Movies like The Stunt Man

If you like "The Stunt Man" you are looking for psychological, suspense and tense movies about / with stuntman, showbiz, filmmaking, police investigation, on the run, mistaken identity and twists and turns themes of Action, Comedy and Drama genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
The Stunt Man (1980)
 7.0
 10K
The Stunt Man (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director (Peter O'Toole) he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for the viewer as the two blend in individual scenes.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, black comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, dark comedy ...
Plot: stuntman, showbiz, filmmaking, police investigation, on the run, mistaken identity, twists and turns, danger, femme fatale, disorder, fish out of water, self discovery, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, female nudity, husband wife relationship, tragic past, movie business, justice, world war one, vietnam war, betrayal, hotel, chase, insanity ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: california, korea, amsterdam, holland, guatemala, san diego california
Keyword: australian, watching a movie, bell tower, austrian

Movie in categories

Most similar movies to The Stunt Man

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, neo noir, independent film and cult classic films with plots about death, murder, cigarette smoking, female nudity, blood, betrayal and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Stunt Man: The Player (1992), Color of Night (1994), Year of the Gun (1991), No Way Out (1987), Revenge (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 7.5
 65K
The Player (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, clever, black comedy ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, police investigation, blackmail, showbiz, writers, movie business, satire, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, future, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 26K
Color of Night (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
Style: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, mental illness, erotica, psychiatrist, murder, voyeurism, fatal attraction, investigation, femme fatale, serial killer, uncover truth, nymphomania ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Year of the Gun (1991)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot: terrorism, political intrigue, journalism, mistaken identity, politics, journalist, spy, sexual content, italian history, explosions, photojournalism, writers ...
Time: 70s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1978
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 7.1
 45K
No Way Out (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: twists and turns, conspiracy, murder, espionage, cold war, investigation, love triangle, political corruption, sex scene, spy, plot twist, secretary of defense ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
 6.2
 20K
Revenge (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Plot: betrayal, dangerous attraction, love triangle, couple relations, revenge, vengeance, adultery, unfaithful wife, friendship, desert, extramarital affair, love ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.0
 6K
The Octagon (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy ...
Style: suspense, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: ninja, martial arts, terrorism, good versus evil, master warrior, revenge, betrayal, brutality, assassin, undercover, danger, heroic mission ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1980
Place: paris france, south america, los angeles, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 4.3
 14K
Fair Game (1995)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her
Style: suspense, sexy, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gunfight, female lawyer, on the run, hostage, fbi, rogue agent, kgb, police detective, conspiracy, danger, police protection ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.6
 128K
Barton Fink (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style: psychological, surreal, neo noir, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Plot: twists and turns, hollywood, showbiz, murder, screenwriter, neighbor, surrealism, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, film industry, filmmaking ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1941
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
Charlie Countryman (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, exciting, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dangerous attraction, chase, fall in love, gangster, forbidden love, a vision, on the run, femme fatale, supernatural, love affair, redemption, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: romania, usa, bucharest, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.6
 70K
The Specialist (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, hitman, sex scene, haunted by the past, organized crime, rivalry, danger, assassin, spy, vengeance, revenge, erotica ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.1
 4K
Masquerade (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot: nudity, plot twist, adultery, infidelity, police investigation, sex scene, sex, dangerous attraction, couples, love triangle, woman in jeopardy, pregnancy ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.6
 110K
Inherent Vice (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Style: surreal, neo noir, psychedelic, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience: adult
Plot: private investigator, investigation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, drug trade, private detective, obsession, investigator, stoner, hippie, paranoia, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 2010s, year 2014, 90s ...
Place: los angeles, california, southern california, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style: cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, biting, cynical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: movie business, female nudity, hollywood, filmmaking, art, satire, great depression, showbiz, politics, surrealism, actor, social commentary ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.1
 168K
Allied (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Style: sexy, emotional, suspense, intense, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, double agent, female agent, espionage, love, betrayal, war, husband wife relationship, british secret service, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, future, 1900s, 2010s ...
Place: london, france, england, south africa, north africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: gangster, self defense, revenge, sex scene, violent, small town, mobster, mafia, attempted robbery, organized crime, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.6
 80K
After Hours (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style: surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, atmospheric ...
Plot: twists and turns, dark humor, subway, city life, suicide, artist, mistaken identity, female nudity, nightclub, coincidence, surrealism, nightlife ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty, cult classic ...
Plot: journalist, wall street, redemption, politics, interracial relations, society, courtroom, justice, media, finance, legal action, dark humor ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.2
 609
The Last Man (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Apocalyptic comedy finds a socially-challenged grad school student as one of the last two men on Earth with a beautiful woman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, apocalyptic, sex comedy ...
Plot: love triangle, love and romance, danger, contests and competitions, dystopian future, end of the world, post apocalypse, absurdism, farce, epidemic, distopia, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 131K
One Hour Photo (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style: psychological, tense, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, photography, loner, voyeurism, mental illness, insanity, loneliness, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, photograph, serial killer, paranoid ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 7.0
 12K
Miracle Mile (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, surreal, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: end of the world, nuclear war, night, apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, race against time, coffee shop, post apocalyptic, panic, danger, love affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 7.1
 13K
Venus (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, touching, realistic, twisted ...
Plot: aging, age difference, art, elderly, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, art class, teenage life, lifestyle, actor's life, peeping tom, old age ...
Time: year 2006
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.2
 3K
Cousin Bette (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds ...
Style: light, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: infidelity, slut, adultery, manipulation, dysfunctional family, family relations, love, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, love triangle, love affair ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Movie in collections
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style: exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: organized crime, betrayal, surveillance, love triangle, drug dealer, drug lord, corruption, friendship, crime boss, drug, love, best friend ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
A Better Way to Die (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, on the run, mistaken identity, gangster, hitman, manhunt, special agent, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, witnessing a crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.8
 28K
The Contractor (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, thrilling ...
Plot: military, ex military, mission, veteran, fight, swat team, soldier, murder, wound, hunted, flashback, hitman ...
Time: 2020s
Place: berlin germany, atlanta georgia, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 4.6
 10K
Precious Cargo (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, humorous, action adventure ...
Plot: gang, diamond, female warrior, betrayal, danger, chase, assassination attempt, heist gone wrong, criminal, diamonds, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 7.2
 100K
Wild at Heart (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style: surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: on the road, murder, surrealism, forbidden love, on the run, road trip, violence, sex scene, domineering mother, rape, haunted by the past, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place: new orleans, texas, austin texas, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.
Style: surreal, romantic, dark comedy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: true love, depression, shyness, asperger's syndrome, brother sister relationship, mental illness, love and romance, insanity, eccentricity, complex characters, love story, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, los angeles, california, utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, small town, couples, fatal attraction, betrayal, private detective, murder, infidelity, greed, love triangle, dishonesty, sex ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, miami, boston, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie