Movies like Scandal Sheet

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Scandal Sheet (1985)
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Scandal Sheet (1985)
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: eighties
Plot: investigation, journalist, alcoholic, actor, funeral, publisher, husband wife relationship, scandal, gossip, movie star, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, tabloid

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and gloomy films with plots about husband wife relationship, alcoholism, alcoholic, family relations, couples, unfulfillment and drug addiction mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Scandal Sheet: The Late Liz (1971), September 30, 1955 (1977), Red Light in the White House (1977), The Wager (2007), Rocket Gibraltar (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Late Liz (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: faith, drug addiction, alcoholism, alcoholic, christianity, sleeping pill, suicide attempt, religious conversion, christian, church, drunk, hospital ...
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95%
September 30, 1955 (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a ...
Plot: filmmaking, radio, suburbs, movie star, college, friend, autumn, actor, death, fandom
Time: 1950s, year 1955
Place: arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Red Light in the White House (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A reporter digs into the background of a young woman who is running for the U.S. Senate, and finds out a lot more than he bargained for.
Style: independent film
Plot: reporter, limousine, rape, cover up, conspiracy, blackmail, investigation, scandal, political candidate, intrigue, private detective
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79%
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The Wager (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: christianity, hollywood, actor's life, desire for fame, human spirit, introspection, ambition, relationship vs career, couples, society, hotshot hero, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday ...
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: youth, family relations, boat, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, parents and children, family gatherings, siblings relations, family life, bittersweet, helicopter, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.
Audience: teens
Plot: drinking, recovery, alcoholism, substance abuse, babysitter, young adult, transformation, alcoholic, divorce, older man younger woman relationship, teen drinking, alcoholics anonymous ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
On the Nickel (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: feature film written, produced by, and starring Ralph Waite (best known as John Walton, Sr., on the long-running CBS television series, "The Waltons"). The film tells the story of Sam (Donald Moffat), a recovering alcoholic who feels ...
Style: independent film
Plot: friend, alcoholism, drunkenness, monologue, police, judge, friendship, homelessness, bum, street life, alcoholic, slum ...
Time: year 1980
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the story of how one of the famous movie roles was cast. The role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.
Plot: hollywood, historical event, behind the scenes, actress, director, film set, filmmaking, film industry, movie star, casting, actor, film producer ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The Drinker (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Hans Fallada.
Plot: alcoholism, alcoholic, self destructing, couples, intoxication, marriage, beer, spirit, drug addiction, toxic, drug, fuel
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Homefront (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright works as a house painter. One family he paints a house for has a problem he can relate to: Elaine, a woman who hired him, left his husband J.P., also a Vietnam vet while he was in 'Nam, and J.P. became an ...
Style: independent film
Plot: house painter, vietnam war, commitment, alcoholic, family relations, vietnam veteran, waitress, alcoholism, parent child relationship, guitarist, post war, mansion ...
Place: beverly hills, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 4.4
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Run This Town (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After graduation, Bram gets his dream job at a local newspaper. In his mind he’s the next Woodward (but he’s probably more of a Bernstein). A year in, he realizes that maybe the paper business is no longer what he’d seen in the movies. Instead ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, political, aesthetic
Plot: political unrest, newspaper reporter, town mayor, investigative reporter, media, investigative journalism, political intrigue, scandal, workplace, newspaper, investigation, politics ...
Time: 2010s
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51%
Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The friendships held between two families is threatened when one of their sons drowns in the other family's swimming pool.
Plot: babysitting, fishing, loss of son, death of child, death of son, accidental death, neighbor neighbor relationship, family relations, teenage girl, funeral, little boy, boy ...
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51%
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: The film follows one day in the lives of the Tyrone family, each member is troubled and has been damaged by alcohol and/or drugs. In addition, they have issues with each other that lead to fights and an inability to reconcile completely with one ...
Style: tense, talky, depressing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: addiction, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, drug addiction, redemption, family life, actor, alcohol abuse, actor's life, lifestyle, human nature, morphine ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 60s, 1910s, year 1912
Place: connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Style: serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: legal investigation, legal action, ex husband ex wife relationship, courtroom, ex husband, scandal, court, domestic violence, ex wife, showdown, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Eva Nova (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Style: sincere, captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, mother son conflict, group therapy, addiction, female alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged mother, estranged son, manipulative person, rehabilitation, family relations ...
Place: vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Christmas 9 to 5 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. When she goes undercover in a department store as a 9 to 5 sales clerk from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, she finds her true calling ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: christmas, female reporter, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, christmas season, christmas spirit, investigation, journalist, journalism, female journalist, reporter, writers ...
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49%
 4.7
 20
The Healing (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: He finally met someone who specialized in damaged hearts. In this stirring drama, a promising young physician slides into alcoholism, following his wife’s tragic death. Having lost everything, he lands in a skid row mission, where he meets some ...
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, faith, clinic, religion, grief, death of wife, drug addict, drunk, alcoholic, religious conversion, bible, drug addiction ...
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47%
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Style: sexy, poignant, realistic, depressing, black and white ...
Plot: addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, alcoholics anonymous, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, recovery, love, drinking, drunk, drug addiction, secretary ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, usa, texas, california, houston texas
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47%
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A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for mentally retarded children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: teaching, school, teachers and students, mentally challenged, human spirit, hopes, dedicated educator, youth, medical, orphan, psychopath, christmas ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 60s, year 1959
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Runner (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, tense, political
Plot: husband wife relationship, politician, sex scandal, woman, reputation, society, dishonesty, chase, politics, oil company, oil, female nudity ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, washington d.c., new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 3.3
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Broken Dolls (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A former European actor Don Martin has retired with his disjointed "family" to his own private island, "The Paradise." After a few years, the entire group has disintegrated into shameless, selfish & dishonest ...
Style: erotic
Plot: madness, making love, sex scene, island, dysfunctional family, isolation, inheritance, shakespeare, female nudity, husband wife relationship, boat, sex ...
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46%
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Chez Nous (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A stripper from Club Chez Nous is murdered. The killer contacts a newspaper to whitewash himself. Two journalists start to investigate the case and stumble on other crimes along the way.
Plot: prostitution, sex club, eel, female nudity, murder, lawyer, journalist, tabloid, storyteller
Place: eastern europe
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46%
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 228
South of Reno (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.
Style: independent film
Plot: rural area, bare chested male, going insane, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, gossip, motel, loneliness, wife leaves husband, loser, cheating wife, boredom ...
Place: reno nevada
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46%
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 2K
I'm Not Here (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, sincere, touching, rough
Plot: redemption, father son relationship, death, storytelling, life is a bitch, fall in love, life & death, life philosophy, loneliness, family relations, betrayal, friendship ...
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44%
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The Swimmer (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the summer. He reappears at a friend's pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim the whole valley. As he stops in ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, serious, surreal, depressing ...
Plot: midlife crisis, swimming pool, swimming, swimmer, surrealism, nudist, neighbor, existentialism, life philosophy, character study, social relations, neighborhood ...
Time: 60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place: connecticut, usa
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43%
Shattered Spirits (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Martin Sheen plays an alcoholic father who loses his family.
Style: spiritual, contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: alcoholic, drinking, recovery, substance abuse, family relations, alcohol abuse, downfall, love and romance, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time: 80s
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43%
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White Girl (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find themselves in an ethnic minority. Daughter Leah must adapt to being the only white girl at school.
Audience: teens
Plot: islam, muslim, hijab, domestic violence, alcoholic, racism, alcoholism, abusive husband
Place: england, yorkshire
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42%
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Drunks (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, ...
Style: independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, drug addiction, drug, addiction, alcohol abuse, drinking, recovery, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, drug addict, heroin ...
Time: 90s
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41%
Under the Volcano (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in ...
Style: atmospheric, depressing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, alcoholism, depression, dysfunctional family, addiction, greed, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, one day ...
Time: 1930s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.5
 122
Actor Martinez (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Dreaming of fame and fortune, a local Denver performer hires two indie filmmakers to come to town and make a film with him as the star.
Style: meta
Plot: actor
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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