Movies like Cobweb
If Cobweb's mix of movie business, 1970s and film in film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Cobweb's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dolemite Is My Name
2019 · Directed by Craig Brewer · 118 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: movie business, 1970s, filmmaking · Also drama and comedy
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
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The Other Side of the Wind
2018 · Directed by Orson Welles · 122 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, film in film, director
At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what…
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 162 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: movie business, filmmaking · Also comedy and drama
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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Babylon
2022 · Directed by Damien Chazelle · 189 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: movie business, filmmaking · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2020s)
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the…
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Boogie Nights
1997 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 156 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · 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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Saturday Night
2024 · Directed by Jason Reitman · 109 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (2020s)
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of…
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Blow
2001 · Directed by Ted Demme · 124 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.