Movies Like Going Down in La-La Land
If you liked Going Down in La-La Land (2011), a drama and comedy movie directed by Casper Andreas, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Swingers (1996)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaAfter 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his friends try to reconnect him to the social scene and hopefully help…
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceTeenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…
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Heaven Can Wait (1978)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romanceJoe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his…
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Milk Money (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceThree young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster…
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A Star Is Born (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceDespite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful…
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L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyAn aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…
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Tall Girl (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaJodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the…
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Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
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Love in the Afternoon (1957)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceA middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.
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Palm Swings (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaAfter moving to Palm Springs, a young married couple puts their love to the test when they discover that their neighbors are swingers.
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Sweet Charity (1969)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceTaxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life…
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaSutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected…
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Victor/Victoria (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
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Swimming with Men (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaA man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
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A Perfect Ending (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceThis intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect…
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Let's Make Love (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceWhen billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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Show People (1928)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceHollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
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Starstruck (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedyPop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's…
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Playing by Heart (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaIn a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least…