His Girl Friday
1940 Comedy, Romance, DramaHildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she's engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can't let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.
Movies like His Girl Friday
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to His Girl Friday. Explore films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, and Candyman, around the themes of reporter, newspaper editor, newspaper. Other notable keywords include mayor and journalist.
#1
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#2
Natural Born Killers
Synopsis:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Jared Harris
Plot:
media,
satire,
controversy,
mass media,
irony,
traumatic childhood,
media exploitation,
pop culture,
television,
murder
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#3
Candyman
Synopsis:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Starring:
Tony Todd,
Vanessa Williams,
Virginia Madsen
Plot:
baby,
legend,
mirror,
urban legend,
urban decay,
bee,
revenge,
fire,
ghetto,
character name as title
...
#4
The Front Page
Synopsis:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Starring:
Susan Sarandon,
Austin Pendleton,
David Wayne
Plot:
chicago illinois,
journalism,
based on play,
screwball comedy,
reporter,
1920s,
prostitute,
taxi,
newspaper editor,
taxi driver
...
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#5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Synopsis:
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Starring:
Walter Catlett,
John Wray,
George Bancroft
#6
Gothika
Synopsis:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further …
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Dorian Harewood,
Halle Berry
#7
Foreign Correspondent
Synopsis:
The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly leads him to the crime of fascism and Nazi Germany's designs on European conquest. In attempting to learn more about a seemingly noble pea…
Starring:
George Sanders,
Joel McCrea,
Laraine Day
#8
The Life of David Gale
Synopsis:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Kate Winslet,
Jim Beaver
#9
The Fugitive
Synopsis:
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Joe Pantoliano,
L. Scott Caldwell
#10
The Dark Knight
Synopsis:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Morgan Freeman,
Christian Bale
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#11
The Battle of Algiers
Synopsis:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Starring:
Jean Martin,
Brahim Hadjadj,
Yacef Saadi
#12
Monster
Synopsis:
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes the United States' first female serial killer.
Starring:
Christina Ricci,
Charlize Theron,
Pruitt Taylor Vince
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#13
Knives Out
Synopsis:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Christopher Plummer,
Chris Evans
#14
Halloween
Synopsis:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Starring:
Judy Greer,
Dylan Arnold,
Virginia Gardner
With the same actors
#15
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Synopsis:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Starring:
Callan Mulvey,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Ben Affleck
#16
A Clockwork Orange
Synopsis:
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity…
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell,
Patrick Magee,
Adrienne Corri
#17
The Last Boy Scout
Synopsis:
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.
Starring:
Noble Willingham,
Bruce Willis,
Bruce McGill
#18
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Synopsis:
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victim…
Starring:
Hugh Griffith,
Alec Guinness,
Valerie Hobson
Plot:
actor playing multiple roles,
great britain,
prison,
murder,
jealousy,
heir,
widow,
edwardian era,
social class,
black comedy
...
#19
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Synopsis:
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Starring:
Zoë Kravitz,
Johnny Depp,
Katherine Waterston
Plot:
magic,
wizard,
suitcase,
based on novel,
magical creature,
urban fantasy,
sorcery,
orphanage,
portal,
spin off
...
#20
Fallen
Synopsis:
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Donald Sutherland,
Robert Joy