20 movies like The Independent, ordered by similarity : Death at a Funeral(2010), The Disaster Artist(2017), Mistress(1992), Sitcom(1998), The Man Who Killed Don Quixote(2018), National Lampoon's Vacation(1983), In the Soup(1992), Ed Wood(1994), Fire Sale(1977), The Castle(1997), What About Bob?(1991), City Island(2009) ...
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
2000
95 Minutes
Jerry Stiller Janeane Garofalo Max Perlich Ginger Lynn Allen Billy Burke Andy Dick Fred Dryer Ethan Embry Jonathan Katz John Lydon Anne Meara
independent filmmaker actor director daughter serial killer assistant hilarious quirky madcap nevada prison film set filmmaking financing debt family career movies quest underdog
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
5.7/10
Comedy
USA
2010
88 Minutes
Keith David Loretta Devine Peter Dinklage Ron Glass Danny Glover Regina Hall Kevin Hart Martin Lawrence James Marsden Tracy Morgan Chris Rock
author brother blackmailer fiancée uncle son amusing madcap offbeat touching hilarious funeral car family home funeral home family death blackmail family secrets presumed dead
A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.
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.
5.4/10
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 »
6.7/10
Comedy
France
1998
85 Minutes
Evelyne Dandry François Marthouret Marina de Van Adrien de Van Stéphane Rideau Lucia Sanchez Julien-Emmanuel Eyou Deido Jean Douchet
father mother child son daughter engaging charming playful hilarious quirky france house family home family dysfunctional family relationships happiness curiosity adventure discovery
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sado-masochist ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy, Adventure
Spain|Belgium|France|UK|Portugal
2018
133 Minutes
Adam Driver Jonathan Pryce Stellan Skarsgård Olga Kurylenko Joana Ribeiro Óscar Jaenada Jason Watkins Sergi López Rossy de Palma Hovik Keuchkerian Jordi Mollá
don quixote director cobbler boss boss' wife escort airy amusing campy charming cheeky confident crafty dreamy engaging hilarious inspiring madcap melodramatic offbeat
Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
7.4/10
Adventure, Comedy
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Christie Brinkley Anthony Michael Hall Imogene Coca Randy Quaid Dana Barron John Candy Eddie Bracken Brian Doyle Murray Eugene Levy
father wife son daughter aunt beautiful woman hilarious madcap chicago car los angeles hotel amusement park grand canyon travel family road trip vacation quest adventure
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
7.1/10
Comedy
USA|France|Germany|Japan|Italy|Spain
1992
93 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Seymour Cassel Jennifer Beals Pat Moya Will Patton Sully Boyer Steven Randazzo Francesco Messina Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane Stanley Tucci
writer neighbor con artist producer actor director offbeat playful witty gritty new york city apartment restaurant street film set aspirations filmmaking unrequited love unlikely allies petty crime
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.
7.8/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
1994
124 Minutes
Johnny Depp Martin Landau Sarah Jessica Parker Patricia Arquette Jeffrey Jones G.D. Spradlin Vincent D'Onofrio Lisa Marie Bill Murray Mike Starr Max Casella
filmmaker actor girlfriend actress orson welles quirky creative moving hollywood, calif. film set ed wood show business aspirations filmmaking friendship underdog quest love 1950s
Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent.
5.5/10
Comedy
USA
1977
88 Minutes
Alan Arkin Rob Reiner Vincent Gardenia Anjanette Comer Kay Medford Barbara Dana Sid Caesar
father son brother-in-law wife teen boy business owner hilarious quirky madcap store mental institution house florida car arson brother relationship schemes financial troubles insurance fraud family
Benny and his wife Ruthie a getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Comedy
France|UK|Germany|USA
1997
85 Minutes
Michael Caton Anne Tenney Stephen Curry Sophie Lee Anthony Simcoe Charles "Bud" Tingwell Tiriel Mora Bryan Dawe Eric Bana Robyn Nevin Costas Kilias
tow truck driver wife hairdresser son lawyer inspector hilarious offbeat uplifting family home airport melbourne, australia courtroom office family court battles eccentricity land dispute government policy underdog
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1991
100 Minutes
Bill Murray Richard Dreyfuss Julie Hagerty Charlie Korsmo Kathryn Erbe Tom Aldredge Susan Willis Roger Bowen Fran Brill
psychiatrist patient wife author son daughter hilarious quirky lighthearted madcap new hampshire vacation home new york city lake psychiatrist's office vacation mental illness therapy family nervous breakdown
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
2009
103 Minutes
Andy Garcia Julianna Margulies Steven Strait Emily Mortimer Ezra Miller Dominik García-Lorido Carrie Baker Reynolds Hope Glendon-Ross Alan Arkin Louis Mustillo Jee Young Han
prison guard ex-convict wife daughter father son hilarious touching bronx, n.y. prison audition school family home island family forgiveness father/son relationship responsibility love new life
Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1997
90 Minutes
Rowan Atkinson Peter MacNicol Pamela Reed Harris Yulin Burt Reynolds Larry Drake Johnny Galecki John Mills Richard Gant Tricia Vessey Andrew Lawrence
mr. bean chairman curator wife son daughter hilarious madcap los angeles art gallery household airport hospital london relationships culture clash family deception disaster road trip
The bumbling Mr. Bean travels to America when he is given the responsibility of bringing a highly valuable painting to a Los Angeles museum.
7.6/10
Comedy, Other
USA
1989
97 Minutes
Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Randy Quaid Diane Ladd John Randolph E.G. Marshall Doris Roberts Julia Louis-Dreyfus Mae Questel William Hickey Brian Doyle Murray
father wife son daughter cousin neighbor hysterical madcap cheeky illinois family home shopping mall forest office holidays family traditions father/child relationship career vs. family suburban life houseguest
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
3.4/10
Comedy
India
2009
142 Minutes
young man aspiring actor assistant director girlfriend amusing hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap quirky india house city bungalow film set friendship plagiarism lying cheating adventure
After his script is plagiarized, and he is forced to marry, an unemployed movie writer self-destructs.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1965
88 Minutes
Sidney James Sylvia Syms Dick Emery Lance Percival Joan Sims Jim Dale Edina Ronay Deryck Guyier Brian Rawlinson Reginald Beckwith David Horne
bank robbers prisoner police captain girlfriend airy amusing hilarious charming prison police station bank bank robbery life after prison prison release money love rise revenge quest adventure
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2018
101 Minutes
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Jóhann Sigurðarson Juan Camillo Roman Estrada Jörundur Ragnarsson Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir Margaryta Hilska Þórhildur Ingunn Haraldur Stefansson Charlotte Bøving
environmentalist political activist choir director adopted daughter adoption agency representative amusing charming creative endearing engaging gutsy heartwarming hilarious offbeat positive quirky spirited iceland activism environmentalism
Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminum industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life changes in the blink of an eye when she's finally granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine.
Comedy
1998
107 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Christine Baranski Barnard Hughes Jonathan Silverman Jean Smart Lisa Waltz Mary Beth Peil Doris Belack Ellen Geer Jay O. Sanders
father friend son daughter ex-wife mother madcap hilarious playful florida new york city retirement home los angeles desert car reunion wedding road trip retirement unlikely friendship
A slob (Walter Matthau) and a neat freak (Jack Lemmon), former roommates, meet again years later for their children's wedding.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Frank Morgan Virginia Grey Virginia O'Brien Leni Lynn Curt Bois Billie Burke Dan Dailey Connie Gilchrist Sara Haden Charles Holland Cyrus W. Kendall
vaudevillian ex-wife daughter widow radio station manager sponsor campy quirky hilarious radio station family home amusement park romantic dilemma reunion radio performers deception failing career father/daughter relationship pursuit underdog
A movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!).
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