20 movies like Free Rainer, ordered by similarity : The Truman Show(1998), The 24-Hour Woman(1999), This Is Your Death(2017), Welcome to Me(2014), Dancing in September(2000), The Weather Man(2005), Bamboozled(2000), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), 99 Homes(2014), Network(1976), World's Greatest Dad(2009), Talk to Me(2007) ...
Drama
Austria|Germany
2007
133 Minutes
Moritz Bleibtreu Elsa Sophie Gambard Milan Peschel Gregor Bloéb Tom Jahn Andreas Brandt Robert Viktor Minich Ralf Knicker Irshad Panjatan Simone Hanselmann Doris Goldpashin
television producer amusing tv station united states media manipulation television show rise transformation 2000s
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
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
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.
Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Josh Duhamel Giancarlo Esposito Famke Janssen Caitlin Fitzgerald Sarah Wayne Callies Chris Ellis Lucia Walters Brooke Warrington Jaeden Noel
show host television producer suicidal person murderer producer tv personality chilling disturbing shocking thrilling uneasy bleak tv station studio television studio office united states house suicide television ratings
An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Kristen Wiig Wes Bentley Linda Cardellini Joan Cusack Loretta Devine Jennifer Jason Leigh Thomas Mann James Marsden Tim Robbins Alan Tudyk
young woman lottery winner talk show host tv personality father daughter amusing lighthearted television studio stage united states lottery lottery ticket money wealth dreams television show depression father/daughter relationship discovery
When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
Drama
USA
2000
107 Minutes
Nicole Parker Isaiah Washington Vicellous Shannon Malinda Williams Jay Underwood Michael Cavanaugh Mel Jackson Jenifer Lewis Marcia Cross Estelle Harris Juanita Jennings
television producer screenwriter actor network executive actress girlfriend lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. television studio office household street television show business workplace romance egoism workplace politics racial issues transformation
A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2005
102 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Judith McConnell David Darlow Mike Bacarella Robyn Moler
weather forecaster father author wife daughter boyfriend amusing heartwarming quirky emotional suspenseful chicago newsroom household family home city apartment redemption family dysfunction career vs. family midlife crisis
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
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
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Drama
USA
2014
110 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Michael Shannon Laura Dern Tim Guinee Noah Lomax Clancy Brown J.D. Evermore Judd Lormand Cullen Moss John L. Armijo Nicole Barré
businessman single father contractor unemployed person man tenant bleak dark gripping intense thrilling disheartening abandoned house united states florida house suburb road unemployment eviction
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Robin Williams Alexie Gilmore Daryl Sabara Tom Kenny Lorraine Nicholson Geoff Pierson Evan Martin Henry Simmons Jermaine Williams Toby Huss Mitzi McCall
son schoolteacher girlfriend colleague brash dark offbeat school house united states suicide subconscious father/son relationship writing deception transformation underdog rise 2000s
When his son's body is found in a humiliating accident, a lonely high school teacher inadvertently attracts an overwhelming amount of community and media attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note.
Biography, Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Don Cheadle Chiwetel Ejiofor Taraji P. Henson Martin Sheen Cedric Kyles Peter MacNeill Richard Chevolleau Martin Randez Sean MacMahon
radio host girlfriend brother competitor producer inmate engaging inspiring incredible radio station washington, d.c. social commentary unlikely hero radio race relations friendship activism rise discovery transformation
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2003
115 Minutes
Myk Watford Anjanette Comer Buck Taylor Alaina Kalanj Cliff Stevens Josh Berry Mark Dalton Silvia Moore Richard Dillard Cynthia Dorn Scarlett McAlister
matron neighbor security guard mayor seductress banker quirky amusing uneasy texas small town household church bar jesus christ faith religion racism media miracles
An eclectic cast of characters intertwines and collides around themes of faith, religion and race in a small East Texas town. Screen Door Jesus tells the story of the church-going, but not ... See full summary »
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
2015
106 Minutes
Al Pacino Annette Bening Jennifer Garner Bobby Cannavale Christopher Plummer Josh Peck Melissa Benoist Giselle Eisenberg
john lennon aging musician rocker man amusing moving madcap united states aging music music business new life change growing up discovery transformation wretched excess temptation 2010s
An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
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
UK|USA
2003
108 Minutes
Helen Mirren Julie Walters John Alderton Linda Bassett Annette Crosbie Philip Glenister Ciarán Hinds Celia Imrie Geraldine James Penelope Wilton George Costigan
wife friend husband photographer director cheeky heartwarming amusing uplifting yorkshire hospital household england hollywood, calif. friendship romance business activism fame quest
A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
90 Minutes
John Malkovich Colin Hanks Emily Blunt Steve Zahn Tom Hanks B.J. Hendricks Jacquie Barnbrook Griffin Dunne Ricky Jay Patrick Fischler Wallace Langham
writer father magician publicist mentor offbeat amusing los angeles cincinnati television studio comeback magic law school writing performance life lessons quest transformation rise 2000s
A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
98 Minutes
Molly Shannon Laura Dern Regina King Tom McCarthy Peter Sarsgaard John C. Reilly Josh Pais Liza Weil Steve Berg Chuck Duffy Susan Mackin
assistant brother veterinarian neighbor friend amusing charming offbeat united states office grief mental illness eccentricity relationships first love discovery love transformation 2000s
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Drama
USA
2009
80 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Lauren Ambrose Lois Smith Domhnall Gleeson Welker White Elizabeth Marvel Pamela Stewart Deirdre O'Connell
man dog ex-wife airy amusing emotional charming touching dog house house dog behavior human-animal friendship isolation loneliness metamorphosis love rise fall 2000s
A guy suffering from a midlife crisis takes in a dog that's crazier than he is.