20 movies like An American Carol, ordered by similarity : The Disaster Artist(2017), The Big Picture(1989), Jour de Fete(1948), My Winnipeg(2007), The Sin of Harold Diddlebock(1947), 101 Reykjavik(2000), Life of the Party(2017), Aprile(1998), My Life as a Zucchini(2016), Casting(2017), The Player(1992), Ace High(1969) ...
Comedy
USA
2008
84 Minutes
Kevin P. Farley Kelsey Grammer Trace Adkins Robert Davi Jon Voight Chriss Anglin Geoffrey Arend Serdar Kalsin Leslie Nielsen Dennis Hopper James Woods
filmmaker george washington john f. kennedy terrorist gen. george patton country singer amusing outlandish patriotic barbecue concert hall havana film set middle east anti-war movement propaganda political activism documentary filmmaking spiritual visions redemption
An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.
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
USA
1989
100 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Emily Longstreth J.T. Walsh Jennifer Jason Leigh Martin Short Michael McKean Kim Miyori Teri Hatcher Dan Schneider Jason Gould Tracy Brooks Swope
filmmaker agent executive best friend girlfriend amusing hedonistic witty disheartening film set hollywood, calif. cabin filmmaking hollywood ambition disillusionment career fall pursuit transformation
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
Comedy
France
1948
80 Minutes
Jacques Tati Guy Decomble Santa Relli Paul Frankeur Marine Vallée Robert Balpo Delcassan Jacques Beauvais Valy
mail carrier townsperson friend carnival worker wife charming amusing france small town carnival postal service carnivals film technology quest transformation 1940s
Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre.' All inhabitants are scoffing at François, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The rising of the... See full summary »
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Canada
2007
80 Minutes
filmmaker fan mother winsome offbeat canada small town family home winnipeg, canada film historical events nostalgia loyalty discovery love growing up 2000s
Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Comedy
1947
90 Minutes
Harold Lloyd Frances Ramsden Jimmy Conlin Raymond Walburn Edgar Kennedy Arline Judge Lionel Stander Rudy Vallee
football player boss secretary hustler bartender worker outlandish amusing lighthearted locker room bar jail office unemployment ambition the past success midlife crisis new life transformation
After being fired from his office job, Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) gets drunk, goes on a wild binge, and buys a near-bankrupt circus.
Comedy
Iceland|Denmark|France|Norway|Germany
2000
89 Minutes
Victoria Abril Hilmir Snær Guðnason Hanna Maria Karlsdottir Baltasar Kormákur Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Thrudur Vilhjalmdottir
slacker girlfriend mother dance instructor lesbian son lighthearted amusing offbeat outlandish slum reykjavík, iceland house bar party mother/son relationship unplanned pregnancy unusual romance unemployment family secrets
Will the 30 y.o. Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.
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
Italy|France
1998
78 Minutes
filmmaker artist father politician wife journalist amusing charming creative emotional melodramatic patriotic italy venice, italy documentary filmmaking political corruption politics art father/child relationship fatherhood
Nanni Moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the Italian national elections.
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2017
90 Minutes
Toby Ashraf Milena Dreißig Judith Engel Stephan Grossmann Tim Kalkhof Corinna Kirchhoff Andrea Sawatzki Andreas Lust Markus von Lingen
actor director perfectionist casting director gripping quirky amusing film set city room relationships passion self-discovery film industry filmmaking learning experience discovery pursuit 2010s
For her first television film - a remake of Fassbinder's Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant - director Vera wants the perfect cast. But the first day of shooting is fast approaching and... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1992
123 Minutes
Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Whoopi Goldberg Peter Gallagher Brion James Cynthia Stevenson Vincent D'Onofrio Dean Stockwell Richard E. Grant Lyle Lovett
producer murderer screenwriter girlfriend police detective blackmailer playful dark amusing hollywood, calif. police station bar parking lot movie studio resort extortion filmmaking accidental death investigation obsession
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Comedy, Western
Italy
1969
123 Minutes
Eli Wallach Terence Hill Brock Peters Bud Spencer Kevin McCarthy Steffen Zacharias Bruno Corazzari Rick Boyd Antonietta Fiorito Corrado Olmi Franco Gulà
outlaw bounty hunter banker wrongly accused bank robber henchman thrilling amusing gritty small town casino american west texas house saloon framed unlikely allies film banding together duel
A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2015
100 Minutes
Meryl Streep Kevin Kline Rick Springfield Mamie Gummer Audra McDonald Sebastian Stan Nick Westrate Hailey Gates Ben Platt Charlotte Rae Rick Rosas
wife mother singer daughter son ex-husband brooding creative emotional concert hall bar restaurant indiana house bedroom dreams abandonment returning home regret hope
A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
Comedy
1993
110 Minutes
Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver Frank Langella Ben Kingsley Kevin Dunn Ving Rhames Charles Grodin Faith Prince Laura Linney Bonnie Hunt Parley Baer
president first lady impostor political consultant press officer secret service agent amusing confident playful suspenseful madcap washington, d.c. white house office ballroom bedroom capitol building impersonation propaganda deception
White House aides draft a down-to-earth double (Kevin Kline) to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke.
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.
Comedy, Drama
2017
89 Minutes
Agnès Jaoui Thibault de Montalembert Pascale Arbillot Sarah Suco Lou Roy-Lecollinet Nicolas Chupin Rachel Farmane Laurie Bordesoules Armand Paul Jean Samir Guesmi
woman ex-boyfriend husband daughter pregnant woman love interest friend best friend frenchwoman heartwarming amusing hilarious uplifting touching france restaurant bar street life menopause
A woman, separated from her husband, loses her job and discovers she's going to be a grandmother. Refusing to be pushed to the outskirts of society, she puts her foot down and decides to start over.
Comedy, Music
2018
92 Minutes
Johannes Holopainen Jukka Vidgren Max Ovaska Minka Kuustonen Ville Tiihonen Rune Temte Antti Heikkinen Chike Ohanwe Kai Lehtinen Martti Syrjä
singer band member promoter friend corpse drummer amusing confident passionate hysterical norway van music stage bar village heavy metal music band road trip success luck
A young man is trying to overcome his fears by leading an unknown heavy metal band to the hottest metal festival in Norway. The journey includes heavy metal, grave robbing, Viking heaven, and an armed conflict between Finland and Norway.
Comedy
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Sean Dugan Maxwell Caulfield Seth Meier Mark Goddard Harold Perrineau Edie Falco Markus Flanagan Dave Rosenberg Jane DeNoble Dean Garvin Brett Gillen
screenwriter agent director fan producer amusing cheeky creative sundance film festival park city, utah movie theater street film industry artistic struggle aspirations commercialism screenwriting film quest transformation
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.