Movies Like Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features
If you liked Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features (2011), a movie, 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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The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
★ 7.2/10A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true…
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Benny & Joon (1993)
★ 7/10A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)
★ 6/10One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
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The Goat (1921)
★ 7.2/10A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.
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Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
★ 6.4/10Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to…
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
★ 6.3/10Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each…
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Home Again (2017)
★ 6.1/10Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
★ 7.5/10A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
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My Wife's Relations (1922)
★ 6.2/10Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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Show People (1928)
★ 7.1/10Hollywood 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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Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
★ 6.6/10Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her…
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Cameraperson (2016)
★ 6.7/10As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What…
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Western Stars (2019)
★ 7/10The incomparable Bruce Springsteen performs his critically acclaimed latest album and muses on life, rock, and the American dream, in this intimate and personal concert film co-directed by Thom Zimny and Springsteen…
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Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
★ 7.8/10In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars…
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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Hands of Stone (2016)
★ 6.6/10The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
★ 6.9/10This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in…
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (2017)
★ 7.5/10Through the lens of his stunningly immersive performance as Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey ponders the meaning of life, reality, identity and career.
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
★ 7.8/10For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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Cuban Fury (2014)
★ 6.1/10Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.