Movies like Hollywood Ending

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel, Get Shorty is about a mobster who travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and decides to become a movie producer. Fans of Hollywood Ending will enjoy the comedic collision between the worlds of crime and filmmaking that Get Shorty portrays.

The Player is a satirical film that takes a jab at the Hollywood industry, echoing the tone of Hollywood Ending. Directed by Robert Altman, it follows a Hollywood executive who becomes intertwined with a murder investigation, all while providing a scathing inside look at the movie business.

Bullets Over Broadway delivers the same blend of comedy and satire of show business as Hollywood Ending. Set in the 1920s, it focuses on a struggling playwright who has to deal with the quirks of theatre actors and the interference of his mobster financiers. Fans of Woody Allen's humor will certainly appreciate this film.

For Your Consideration is a comedy about the behind-the-scenes drama that unfolds among a group of actors after they find out they are potentially up for an Academy Award. Like Hollywood Ending, it satirizes the filmmaking process and the obsession with industry accolades.

Bowfinger offers a comedic take on the lengths to which a down-and-out filmmaker will go to produce a hit film. This Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy led flick has similar themes to Hollywood Ending, poking fun at the often ridiculous nature of film production.

Delving into the life of a sportswriter who discovers that his adopted son is a genius, Mighty Aphrodite intertwines Woody Allen's signature neurotic characters with a quixotic quest for identity, much like Hollywood Ending's storyline of personal rediscovery amidst the trials of film-making.