Movies like Singin' in the Rain
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Singin' in the Rain. Explore films such as Sunset Boulevard, Funny Girl, and Some Like It Hot, around the themes of movie studio, 1920s, film within a film. Other notable keywords include femme fatale and hollywood california.
#1
Sunset Boulevard
Synopsis:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Starring:
Franklyn Farnum,
Fred Clark,
William Holden
#2
Funny Girl
Synopsis:
The story of the life of comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her second husband, Nick Arnstein.
Starring:
Anne Francis,
Omar Sharif,
Walter Pidgeon
#3
Some Like It Hot
Synopsis:
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Starring:
Nehemiah Persoff,
Marilyn Monroe,
Pat O’Brien
Plot:
sex comedy,
comedy of errors,
disguise,
all girl band,
cross dressing,
friendship,
gang,
buddy comedy,
buddy movie,
musician
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#4
All About Eve
Synopsis:
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and p…
Starring:
George Sanders,
Anne Baxter,
Bette Davis
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#5
8½
Synopsis:
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Starring:
Barbara Steele,
Caterina Boratto,
Marcello Mastroianni
Plot:
film director,
adultery,
surrealism,
man wears eyeglasses,
mistress,
spa,
actress,
whip,
egotism,
telepathy
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#6
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#7
Imitation of Life
Synopsis:
Lora Meredith, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson, a black single mother. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Susie, while Lora pursues her stage career. Both women deal with the difficulties of motherhood: Lora's thirst for fame threatens her relationship with Susie, while Annie's light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, struggles with…
Starring:
Dan O'Herlihy,
Lana Turner,
John Gavin
Plot:
african american,
housekeeper,
light skinned black,
race relations,
melodrama,
actress,
star,
maid,
girl,
tween girl
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#8
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Synopsis:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins,
Christopher Lloyd,
Charles Fleischer
#9
The Bodyguard
Synopsis:
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
Starring:
Tomas Arana,
Kevin Costner,
Ralph Waite
#10
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Synopsis:
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
Starring:
Margot Robbie,
Brad Pitt,
Leonardo DiCaprio
Plot:
place in title,
violence,
film within a film,
dog,
teenage girl,
murder,
movie theater,
1960s,
actress,
los angeles california
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#11
Interview with the Vampire
Synopsis:
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Starring:
Thandiwe Newton,
Brad Pitt,
Kirsten Dunst
Plot:
vampire,
gothic,
immortality,
betrayal,
interview,
guilt,
dark hero,
night,
death,
same sex parents
...
#12
Death on the Nile
Synopsis:
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
Starring:
Sophie Okonedo,
Kenneth Branagh,
Gal Gadot
Plot:
sequel,
detective,
murder,
murder investigation,
egypt,
hercule poirot character,
belgian,
title same as book,
boat,
river
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#13
Angel Heart
Synopsis:
Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Charlotte Rampling,
Mickey Rourke
#14
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
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#15
Citizen Kane
Synopsis:
Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Starring:
Ray Collins,
Agnes Moorehead,
Orson Welles
Plot:
newspaper publisher,
rosebud,
new york,
narcissism,
materialism,
suicide attempt,
adultery,
new york city,
marriage,
journalist
...
#16
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#17
Spider-Man 3
Synopsis:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Kirsten Dunst
#18
(500) Days of Summer
Synopsis:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Zooey Deschanel,
Chloë Grace Moretz
#19
Meet Me in St. Louis
Synopsis:
In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.
Starring:
Judy Garland,
Harry Davenport,
Margaret O'Brien
#20
Mamma Mia!
Synopsis:
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island is about to marry off the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But, the daughter has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her biological father.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Julie Walters,
Stellan Skarsgård
Plot:
bride,
jukebox musical,
wedding,
playing against type,
greece,
band,
architect,
triple f rated,
f rated,
female protagonist
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