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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.

  1. 1The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A 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…

  2. 2Benny & Joon

    Benny & Joon (1993)

    ★ 7/10

    A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

  3. 3Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)

    ★ 6/10

    One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.

  4. 4The Goat

    The Goat (1921)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.

  5. 5Magic Mike's Last Dance

    Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Mike 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…

  6. 6Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Lifelong 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…

  7. 7Home Again

    Home Again (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

  8. 8Play It Again, Sam

    Play It Again, Sam (1972)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A 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.

  9. 9My Wife's Relations

    My Wife's Relations (1922)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Buster 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.

  10. 10Show People

    Show People (1928)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

  11. 11Die, Mommie, Die!

    Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Angela 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…

  12. 12Cameraperson

    Cameraperson (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10

    As 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…

  13. 13Western Stars

    Western Stars (2019)

    ★ 7/10

    The 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…

  14. 14Jodorowsky's Dune

    Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

    ★ 7.8/10

    In 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…

  15. 15Original Sin

    Original Sin (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A 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.

  16. 16Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

  17. 17Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10

    This 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…

  18. 18Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Through the lens of his stunningly immersive performance as Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey ponders the meaning of life, reality, identity and career.

  19. 19Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

    ★ 7.8/10

    For 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.

  20. 20Cuban Fury

    Cuban Fury (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Beneath 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.

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