20 movies like I Was a Communist for the F.B.I., ordered by similarity : Thirst(1957), Dangerous Liaisons(1959), Alléluia(2014), City for Conquest(1940), Bad Times at the El Royale(2018), Girl With a Pearl Earring(2003), Renoir(2012), Hotel(1967), Murder at the Gallop(1963), Early Summer(1951), You Only Live Once(1937), Storm Center(1956) ...
Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Frank Lovejoy Dorothy Hart Philip Carey Richard Webb James Millican Ron Hagerthy Paul Picerni Frank Gerstle Russ Conway Hope Kramer Kasia Orzazekski
undercover agent communist brother woman chief patriotic spirited passionate melodramatic hotel pittsburgh courtroom apartment undercover operations mccarthyism communism paranoia new identity deception sacrifice
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage boy thinks he's a real Red.
Drama
1957
146 Minutes
poet prostitute ex-girlfriend publisher homeless person brother charming emotional melodramatic india art fame mistaken identity poetry escape love rivalry 1950s
Drama
1959
108 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Valérie Annette Vadim Simone Renant Jean-Louis Trintignant
husband wife beautiful woman boyfriend mistress lover passionate tense sultry melodramatic paris ski resort france apartment love triangle infidelity schemes reputation lust jealousy
Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Belgium|France
2014
93 Minutes
Lola Dueñas Laurent Lucas Héléna Noguerra Edith Le Merdy Anne-Marie Loop Stéphane Bissot David Murgia Renaud Rutten
woman gigolo man lover murder victim murderer emotional shocking passionate gory france online dating sex passion prostitution love rivalry sacrifice fall 2010s
Fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
Drama
USA
1940
101 Minutes
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Frank Craven Donald Crisp Frank McHugh Arthur Kennedy
boxer dancer girlfriend younger brother truck driver composer uplifting gripping gritty melodramatic new york city lower east side carnegie hall boxing ring apartment boxing self-sacrifice aspirations corruption blindness
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
141 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Cynthia Erivo Jon Hamm Dakota Johnson Cailee Spaeny Lewis Pullman Chris Hemsworth Nick Offerman
stranger singer cleric salesman sister manager thrilling sultry gory unrestrained uneasy dark hotel hotel room living room california nevada lake tahoe rivalry mysterious strangers
Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
Biography, Drama
UK|Luxembourg|France|Belgium|USA
2003
99 Minutes
Colin Firth Scarlett Johansson Tom Wilkinson Judy Parfitt Cillian Murphy Essie Davis Joanna Scanlan Alakina Mann
painter maid patron jealous woman butcher melodramatic passionate intricate netherlands artist's studio shop street painting obsession vulnerability art class distinctions forbidden love rivalry temptation
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Drama
France
2012
111 Minutes
Michel Bouquet Christa Théret Vincent Rottiers Thomas Doret Michèle Gleizer Laurent Poitrenaux Solène Rigot Hervé Briaux
artist painter young woman son beautiful woman sick person engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative house spain relationships jealousy romance creative process art family
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ... See full summary »
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1963
81 Minutes
Margaret Rutherford Robert Morley Flora Robson Charles "Bud" Tingwell Stringer Davis Duncan Lamont
miss marple recluse art expert heir doctor tense spirited charming household hotel stadium england murder family art mystery 1950s
When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Drama
USA
1956
85 Minutes
Bette Davis Brian Keith Kim Hunter Paul Kelly Joe Mantell Kevin Coughlin Sally Brophy Howard Wierum
widow librarian attorney assistant girlfriend townsperson inspiring passionate powerful small town united states library courtroom new england censorship mccarthyism communism ethics betrayal book banning
During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
Animation, Drama
Germany|Austria
2017
96 Minutes
iranian citizen prostitute beautiful woman musician friend lover emotional passionate melodramatic engaging heartwarming spirited iran tehran, iran iranian society religious traditions attraction friendship family honor secrets
In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.
Drama
Brazil|France
2016
145 Minutes
Sonia Braga Maeve Jinkings Humberto Carrão Carla Ribas Zoraide Coleto Irandhir Santos Allan Souza Lima Buda Lira Pedro Queiroz Germano Melo Fernando Teixeira
resident woman saber-toothed cat survivor developer maid intense engaging heartwarming melodramatic emotional moving brazil apartment apartment building cancer refuse bullying real estate money
Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
61 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Allene Roberts Marjorie Riordan Lisa Golm Ed Tracy Stuart Randall Angela Stevens Tom Hubbard Eddie Foster O.Z. Whitehead Richard Barron
criminal brother prisoner young woman disturbing intense profound brooding raw prison gas station car crime suicide car theft unwanted pregnancy brother relationship lie rivalry revenge
Paroled sociopath career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
90 Minutes
Gary McCleery Margaret Klenck John Sayles Martin Donovan John Seitz John Snyder
teen boy prisoner social worker brother judge woman powerful tense emotional passionate tennessee jail florida courtroom store car murder case court battles juvenile crime jailbreak
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is... See full summary »
Drama
France
1959
112 Minutes
Gérard Blain Jean-Claude Brialy Claude Cerval Geneviève Cluny Guy Decomble Corrado Guarducci Michèle Méritz Juliette Mayniel Stéphane Audran Paul Bisciglia Jeanne Perez
college student ladies' man cousin pretty woman friend gripping bleak cool paris party apartment love triangle city life disillusionment troubled youth family rivalry fall sacrifice 1950s
A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.
Biography, Music, Drama
USA
2015
147 Minutes
O'Shea Jackson Jr. Corey Hawkins Jason Mitchell Neil Brown Jr. Aldis Hodge Marlon Yates Jr. R. Marcos Taylor Alexandra Shipp Paul Giamatti Elena Goode Keith Powers
rapper manager fan rival woman gang member brash brooding intense south central house recording studio street car restaurant gangs hip-hop business friendship rivalry
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Drama, Action
Germany
2017
91 Minutes
Ella Rumpf Maria-Victoria Dragus Enno Trebs Orce Feldschau Swiss Benjamin Lutzke Franz Rogowski Ulrik Bruchholz Lana Cooper Robert Gwisdek Franziska Arnold
fighter young woman poor woman villain woman victim bleak intense emotional dark disturbing melodramatic germany relationships fighting rule breaking passion crime love adventure
TIGER gets what she wants. VANILLA does not know what she wants. Apart from one important thing: a uniform. TIGER teach her to bite, and VANILLA tastes blood. So TIGER needs to learn a new rule: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
Drama
USA
1952
90 Minutes
John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg Gayne Whitman Hal Baylor Robert Keyes Hans Conried John Hubbard Gordon Jones
investigator communist psychiatrist secretary partner spirited confident patriotic hawaii doctor's office hospital communism crime espionage mccarthyism pursuit revenge 1950s
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.