20 movies like How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, ordered by similarity : Confessions of a Shopaholic(2009), Up in the Air(2009), My Art(2016), The Disaster Artist(2017), Pup Star: Better 2Gether(2017), Jhankaar Beats(2003), Scrooged(1988), Finding Your Feet(2017), 3 Idiots(2009), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), Zelig(1983), The Great McGinty(1940) ...
Comedy
UK
2008
109 Minutes
Simon Pegg Kirsten Dunst Danny Huston Gillian Anderson Megan Fox Miriam Margolyes Bill Paterson Max Minghella Jeff Bridges Diana Kent Margo Stilley
journalist editor publicist boss love interest star charming hilarious emotional new york city magazine office nightclub apartment journalism celebrity romance career high society aspirations quest
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.
Comedy
USA
2009
105 Minutes
Isla Fisher Hugh Dancy Krysten Ritter Joan Cusack John Goodman John Lithgow Kristin Scott Thomas Fred Armisen Leslie Bibb Lynn Redgrave Robert Stanton
journalist best friend editor group leader receptionist love interest charming hilarious new york city magazine office shop apartment shopping journalism aspirations debt romance career quest transformation
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2009
109 Minutes
George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick Jason Bateman Danny McBride Melanie Lynskey Amy Morton Sam Elliott J.K. Simmons Zach Galifianakis Chris Lowell
corporate downsizer co-worker love interest sister brother-in-law boss charming moving airplane airport office hotel apartment travel love loneliness business transformation quest love
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.
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.
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.
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
Canada
2017
92 Minutes
dog talking dog aspiring singer singer celebrity star charming heartwarming playful creative amusing hilarious music competition celebrities animals singing career career aspirations competition adventure
The action-packed new season of the franchise continues with the story of Tiny, an adorable Yorkie pup who, after winning the 'Pup Star' TV singing competition, is suddenly launched into an adventure when she's replaced by a street Yorkie, Scrappy, and the two swap lives in a dog-filled, fish-out-of-water tale that ultimately demonstrates life truly is 'better together.'
Comedy
India
2003
150 Minutes
Juhi Chawla Sanjay Suri Rahul Bose Rinke Khanna Shayan Munshi Riya Sen Shashikala Vijayendra Ghatge Parmeet Sethi Dinyar Contractor Raja Vaid
young man wife friend daughter amusing hilarious emotional heartwarming india city house hospital office marriage husband/wife relationship friendship musicians musical influences musical performance love
Two copywriter brothers and their apprentice compete in a music contest.
Comedy, Other, Fantasy
USA
1988
101 Minutes
Bill Murray Karen Allen John Forsythe John Glover Bobcat Goldthwait David Johansen Carol Kane Robert Mitchum Nicholas Phillips Michael J. Pollard Alfre Woodard
executive girlfriend boss secretary employee ghost creepy dark hilarious new york city office television studio bedroom christmas ghosts second chance love greed ambition transformation
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
111 Minutes
Joanna Lumley Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Imelda Staunton David Hayman John Sessions Josie Lawrence Indra Ové Victoria Wicks Marianne Oldham Sian Thomas
jilted lover husband best friend sister man amusing charming emotional touching mansion apartment dance hall park rome divorce starting over romance dancing family dysfunction family relationships
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Comedy
India
2009
160 Minutes
Aamir Khan Kareena Kapoor Madhavan Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Akhil Mishra Mona Singh Rajeev Ravindranathan Pitobash Tripathy Aakash Dabhade Rahul Kumar
young man classmate friend girlfriend mother father hilarious lighthearted hysterical emotional moving india college hospital house bungalow friendship brotherhood relationships education
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
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
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
1940
82 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
92 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Radha Mitchell Gary Cole Sheila Kelley Erica Leerhsen John Carroll Lynch Nate Mooney Rusty Schwimmer Robert Wisdom Allen Evangelista
autistic person doctor boss taxi driver love interest savant intense inspiring emotional new york city apartment zoo taxi mental illness husband/wife relationship mathematics accident relationships therapy love
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Comedy
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Cecil Kellaway Lee J. Cobb James Todd Jayne Meadows J.M. Kerrigan Phil Brown Charles Irwin
reporter leprechaun love interest fiancée publisher editor lighthearted emotional ireland hotel new york city office apartment love triangle ambition political campaign ethics myth magic quest
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
1982
133 Minutes
Julie Andrews James Garner Robert Preston Lesley Ann Warren Alex Karras John Rhys-Davies Graham Stark Peter Arne Sherloque Tanney Michael Robbins
soprano performer gangster ex-boyfriend girlfriend bodyguard witty charming paris nightclub hotel apartment restaurant cross-dressing homosexuality poverty cabaret investigation performance quest
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Leon Ames Gloria Grahame Alan Mowbray Hugo Haas
usher stuntwoman movie star actress actor hero charming madcap lighthearted kansas small town movie theater movie set club hollywood, calif. film industry aspirations robbery friendship romance
A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA|UK|Kazakhstan
2006
84 Minutes
Sacha Baron Cohen Ken Davitian Luenell Mitchell Falk
reporter actress manager gay/lesbian love interest hilarious creative madcap california new york city shopping mall car washington, d.c. religion obsession love television culture clash road trip quest
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
France|India|Belgium|Singapore|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Dhanush Bérénice Bejo Erin Moriarty Barkhad Abdi Gérard Jugnot Ben Miller Abel Jafri Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
artist mother young woman indian american magician emotional amusing inspiring creative charming heartwarming mumbai, india paris closet village city home family history death of mother
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
140 Minutes
Vidya Balan Neha Dhupia Manav Kaul Vijay Maurya Santanu Ghatak Trupti Khamkar Malishka Mendonsa Sindhu Shekharan Uday Lagoo Abhishek Sharma Seema Taneja
wife husband son friend boss confident spirited passionate emotional inspiring lighthearted india city house restaurant school love chasing dreams couples love
Sulu is an ambitious housewife with a loving husband and a happy family. Things start changing for her when she accidentally lands a job as a radio jockey and her show becomes an instant hit.