20 best movies like For Your Consideration (2006)

List of the best movies like For Your Consideration (2006): She Wants Me, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, 2 Jacks, Entourage, Trust Me, Hellzapoppin', Sandy Wexler, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Birdman.

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.

Markimdb: 3.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:28

Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a scheming long-time rival, and a producer and casting director who despise him.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, musical
CountryUSA

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:02

The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrecomedy, detective, music
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:27

"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless celebrities (which usually ended in verbally--sometimes physically--insulting/assaulting them). Now comes "La La Wood"--Jiminy Glick's home. This is his story (sort of).

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryMexico

Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryCanada, Germany, France, USA
Duration01:47

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

The story of two brothers: one who’s devoted to his family, the other who’s obsessed with the Manson Family.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

    In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the advice of such Hollywood heavies as Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, and Fred Willard -- only to discover that the old adage is true and Nobody Knows Anything about how to succeed in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

    An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
    Duration02:26

    A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, music
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:39

    Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next movie.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:03

    The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is discouraged when she discovers that Carl already has a new girlfriend, the lovely Carmen. Familiarizing herself with Carl's new home and friends, Joline gets company in the form of her brother, Jay. Will Joline win Carl back, or are there other romantic possibilities on her horizon?

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:43

    Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried family members, interested classmates, unreliable medical experts and the hottest girl in school.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman) eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in the life of missed connections.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, short
    CountryUSA

    The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:36

      Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      Loiter Squad is an American sketch comedy television series starring Tyler, The Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, and Lionel Boyce from the Los Angeles hip hop group Odd Future. The show regularly features other members of the group as well. Jeff Tremaine, Shanna Zablow, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Lance Bangs, Nick Weidenfeld and Keith Crofford are the show's executive producers. The show is produced by Dickhouse Entertainment for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. The show's second season made its debut on March 10, 2013.




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