20 best movies like The Disaster Artist (2017)

List of the best movies like The Disaster Artist (2017): Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Hitchcock, From Straight A's to XXX, Cantinflas, Chaplin, Green Book, Kid Cannabis, Stan & Ollie, The Big Year, War Dogs.

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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: 6.8
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:38

    Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:45

    When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.

    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: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, France, Japan, Italy
    Duration02:24

    An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, while is depicted his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:10

    Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
    Duration01:37

    With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

    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: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
    CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
    Duration02:11

      Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.

      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: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:00

        A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

        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: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
        Duration02:11

        In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.

        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: 5.9
          Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:22

          Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

          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: 5.3
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general election. Based on a true story.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:39

          Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama, music, biography, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
          Duration02:05

          Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA

          1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
          CountryFrance
          Duration02:02

          During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later gets married.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryFrance, Iran, USA
          Duration01:40

          Orson Welles' unfinished masterpiece, restored and assembled based on Welles' own notes. During the last 15 years of his life, Welles, who died in 1985, worked obsessively on the film, which chronicles a temperamental film director—much like him—who is battling with the Hollywood establishment to finish an iconoclastic work.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
          Duration02:30

          Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (played by Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:33

          The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

          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: 3.1
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:39

          A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:14

          From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. The story of their trials and triumphs are accompanied by the songs that influenced a generation, including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll,” and many more.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography
          CountryIndia
          Duration03:04

          Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:33

          After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

          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: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Mexico
          Duration02:28

          Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrecomedy, drama, family, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:34

          The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryArgentina, USA

          In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

          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: 7.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:24

            The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, musical, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:23

            Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration02:05

            Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:43

            This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France
            Duration02:24

            The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA

            A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryItaly, France
            Duration01:40

            Writer/director/actor Nanni Moretti offers a three-part film diary which takes a sharply satiric look at Italian life.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, music, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:19

            A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.




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