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Scandal Sheet (1985)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
Style:
intense, eighties
Plot:
scandal, alcoholism, manipulation, defamation, celebrity culture, revenge, betrayal, ambition, moral ambiguity, urban, media satire, investigation, journalist, alcoholic, actor, funeral, publisher, husband wife relationship, gossip, movie star, alcohol abuse, psychological drama, tabloid
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, suspense, tense and dark films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, psychological drama, urban, manipulation, revenge and investigation mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Scandal Sheet: Fever Dream (2023), Redemption (2003), The Idol (1966), The Available Wife (2020), Shadow of China (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A retired football star, notorious and oppressed by the media, cooperates with his daughter in an opportunity to take revenge on the social media portal. The more they dive into the dream of fame and stardom, the greater their involvement.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Young and bright politicians are preparing for the election. Every candidate's dirty clothes will be shown to the people and created scandals and used as an advantage.
Style:
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Plot:
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187
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, independent film, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When money, affairs, power and lies collide, Nicole Wright, a beautiful and successful music CEOs life is about to crumble in front of her. While leaving her husband and son, the lies that have built her music empire is threatening to tear her down. ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
music industry, deception, infidelity, cheating wife, affair, lie, betrayal, secrets, lifestyle change, problem, social problems, changing lives ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, tense, neo noir, independent film, political drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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323
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy Zane leads a pack of money-grabbing relatives who try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Style:
suspense, tense, black comedy, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland, rome italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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170
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
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