20 movies like Cycling With Moliere, ordered by similarity : Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood(2019), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), The Dresser(1983), Premium(2006), I'm Going Home(2001), New Waterford Girl(1999), The Disaster Artist(2017), Festival(2005), Mediterraneo(1991), Fan(2016), Final Portrait(2017), Love and Larceny(1960) ...
Comedy
2013
104 Minutes
Fabrice Luchini Lambert Wilson Maya Sansa Camille Japy Ged Marlon Stéphan Wojtowicz Annie Mercier Christine Murillo Josiane Stoléru Edith Le Merdy Patrick Bonnel
star actor artist winsome mind island coming out retirement acting fall
Retired actor Serge (Fabrice Luchini) is approached by Gauthier (Lambert Wilson) to star in a play, but he plays hard to get. Serge's new lover, the play's producer, and his agent arrive on the same weekend to pressure him to make up his mind.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|China
2019
159 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Kurt Russell Dakota Fanning Damon Herriman Austin Butler Emile Hirsch Scoot McNairy Luke Perry Al Pacino
actor struggling actor middle-aged man hippie stuntman director cool confident offbeat hollywood restaurant ranch movie set movie studio movie making acting alcoholism stardom starting over fall
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Comedy, Drama
1983
118 Minutes
Albert Finney Tom Courtenay Edward Fox Zena Walker Eileen Atkins Michael Gough Cathryn Harrison Betty Marsden Sheila Reid Lockwood West Donald Eccles
set dresser leading man actress elderly person actor touching somber england theater backstage acting aging failing career loyalty alcoholism devotion fall quest 1940s
Rattled by World War II, an English actor (Albert Finney) could not go on without his fussy valet (Tom Courtenay).
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
97 Minutes
Dorian Missick Zoe Saldana Hill Harper Frankie Faison William Sadler Tonya Pinkins Keith Nobbs
actor ex-girlfriend mother fiancé coworker witty tender touching gas station new jersey house film industry acting true love daunting task race against time stereotypes love quest 2000s
When Reginald "Cool" Coolidge's ex-fiance, Charli, pulls into the gas station where he works, Cool realizes that he still loves her after three years apart. There's just one problem: Charli's wedding to another man is only 36 hours away.
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
2001
90 Minutes
Michel Piccoli Antoine Chappey Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Leonor Baldaque Leonor Silveira
actor director grandson actress agent nanny sad profound emotional tender paris theater café film set house france tragic death aging retirement mourning
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Comedy
Canada
1999
97 Minutes
Liane Balaban Tara Spencer-Nairn Andrew McCarthy Mary Walsh Nicholas Campbell Cathy Moriarty Kevin Curran Krista MacDonald Cassie MacDonald
teen girl misfit newcomer teacher mother father winsome passionate amusing hedonistic nova scotia cape breton island seaside school canada small town boxing art ambition friendship
A gifted teenager dreaming of life beyond her small town becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.
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, Drama
2005
107 Minutes
Lyndsey Marshal Amelia Bullmore Daniela Nardini Chris O'Dowd Billy Carter Raquel Cassidy Stephen Mangan Jonah Lotan Clive Russell Lucy Punch Gabriel Quigley
struggling actor judge television star competitor assistant comedian madcap suspenseful amusing edinburgh, scotland festival comedy club stage acting jealousy drinking comedy competition fame rivalry
Comedy
Italy
1991
105 Minutes
Diego Abatantuono Claudio Bigagli Giuseppe Cederna Claudio Bisio Gigio Alberti Ugo Conti Vanna Barba Memo Dini Vasco Mirandola Luigi Montini Irene Grazioli
soldier islander young man beautiful woman love interest airy charming greece island world war ii isolation island life romance culture clash love discovery 1940s
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2016
138 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Deepika Amin Mariola Jaworska Joelle Koissi Chandru Bhojwani Farah Ahmed Shriya Pilgaonkar
actor star celebrity fan idol look-alike bleak dark emotional gripping thrilling melodramatic india delhi london england celebrity movies stardom look-alikes
Gaurav develops an obsession with a movie star who looks just like him. He goes to Bombay to meet his idol, but he refuses to grant him five minutes of his time. Gaurav is enraged and plots to destroy his hero.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2017
90 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Armie Hammer Clémence Poésy Tony Shalhoub James Faulkner Sylvie Testud Philippe Spall Kerry Shale Attila G. Kerekes
artist writer amusing brooding charming cheeky confident creative fascinating engaging inspiring incredible intense passionate raw united kingdom london artistic struggle art portraiture
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Comedy
Italy|France
1960
94 Minutes
Vittorio Gassman Anna Maria Ferrero Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Mario Carotenuto Alberto Bonucci Fosco Giachetti Luigi Pavese Linda Sini Aldo Bufi Landi
con artist girlfriend actor cellmate friend amusing charming outlandish crafty italy prison vaudeville show acting theft impersonation crime con game relationships love adventure
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
James Cagney Mae Clarke Leslie Fenton Margaret Lindsay Henry O'Neill Raymond Hatton George Chandler Douglas Dumbrille
usher police detective criminal gangster actor movie star confident charming crafty los angeles hollywood, calif. movie studio crime ring hollywood investigation escape acting adventure escape pursuit
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
Ireland|UK
2012
94 Minutes
Richard Coyle Ruth Bradley Russell Tovey Lalor Roddy David Pearse Bronagh Gallagher Pascal Scott Clelia Murphy Louis Dempsey Ned Dennehy Stuart Graham
alien islander couple gory hilarious ireland island coast aliens drinking island life escape
When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Una Merkel Joseph Calleia Mickey Rooney Victor Kilian J. Farrell MacDonald Roger Imhof Juanita Quigley Paul Hurst Vince Barnett
fisherman factory worker night watchman union boss sister wife melodramatic fiery bleak coast factory california prison small town house worker's rights marriage thievery pregnancy poverty
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|Spain
1999
87 Minutes
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc Maggie Cheung Darry Cowl Bernard Campan Paulette Dubost Pascal Bonitzer Ming Shan Winston Ong
actor martial artist beautiful woman acupuncturist friend quirky playful paris chinatown apartment aspirations kung fu acting romance culture clash love discovery underdog 1990s
Augustin Dos Santos is back. He still wants to be an actor and, this time, he moves to the Chinese borough in Paris because he has decided to play in kung-fu movies. But poor Augustin has a... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Fredric March Ina Claire Mary Brian Henrietta Crosman Charles Starrett Arnold Korff Frank Conroy
family matriarch actor actress manager daughter brother melodramatic amusing lighthearted new york city broadway theater family home family acting love retirement theater relationships transformation sacrifice
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1966
110 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Nancy Kwan Akim Tamiroff Arthur Malet Tyler McVey P.L. Renoudet Peter Duryea John Dennis Nancy Hsueh Yvonne Ribuca Victoria Young
robinson crusoe lieutenant monkey islander navy pilot love interest amusing witty madcap lighthearted playful charming tropical island island life robinson crusoe stranded human-animal friendship survival tribe adventure
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house, finds an abandoned submarine with lots of ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
2008
96 Minutes
Burt Reynolds Camilla Arfwedson Ty Davies Charles Durning Peter Gunn Derek Jacobi Tony Jayawardena Gemma Lawrence Alistair Petrie Kelly Price Michael Wildman
movie star agent client actor actress landlady amusing witty england countryside bed and breakfast theater barn culture clash arrogance life lessons theater production failing career show business fall
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.