20 best movies like Zoolander (2001)

List of the best movies like Zoolander (2001): The Hudsucker Proxy, The Devil Wears Prada, Head Over Heels, The Secret of My Success, Chico & Rita, Paris or Perish, China Salesman, Walk of Fame, The Wizard of Lies, Limitless.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:46

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:49

The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine when all she really wants to be a good journalist.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce (Monica Potter) unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston (Freddie Prinze, Jr.). That is, until one night...

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, cartoon, crime, music
CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Philippines, Canada, France
Duration01:34

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance
Duration01:35

Maya is living the ultimate fashionistas dream: she is working as a stylist for one of the French trend setters, in the capital of haute-couture: Paris. One of the IT girls of fashion, shes following her dreams until one night, when her life takes a sudden turn: shes being deported back to Morocco, after being stopped for over speeding, because her Visa expired some time ago. So in no more than 24 hours, shes deported back to her family and original country. The strong cultural shock and the judgmental differences are pushing the woman to obtain back her place in the city of dreams and her dreams, no matter the costs. But that doesn't mean she will have to return alone, as she finds other things also among her way back to the city.

Markimdb: 2.8
Genreaction, adventure
CountryChina, USA, Hong Kong

Yan Jian, a young Chinese IT engineer who volunteers to go to North Africa and help the company he works for to win a competition. The winner can own the right to control the communication between south and north. French spy Michael works for the West. His boss ordered him to go to the North Africa and win the competition, and they can control the great mineral resources of Africa. He hired the best mercenary in Africa whose name is Lauder and a former general Kabbah to help him. Yan has discovered their conspiracy, he is the only one who can stop them.

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, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:45

A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

    70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:50

    A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

    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: 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: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:45

    A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA

    The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, Germany

    When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:10

    Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:24

    Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular girl in school, is on top of it all. That is, at least until Genevieve LePlouff, a French foreign exchange student arrives and turns her life upside down.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Lola Bunny invents a perfume with the adverse effect of turning people invisible, sending her and cab driver Bugs Bunny on the run from the FBI, while another shady group seeks the formula.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo conspire to destroy the ultimate teen popularity contest

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrecomedy, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza — PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:05

    A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.

    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
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:19

      Picking up where the original movie leaves off, it's 1990 in New York City at the height of rap's "Golden Age" of creativity, but corporate America has been hesitant to embrace the genre. Nikki lands a dream job as the assistant to the legendary and out-of-control Barry Fouray. Her best friend and producer DeeVee is working with rapper Ahm who is currently under investigation by the police for murder. How far will these driven young people go to rise to the top of the hip-hop world?

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, India, Belgium
      Duration02:08

      A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

      Duration01:34

      Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France
      Duration02:00

      The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

      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: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      With his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!

      Markimdb: 8.6
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, cartoon
      CountryUSA

      The Watchmen: Motion Comic is a 2008 American animated short film series of motion comics for web and television based on the comic book series Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The series consists of twelve abridged 25–30 minute segments, each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book. Both male and female characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte. It was released on DVD in March 2009 to coincide with the Watchmen movie’s release.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:48

      In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

        After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, crime, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrecomedy
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:30

        Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they have actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUSA

        The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.

        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: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of that. Rick soon finds that those nightmares could be excellent material for writing his own comic books.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

          On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrecomedy, family
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:26

          Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredocumentary, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:35

          Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters




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