20 best movies like The Front Page (1974)


List of the best movies like The Front Page (1974): The Front Page, Hot Bot, Thanks for Sharing, Good Sam, Baywatch, Mad Dogs, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Never Been Kissed, Destry Rides Again, American Crude.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.

Markimdb: 3.3
Genrefantastic, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:32

Hot Bot is the hilarious journey of two sexually repressed and unpopular teenage geeks who accidentally discover a life-like super-model sex bot (Bardot).

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

A news reporter looks into who has been anonymously leaving large cash gifts on random doorsteps in New York.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
Duration02:16

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.

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
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: 7.6
Genrecomedy, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA

Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his best friend Bill the events of the day take a bizarre turn. As the festivities get underway, the appearance of a transvestite prostitute, a trigger-happy ex-con, and a notorious porn king signal that this isn't going to be a typical night out.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:00

    Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s “The Lost Generation,” Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman, Chenaults and her fiancée Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

    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: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

    FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Iran, USA
    Duration01:40

    Orson Welles' unfinished masterpiece, restored and assembled based on Welles' own notes. During the last 15 years of his life, Welles, who died in 1985, worked obsessively on the film, which chronicles a temperamental film director—much like him—who is battling with the Hollywood establishment to finish an iconoclastic work.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, short, detective
    CountryUSA, Italy
    Duration02:36

    Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Jack and his buddy Ben check in at a posh Florida resort, planning to spend every hour in hot pursuit of gorgeous babes. But their plans hit a major detour when they try to bed the wife of a conniving jewel thief. They'll have to outsmart him, a nasty security guard and an obnoxious jock if they're ever going to get a moment alone with the girls of their dreams!

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
    CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
    Duration02:11

      Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:14

      Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration02:25

      The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryArgentina, USA

      In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Christmas is approaching, and Paul's adopted sister Alana is coming home for the holidays. This won't be just a regular family celebration, as she's recently engaged and the weekend will be spent planning her June wedding with her best friends Roy and Vicki. Problem is that Roy is Paul's ex-boyfriend, and the two young men haven't seen each other since their very messy breakup. Nervous about seeing his ex again, Roy talks his good friend Gavin into joining him for the weekend, and pretending to be his new boyfriend. When Paul and Gavin meet, sparks of attraction fly, but Gavin thinks Roy's still hung up on Paul. This charming romantic comedy is a funny look at family bonds, misunderstandings and the "perfect wedding

      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: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:01

      Determined not to turn into her parents, or be drawn into any relationship longer than a one night stand, Zoe constantly struggles with her failing business and love life. Then she falls in love for the first time with Paul. But there's one problem: Paul is married.

      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: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:33

      Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

      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: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have the best opinion about females anyway, writes an offensive column without researching the subject thoroughly.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is called into question.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:39

      Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a "fun mom dinner". When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely new friends realize they have more in common than just marriage and motherhood.

      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: 4.8
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA

      Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they’ll need to rely on luck – and patience – to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance

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      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountrySpain

      Bea is a successful architect who lives in Barcelona (Catalonia, northeast to Spain) with her boyfriend and boss, Víctor, a CEO of an important company. During a night celebration of an important contract signed to make a skyscraper designed by Bea, in the bar appears the famous TV reporter and anchorwoman Rebecca Ramos, Victor's personal erotic fantasy. Not measuring the consequences of her actions due to the alcohol she drank, Bea makes a meeting between Víctor and Rebecca. When to the next day she wakes up, Víctor proposes to wed Bea and she accepts, but after she arrives to the job, Bea learns about a videotape where Víctor and Rebecca make the love in a car that it's in all TV channels. In front of all CEOs during a full meeting, Bea slaps Víctor and destroys her design, being fired from the job. Looking for a break, she travels her natal coastal town, Santa Clara, just to discover that her rest isn't so easy as it seems: her eccentric, free-spirited and eternal smiling mother ...

      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: 4.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      'Divorce Invitation' centers on Mike Christian, a happily married man who runs into his high school sweetheart Alex, and after all these years, sparks still fly. When Mike is determined Alex is his true soul mate, he realizes he has a huge problem-he signed an iron-clad pre-nuptial agreement and his wife will not let him out of the marriage

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      Terrence J. stars as Charlie, a playboy who's convinced that relationships are dead. His two best friends, Donald Faison and Robert C. Riley, bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he's bound to get attached. Charlie denies this until he crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva, played by singer/actress Cassie. They may agree to a casual affair, but eventually Charlie is questioning whether he may actually want more.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration02:35

      Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

      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: 5.1
      Genrecomedy, sport
      CountryUSA

      An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
      Duration02:38

      Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

      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.




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