20 best movies like The Front Page (1931)


List of the best movies like The Front Page (1931): The Front Page, Safety Not Guaranteed, Making a Living, Roxie Hart, The Night Watchmen, I Love Trouble, Bitch, Top Five, Freaky Deaky, Holidays.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, short
CountryUSA

A swindler scams a journalist to get some money and then applies for a job at his newspaper.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:15

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

Three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic battle to save their lives. A mistaken warehouse delivery unleashes a horde of hungry vampires, and these unlikely heroes must not only save themselves but also stop the scourge that threatens to take over the city of Baltimore.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

The provocative tale of a woman who snaps under crushing life pressures and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog. Her philandering, absentee husband is forced to become reacquainted with his four children and sister-in-law as they attempt to keep the family together during this bizarre crisis.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
Duration01:39

An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

An action-packed horror comedy, BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS stars Fran Kranz as Evan, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evans world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal). When his office mates start going through disturbing changes, Evan must find a way to stop the evil brewing admist the cubicles, and rescue his workplace pals before his life and career go from dead-end... to just dead.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

7 girls and 1 fab gay guy plan a getaway to a remote ranch for a week of gossip and grub. They start off where they always do, old rivalries in place, extreme vanity covering great insecurities, but with a true love for each other underneath the bickering, sniping and sassing. A number of drinks into night one and a dark secret is revealed. The house they rented is the site of a mass murder of teenage girls 15 years earlier. Blood still stains the floors under replacement carpets. The killer still runs free. The girls take it for what it seems - a fun story for a rainy night by a roaring fire. But after one of them disappears and is discovered dead, the story doesn't seem so fun anymore. 1 by 1, they die, killed by their own vanity. The fun-filled week turns into a race against death. Who will make it out alive?

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:14

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller, comedy
CountryUSA

Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA

A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genreaction, comedy
CountryUSA

Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:32

Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:06

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA

Anne is married to a small-town Minister and feels her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a brutal and bloody encounter with "The Master", she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. However, these changes come with a heavy body count and a toll on her marriage.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc has orders to kill Val, and time is running out for him to figure out a way out of his dilemma.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration03:10

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy
CountryDenmark
Duration01:40

Thomas, former successful stand up comedian will do anything to get back on the top. Unfortunately at the same time his teenage daughter demands his whole attention threatening the comeback he wants so badly...

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Argentina
Duration02:24

Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the famous family in order to save her job, or trust that she's falling in love for real? Stars Patricia Richardson and Katrina Law.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward (Donald Faison) most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems — like how to dispose of the body and still make their 3 p.m. tee time. Scott Foley's directorial debut, also starring Foley, Patrick Wilson, Amy Acker, and Nicolette Sheridan, is a blackly comic caper about helping a friend out of a bad relationship by any means necessary.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

    Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant in this black comedy.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general election. Based on a true story.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    What happens when three sets of BFF's become enemies?

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Two inept, small-town Sheriff's Deputies catch an escaped prisoner that they believe was wrongly convicted.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Two French Canadian ne’er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sofia travel on an epic urban adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high stakes heist, and a beautiful, stoned girl whose necklace is literally their key to becoming the biggest writers in the City.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

      On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. With the support of his loyal intimates - Kirby, Saul, and his sister, Izzy – Charles begins a delirious journey of self-reflection to try and come to terms with a life without Ivana. "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is an unconventional melodrama told in a bold and playful style.




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