20 movies like Being John Malkovich, ordered by similarity : Zelig(1983), That Uncertain Feeling(1941), Broadway Danny Rose(1984), My Art(2016), Adventureland(2009), Carnal Knowledge(1971), Luv(1967), The Story of Luke(2012), My Father, the Hero(1994), Husband Material(2018), Boomerang(1992), Something to Talk About(1995) ...
Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
John Cusack Cameron Diaz Catherine Keener Orson Bean Mary Kay Place John Malkovich Charlie Sheen Ned Bellamy
puppeteer wife john malkovich clerk pretty woman quirky offbeat creative new york city new jersey subconscious mind office aging love triangle immortality aspirations fame infidelity discovery transformation
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Comedy
USA
1984
86 Minutes
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Nick Apollo Forte Craig Vandenburgh Herb Reynolds Paul Greco Frank Renzulli
agent singer mistress client gangster comedian hilarious quirky new york city nightclub delicatessen new jersey show business infidelity jealousy love mistaken identity love triangle quest adventure
In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
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
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Drama, Romance, Comedy
USA
2009
106 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Kristen Stewart Martin Starr Kristen Wiig Bill Hader Margarita Levieva Jack Gilpin Josh Pais Wendie Malick Mary Birdsong Matt Bush
college graduate love interest friend mother offbeat gutsy new york city amusement park restaurant boston aspirations betrayal new love sex drugs infidelity growing up discovery love 1980s
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
96 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Art Garfunkel Ann-Margret Candice Bergen Rita Moreno Cynthia O'Neal Carol Kane
good guy ladies' man girlfriend wife cool witty offbeat new york city amherst, mass. college apartment sex marriage love love triangle friendship growing up love 1960s
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and befriend one another in college.
Comedy
USA
1967
95 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Peter Falk Elaine May Nina Wayne Eddie Mayehoff David Hartman Severn Darden Alan DeWitt
man friend wife mistress stockbroker offbeat amusing endearing new york city apartment law office manhattan bridge suicide divorce marriage love triangle relationships love rescue transformation
Harry is a barely functional human. He meets an old friend who is having marital problems as Harry is about to leap off of a bridge. His friend decides that Harry is the man to take his ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Comedy
France|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Katherine Heigl Dalton James Lauren Hutton Faith Prince Stephen Tobolowsky Ann Hearn Robyn Peterson Frank Renzulli
father daughter love interest boyfriend lover ex-wife amusing hilarious cheeky cheery emotional heartwarming united states new york city paris bahamas vacation relationships coming-of-age father/daughter relationship
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Romance, Comedy
USA
1992
118 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Halle Berry Robin Givens David Alan Grier Martin Lawrence Grace Jones Geoffrey Holder Eartha Kitt Chris Rock Tisha Campbell-Martin Lela Rochon
advertising executive womanizer boss coworker friend love interest amusing lighthearted new york city advertising office apartment love triangle romance office politics womanizing love rivalry discovery 1990s
A successful executive and womanizer finds his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new female boss turns out to be an even bigger deviant than he is.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
106 Minutes
Julia Roberts Dennis Quaid Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick Brett Cullen Haley Aull Muse Watson Anne Shropshire
wife husband sister mother father lover engaging touching quirky amusing charming small town ranch racetrack hometown infidelity relationships family horses rebellion
A woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
116 Minutes
Jean Arthur Marlene Dietrich John Lund Millard Mitchell Peter von Zerneck Stanley Prager
congresswoman military officer singer witty engaging berlin nightclub military base office nazism world war ii political corruption love triangle love quest transformation 1940s
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Drama, Comedy
1954
95 Minutes
Eva Dahlbeck Gunnar Björnstrand Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard Åke Grönberg Olof Winnerstrand Birgitte Reimer John Elfström Renée Björling Dagmar Ebbesen Sigge Fürst
husband wife lover doctor patient charming emotional sweden household train love marriage adultery aging love discovery 1950s
When a doctor has a summer affair with a young woman, his wife decides to return to her former lover.
Comedy
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Roland Young ZaSu Pitts Maude Eburne Herman Bing Ann Dvorak
actor actress husband wife amusing lighthearted playful new york city broadway theater infidelity jealousy marriage deception love love forbidden love discovery temptation 1930s
A jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
George Blagden Charleene Closshey Robbie Kay Stelio Savante Michael Beach Raymond J. Barry Michelle Moreno Matt Cornwell
hacker love interest husband marine widow impostor amusing touching shocking quirky hilarious fast food restaurant ice cream parlor police station restaurant house hackers deception theft love
Straight out of jail, a hacker steals letters hoping to find cash. He reads one of the letters, falls in love with the writer and decides to change his ways to be worthy of her.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Rooney Mara Chris Pratt Olivia Wilde Matt Letscher Kristen Wiig Spike Jonze Portia Doubleday
man writer amusing charming heartwarming home office city computer world apartment love friendship male/female relationship loneliness discovery escape love 2010s
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.