Movies like The Apprentice
If The Apprentice's mix of rape, corruption and aids stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Apprentice's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 180 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, 1980s · Also drama and comedy
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.
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Boogie Nights
1997 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 156 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, 1980s · Also drama and comedy
In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: aids, 1970s, 1980s
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics.
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Black Mass
2015 · Directed by Scott Cooper · 123 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, 1980s · Also drama and history
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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The Color Purple
1985 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 154 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: rape · Also drama and history
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
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The Godfather Part II
1974 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 202 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: blackmail, lawyer
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and…
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The Squid and the Whale
2005 · Directed by Noah Baumbach · 81 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: 1980s · Also comedy and drama
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Directed by David Fincher · 166 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: funeral, father son relationship
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse.
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The Angel
2018 · Directed by Ariel Vromen · 114 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: politics · Also drama and history
True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century.
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My Friend Dahmer
2017 · Directed by Marc Meyers · 107 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also history and drama
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004 · Directed by Niels Mueller · 95 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: corruption · Also drama and history
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew.