Movies Like The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

If you liked The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks (2006), a tv movie movie directed by Robert Trachtenberg, 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
Confirmation (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
2
Adele One Night Only (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also tv movie
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special will also feature an exclusive interview with Adele by Oprah Winfrey…
3
My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
4
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to…
5
A Royal Runaway Romance (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movie
Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard, Grady.
6
'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris.
7
Making The Witcher (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie
Journey into the extraordinary world of "The Witcher" — from casting the roles to Jaskier's catchy song — in this behind-the-scenes look at the series.
8
Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie
An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.
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Oslo (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movie
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that…
10
Full-Court Miracle (2003)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie
Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who search for a coach to help them out of a slump. The main character…
11
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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A Christmas Kiss (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious…
13
7 Days in Hell (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
14
Valentine in the Vineyard (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
As partners in life and professional winemaking, Frankie Baldwin and Nate DeLuca have different personality types and styles. They’ve just gotten engaged when Frankie’s cousin Lexi and Nate’s brother Marco spring the…
15
Once Upon a Prince (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie
Susanna gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the…
16
Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie
Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
17
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also tv movie
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
18
TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
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A Bramble House Christmas (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie
While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim…
20
Five Star Christmas (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie
After moving back to her hometown, Lisa (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents to help her father's bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel critic (Webster), but ends up falling for…