife devil son daughter offbeat witty amusing madcap united states house wrestling ring alternate reality television marital problems survival marriage game show hell wretched excess
A husband and wife are sucked into a hellish television set and have to survive a gauntlet of twisted versions of shows they find themselves in.
Comedy
USA
1988
90 Minutes
Ricki Lake Divine Jerry Stiller Sonny Bono Colleen Fitzpatrick Ruth Brown Michael St. Gerard Deborah Harry Leslie Ann Powers Clayton Prince Mink Stole
teen girl rival boyfriend mother father campy spirited uplifting baltimore school stage family home television aspirations race relations integration dance underdog discovery rivalry
A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2004
93 Minutes
Vaughn Armstrong Richard Arnold Robert Meyer Burnett Casey Biggs John Billingsley Brannon Braga
fan englishman filmmaker nerd quirky engaging amusing serbia england sacramento, calif. convention television fandom obsession science fiction eccentricity adventure discovery 2000s
Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.
Musical, Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Dan Dailey Cyd Charisse Dolores Gray Michael Kidd David Burns Jay C. Flippen Steve Mitchell Hal March Paul Maxey
veteran friend program coordinator gangster tv personality charming amusing new york city bar television studio friendship reunion world war ii television failure debt quest transformation pursuit 1940s
A talk-show staffer (Cyd Charisse) puts a fight manager (Gene Kelly), adman (Dan Dailey) and cook on TV 10 years after they parted as GIs.
Comedy, Drama
Czech Republic|Switzerland|UK
1996
86 Minutes
Petr Meissel Gabriela Wilhelmová Jirí Lábus Barbora Hrzanova Anna Wetlinská Pavel Novy
bachelor neighbor mail carrier vendor tv personality husband dark offbeat witty prague apartment crypt tv station obsession fetish fantasy television chair quest 1990s
Six people unknowingly form a cycle of masturbation as they each cause others to privately indulge in their fetishes.