Movies like Bud and Lou

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   All That Jazz

   Strong story similarity

   1979 · 123 min · Drama

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   Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

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   Save the Tiger

   Strong story similarity

   1973 · 100 min · Drama

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   A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   Stardust Memories

   Strong story similarity

   1980 · 89 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   The Kentucky Fried Movie

   Strong story similarity

   1977 · 83 min · Comedy

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   A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

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   Prick Up Your Ears

   Similar atmosphere

   1987 · 111 min · Drama

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   When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: biography

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   Parenthood

   Strong story similarity

   1989 · 124 min · Comedy · Drama

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   The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Elvis

   Shared themes

   1979 · 168 min · Drama · History · Music · TV Movie

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   This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

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   • shared theme: biography
   • a closely matched era

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   Silent Movie

   Strong story similarity

   1976 · 87 min · Comedy

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   Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   In the Soup

   Strong story similarity

   1992 · 96 min · Comedy · Drama

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   An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

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    Head

    Strong story similarity

    1968 · 86 min · Comedy · Music

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    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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    • strong story and style similarity

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