Movies like Bombshell
If Bombshell's mix of newspaper, publicity and paparazzi stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Bombshell's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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It Happened One Night
1934 · Directed by Frank Capra · 105 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: newspaper, screwball comedy, pre-code · Also comedy and romance · From the same decade (1930s)
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
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Design for Living
1933 · Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 91 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Isabel Jewell · Shares: pre-code · Also comedy and romance · From the same decade (1930s)
Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.
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Starstruck
2010 · Directed by Michael Grossman · 80 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: paparazzi, celebrity · Also romance and comedy
Pop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's…
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 162 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: celebrity, hollywood, old hollywood
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.
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Notting Hill
1999 · Directed by Roger Michell · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: paparazzi, movie star · Also romance and comedy
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
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The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Directed by George Cukor · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: screwball comedy · Also comedy and romance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Pillow Talk
1959 · Directed by Michael Gordon · 102 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: screwball comedy · Also comedy and romance
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines.