20 movies like Valley of the Dolls, ordered by similarity : La môme(2007), Three on a Match(1932), Sid & Nancy(1986), Ben Is Back(2018), Dreamgirls(2006), The Hard Way(1942), The Sisters(1938), Boogie Nights(1997), The Favourite(2018), Frank(2014), Barracuda(2017), Clouds of Sils Maria(2014) ...
Drama
USA
1967
123 Minutes
Barbara Parkins Patty Duke Sharon Tate Paul Burke Tony Scotti Martin Milner Charles Drake Alex Davion Lee Grant Naomi Stevens Robert H. Harris
secretary singer actress attorney husband sister melodramatic fiery unrestrained new england new york city law office stage studio broadway friendship addiction marriage drug addiction suicide
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Biography, Drama
France|UK|Czech Republic
2007
140 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Clotilde Courau Jean-Paul Rouve Sylvie Testud Pascal Greggory Jean-Pierre Martins Emmanuelle Seigner Gérard Depardieu Catherine Allégret Caroline Sihol Alban Casterman
friend singer musician grandmother club owner boxer engaging melodramatic incredible spectacular brothel normandy, france street hollywood, calif. city nightclub music edith piaf troubled childhood friendship
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Drama
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Warren William Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Bette Davis Lyle Talbot Humphrey Bogart Patricia Ellis Grant Mitchell Sheila Terry Glenda Farrell
mother lawyer actress secretary mobster husband melodramatic tense new york city school household kidnapping friendship marital problems drug addiction mafia fall temptation transformation love
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Biography, Drama, History
1986
111 Minutes
Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Andrew Schofield Debby Bishop Tony London Perry Benson Gloria LeRoy
bassist singer girlfriend drug addict manager amusing shocking bleak london new york city stage apartment love-hate relationship drug addiction culture clash punk rock touring fall wretched excess love
Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
Musical, Drama
USA
2006
131 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Beyoncé Knowles Eddie Murphy Jennifer Hudson Anika Noni Rose Keith Robinson Hinton Battle Sharon Leal Danny Glover John Lithgow Dawnn Lewis
singer manager love interest friend doctor reporter emotional melodramatic new york city stage theater cemetery las vegas fame friendship betrayal divorce music christmas rise
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Drama
USA
1942
109 Minutes
Ida Lupino Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie Jack Carson Gladys George Faye Emerson Paul Cavanagh Leona Maricle Roman Bohnen Ray Montgomery Jacqueline Wells
singer sister band leader dancer somber sad dark broadway theater stage new york city small town sister relationship fame success singing love triangle rise fall 1940s
Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
Drama
USA
1997
152 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Burt Reynolds Julianne Moore John C. Reilly Don Cheadle Heather Graham Luis Guzman Philip Seymour Hoffman William H. Macy Alfred Molina Philip Baker Hall
porn star filmmaker mother husband wife creative unrestrained offbeat san fernando valley nightclub mansion las vegas california ambition fame addiction show business pornography infidelity rise
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Comedy, Drama
Ireland|UK|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Olivia Colman Rachel Weisz Emma Stone Nicholas Hoult Joe Alwyn James Smith Mark Gatiss Jenny Rainsford Liam Fleming Carolyn Saint-Pé John Locke
queen friend servant amusing spirited melodramatic emotional uneasy tense mansion england castle parlor dining room royalty royal life leadership rivalry quantrill's raiders rise
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Drama, Comedy
2014
95 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Domhnall Gleeson Maggie Gyllenhaal Scoot McNairy Carla Azar François Civil
songwriter suicidal person musician mentally ill person dark amusing small town concert stage england ireland texas musicians band rise to fame suicide mask rise fall 21st century
An aspiring musician (Domhnall Gleeson) finds himself way out of his element after he joins a pop group led by an enigmatic figure (Michael Fassbender) who wears a giant fake head.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Poland
2017
100 Minutes
Allison Tolman Julia Halperin Sophie Reid JoBeth Williams Luis Bordonada Larry Jack Dotson Angelo Dylen Tanner Beard Monique Straw
sister father singer husband mother boy brooding eerie dark creepy disturbing thrilling texas house yard lake cemetery bar long-lost relatives sister relationship
A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.
Drama
France|Germany|Switzerland
2014
123 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Kristen Stewart Chloë Grace Moretz Lars Eidinger Johnny Flynn Angela Winkler Hanns Zischler Aljoscha Stadelmann Luise Berndt Gilles Tschudi Benoït Peverelli
actress rival producer young woman intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful inspiring switzerland theater stage swiss alps acting fame jealousy youth versus age competition rise fall
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Drama
Norway
2006
105 Minutes
Anders Danielsen Lie Espen Klouman Høiner Viktoria Winge Henrik Elvestad Christian Rubeck Odd-Magnus Williamson Pal Stokka Henrik Mestad
friend girlfriend writer author disheartening melodramatic amusing city apartment party ocean norway stage success friendship writing rejection jealousy mental breakdown quest
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1929
70 Minutes
Rod La Rocque Barbara Stanwyck William "Stage" Boyd Betty Bronson Harry Stubbs Harry Mestayer Mack Swain ZaSu Pitts George Bunny
secretary lawyer womanizer sister-in-law son father melodramatic frenetic heartwarming speakeasy office mansion new york state hotel ship sexism bribery marriage accidental death sister relationship
On her first anniversary Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character from her own past, and determines to intervene.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Catherine Keener Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Rebecca Hall Ann Morgan Guilbert Sarah Steele Lois Smith Thomas Ian Nicholas
husband wife teen girl young woman sister grandmother quirky hysterical melodramatic new york city apartment antique shop conflict of interest infidelity teen angst business husband/wife relationship guilt transformation wretched excess
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Comedy, Drama
2004
99 Minutes
Carmine Famiglietti Michael Aronov Miriam Shor Sharon Angela Susan Varon Fil Formicola Lou Martini Jr. Patrick Michael Buckley Sophia Antonini Gino Cafarelli
obese person drug addict childhood friend mother sister brother-in-law amusing offbeat brooklyn, n.y. upstate new york trailer restaurant wilderness family home obesity discipline friendship family addiction compulsive eating
An obese man (Carmine Famiglietti) moves away from home and into the woods in a bid to lose weight and beat his addiction to food.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|USA
2019
118 Minutes
Renée Zellweger Jessie Buckley Finn Wittrock Rufus Sewell Gemma-Leah Devereux Michael Gambon Bella Ramsey Andy Nyman Gaia Weiss Philippe Spall Fenella Woolgar
actress singer friend fan musician husband confident emotional dreamy moving film set hotel stage nightclub stardom fame dealing with fame rise love growing up
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
2004
153 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Regina King Clifton Powell Aunjanue Ellis Harry Lennix Terrence Howard Larenz Tate Bokeem Woodbine Sharon Warren Curtis Armstrong
mother wife mistress manager blues singer emotional inspiring passionate seattle family home florida stage nightclub jazz addiction poverty music industry blindness growing up rise
Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and becomes an American music legend.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Emma Thompson Mindy Kaling John Lithgow Hugh Dancy Reid Scott Denis O'Hare Max Casella Paul Walter Hauser John Early Luke Slattery Ike Barinholtz
talk show host writer co-worker friend amusing hilarious cheeky inspiring uplifting new york city television studio office stage women comedy unlikely allies unlikely friendship friendship working woman transformation
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.