20 movies like What Just Happened?, ordered by similarity : The Truman Show(1998), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006), Saving Mr. Banks(2013), Swimming With Sharks(1994), Mistress(1992), The V.I.P.s(1963), The Matinee Idol(1928), Matinee(1993), Naked Acts(1996), The Patsy(1964), Second Best(2004), Overnight Sensation(2000) ...
Comedy, Drama
2008
113 Minutes
Robert De Niro Catherine Keener Sean Penn John Turturro Robin Wright Stanley Tucci Kristen Stewart Michael Wincott Bruce Willis Moon Bloodgood Remy Selma
movie producer hollywood producer sean penn gory jungle cannes film festival crisis trouble time transformation
A movie producer (Robert De Niro) tries to engineer a reconciliation with his ex-wife while dealing with a number of problems surrounding his latest projects.
8.1/10
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.
7.7/10
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Anime, Drama
Japan
2006
98 Minutes
teenager classmate friend teacher time traveler inspiring creative playful charming positive japan school street time portal time travel destiny fantasy animation adventure discovery
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
7.5/10
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Australia
2013
125 Minutes
Emma Thompson Tom Hanks Paul Giamatti Jason Schwartzman Colin Farrell Bradley Whitford Ruth Wilson B.J. Novak Rachel Griffiths Dendrie Taylor Kathy Baker
walt disney novelist filmmaker movie producer aunt driver charming endearing fascinating touching witty heartwarming hollywood, calif. london movie studio family home office limousine children's book film industry
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
93 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Frank Whaley Michelle Forbes Benicio Del Toro Jerry Levine T.E. Russell Roy Dotrice Patrick Fischler
filmmaker producer boss girlfriend assistant engaging shocking unrestrained hollywood, calif. office manipulation abuse torture ambition film industry hostage situation underdog transformation revenge 1990s
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
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 »
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
119 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Louis Jourdan Elsa Martinelli Margaret Rutherford Maggie Smith Rod Taylor Orson Welles Linda Christian Dennis Price
wife husband millionaire producer actress duchess engaging intense passionate intricate airport london hotel wealth social standing airports financial crisis affair marriage transformation
As fog delays departure for a group of travellers bound for New York City, they wait at the lounge of London's Heathrow airport, with each passenger at a moment of crisis in his or her life.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
66 Minutes
Bessie Love Johnny Walker Ernest Hilliard Lionel Belmore David Mir Sidney D'Albrook
broadway star aspiring actress father producer manager charming amusing emotional small town broadway theater new york city backstage unlikely romance deception secret identity humiliation fame acting love discovery
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1993
99 Minutes
John Goodman Cathy Moriarty Simon Fenton Omri Katz Lisa Jakub Kellie Martin Jesse Lee Soffer Lucinda Jenney James Villemaire Robert Picardo Jesse White
producer actress girlfriend son friend daughter charming campy lighthearted amusing key west, fla. military base movie theater high school cuban missile crisis b-movies cold war paranoia filmmaking family
A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
5.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1996
87 Minutes
Jake-ann Jones Patricia DeArcy John McKie Ron Cephas Jones Renee Cox Sandye Wilson Natalie Robinson Maranantha Quick
aspiring actress mother boyfriend director producer actor confident cheeky inspiring film set bedroom sauna fear self-esteem weight problems molestation filmmaking stereotypes quest transformation
Aspiring actress Cicely has lost 57 pounds and landed her first movie role. The director didn't tell her about a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hid under her excessive weight.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1964
101 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Ina Balin Everett Sloane Phil Harris Keenan Wynn Peter Lorre John Carradine Neil Hamilton Nancy Kulp
comedian bellhop writer press agent assistant producer hilarious frenetic heartwarming hotel office television studio comedy hollywood celebrity rags to riches performance teamwork underdog rise
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
86 Minutes
Joe Pantoliano Boyd Gaines Jennifer Tilly Peter Gerety Bronson Pinchot Matthew Arkin Polly Draper Barbara Barrie James Ryan Paulina Porizkova Patricia Hearst
writer producer friend ex-wife amusing uneasy new jersey suburbia household restaurant bar failure writing friendship jealousy homecoming midlife crisis quest underdog 2000s
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.
6.3/10
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
7.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
82 Minutes
Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello Dianne Wiest Van Johnson Zoe Caldwell John Wood Milo O'Shea Deborah Rush Irving Metzman John Rothman
waitress husband producer actor archaeologist countess quirky amusing touching new jersey theater apartment street hollywood, calif. airplane loneliness marriage magic great depression poverty
In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
6.0/10
Drama, Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
UK
2016
88 Minutes
Kate Dickie Gemma Whelan Alice Lowe Kayvan Novak Tom Davis Dan Renton Skinner Eileen Davies Mike Wozniak Tom Meeten Marc Bessant
pregnant woman serial killer midwife dj baby murder victim dark shocking amusing witty disturbing gory england pregnancy serial murders humor fear vengeance unexpected death discovery
Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
Sweden|Germany|Norway|France|Denmark
2014
100 Minutes
Holger Andersson Nils Westblom Charlotta Larsson Viktor Gyllenberg Lotti Törnos Jonas Gerholm Ola Stensson Oscar Salomonsson Roger Olsen Likvern
salesman quirky outlandish human connection absurdity film loneliness boredom existential crisis
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
Comedy, Drama
1971
117 Minutes
Eddie Constantine Lou Castel Hanna Schygulla Marcella Michelangeli Rainer Werner Fassbinder
director star actor actress cinematographer producer cheeky hedonistic offbeat spain film set hotel party filmmaking drinking boredom jealousy sexual tension show business rivalry
Members of a troubled German film crew spend most of their time drinking, talking and waiting in a hotel.
Comedy, Drama
2008
75 Minutes
Gianni Di Gregorio Valeria De Franciscis Marina Cacciotti Maria Cali Grazia Cesarini Sforza Alfonso Santagata
middle-aged man mother elderly woman landlord doctor amusing lighthearted charming heartwarming rome condo kitchen midlife crisis debt caregiving aging mother/son relationship responsibility underdog sacrifice
In order to work off a debt, a man (Gianni Di Gregorio) takes care of four elderly women during an important Italian holiday.
7.0/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
France|Italy|Soviet Union
1984
101 Minutes
Katja Rupé Alix de Montaigu Francois Michel Jean-Pierre Beauviala Pascal Aubier Christiane Bailly Bernard Eisenschitz Hans Peter Cloos Maïté Nahyr Mathieu Amalric Laszlo Szabo
gunrunner burglar beautician detective terrorist teacher quirky amusing intricate paris apartment art gallery chance meeting infidelity love existential crisis absurdity life discovery transformation
Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ... See full summary »
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