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10 Best Movies Like Ed Sullivan's Headliners

If you loved Ed Sullivan's Headliners, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Patsy

The Patsy

1964★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms ...

#2
Brain Donors

Brain Donors

1992★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit th...

#3
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke ...

#4
Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more....

#5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encount...

#6
Circus World

Circus World

1964★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed Sullivan's Headliners for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and h...

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