20 movies like WUSA, ordered by similarity : I'm Reed Fish(2007), Billboard(2019), Talk to Me(2007), Talk Radio(1988), The David Dance(2014), My Woman(1933), JFK(1991), Clear and Present Danger(1994), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), Un Mauvais Fils(1980), Vaya(2016), Yellow Earth(1984) ...
Drama
USA
1970
115 Minutes
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Anthony Perkins Laurence Harvey Pat Hingle Don Gordon Michael Anderson Jr. Leigh French Bruce Cabot Cloris Leachman Moses Gunn
announcer girlfriend social worker preacher assassin gripping uneasy powerful new orleans radio station political rally political unrest conspiracy radio racial tension patriotism discovery temptation 1970s
A radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
2007
93 Minutes
Jay Baruchel Alexis Bledel Schuyler Fisk Victor Rasuk D.J. Qualls A.J. Cook Katey Sagal Chris Parnell
friend radio host fiancée high-school crush father radio station manager amusing touching playful quirky small town radio station countryside bar church house father/son relationship small-town life radio marriage
As he is about to be married to the sweetheart of his small town, Reed Fish's (Jay Baruchel) life turns upside down with an old flame's return.
Drama
USA
2019
90 Minutes
John Robinson Heather Matarazzo Eric Roberts Leo Fitzpatrick Alice Wills Michael Fegley Cristina Lucas Tissot Kristyn Koczur
radio station manager contestant radio personality police officer entrepreneur bleak emotional intricate endearing moving radio station office funeral television studio radio contest family business quest adventure discovery
Times are tough, listener-ship is down and Casey needs to come up with a plan to save his radio station, WTYT 960, and fast! Casey's grand plan is to host a billboard sitting contest, where... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Don Cheadle Chiwetel Ejiofor Taraji P. Henson Martin Sheen Cedric Kyles Peter MacNeill Richard Chevolleau Martin Randez Sean MacMahon
radio host girlfriend brother competitor producer inmate engaging inspiring incredible radio station washington, d.c. social commentary unlikely hero radio race relations friendship activism rise discovery transformation
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Drama
USA|Canada
1988
110 Minutes
Eric Bogosian Alec Baldwin Ellen Greene Leslie Hope John C. McGinley John Pankow Michael Wincott Linda Atkinson
radio host ex-wife neo-nazi boss dark tense gripping radio station dallas media anti-semitism controversy murder radio wretched excess fall 1980s
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2014
108 Minutes
Don Scime Guy Adkins Antoinette LaVecchia Jordan Baker Tonye Patano Lauren Lopes Andrea Andolina Jim Hanley
radio host gay man sister orphan partner listener brooding emotional intense buffalo, n.y. radio station bar apartment forest car self-discovery adoption mentorship love trust
David, the host of a local gay radio show in Buffalo, New York, struggles with self-doubt when his single sister asks him to be the father figure for her soon to be adopted Brazilian child.... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
76 Minutes
Helen Twelvetrees Victor Jory Wallace Ford Claire Dodd Warren Hymer Raymond Brown Hobart Cavanaugh Charles Levison Ralph Freud William Jeffrey Lester Crawford
vaudevillian dancer radio star songwriter wife radio station manager melodramatic spirited tender new york city vaudeville show radio station nightclub panama show business radio performers self-destruction marital problems love triangle fame
Spirited singer and dancer Connie (Helen Twelvetrees) charms a radio station executive, John Bradley (Victor Jory), when he spots her performing in a Panama nightclub. Connie hits it off ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA|France
1991
189 Minutes
Kevin Costner Sissy Spacek Joe Pesci Tommy Lee Jones Gary Oldman Jay O. Sanders Michael Rooker Laurie Metcalf Gary Grubbs John Candy Jack Lemmon
district attorney assassin businessman informant wife passionate spirited new orleans washington, d.c. dallas courtroom conspiracy assassination deception political intrigue historical events trial mystery discovery 1960s
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1994
141 Minutes
Harrison Ford Willem Dafoe Anne Archer Joaquim de Almeida Henry Czerny Harris Yulin Donald Moffat Miguel Sandoval Benjamin Bratt Raymond Cruz Dean Jones
cia agent secret agent drug lord president admiral daughter intense patriotic thrilling suspenseful washington, d.c. south america colombia government offices jungle boat drug cartel assassination conspiracy cia
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Drama
France
1980
110 Minutes
Patrick Dewaere Yves Robert Brigitte Fossey Jacques Dufilho Claire Maurier Andre Julien Sandra Montaigu Dominique Briand
ex-convict father girlfriend mistress friend disheartening powerful france construction site bookstore airport kitchen father/son relationship starting over drug addiction argument affair work love temptation
Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.
Drama
South Africa
2016
115 Minutes
Phuthi Nakene Sihle Xaba Harriet Manamela Zimkhitha Nyoka Mncedisi Shabangu Emmanuel Nkosinathi Gweva Warren Masemola Nomonde Mbusi Azwile Chamane-Madiba Msimang Sibusiso Jabulani Mthembu
stranger family south african man rival friend gripping emotional heartwarming shocking powerful johannesburg, south africa city train betrayal survival city life honor family relationships discovery transformation
Three people board the train bound for Johannesburg. Strangers, each on their own mission, with a simple task to complete and in search of family to help them. But when they are betrayed by... See full summary »
Drama
China
1984
89 Minutes
Xue Bai Wang Xueqi Tan Tuo Quiang Liu
peasant soldier communist girl solemn powerful striking gripping china countryside village poverty cultural revolution arranged marriage freedom folk music discovery escape 1930s
'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Italy
1980
95 Minutes
Brinsley Forde Karl Howman Trevor Laird Brian Bovell Victor Romero Archie Pool Mel Smith Beverly Michaels Maggie Steed Bill Moody Stefan Kalipha
dj mc friend girlfriend neighbor cool disheartening emotional engaging gritty melancholy moving offbeat profound raw spirited uneasy london united kingdom black culture
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Ireland|UK
2019
86 Minutes
middle-aged man homosexual family married man gripping gritty engaging intense dublin docks ireland discovery homosexuality loss of job loss of hope vulnerability discovery escape fall temptation
Colm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
2018
141 Minutes
Zhao Tao Liao Fan Feng Xiaogang Diao Yi-nan Zheng Xu Zhang Yibai
gang leader girlfriend gang members boyfriend ex-girlfriend bleak cool disheartening gripping intense uneasy china sacrifice gangsters relationships china chinese triad fall sacrifice 2010s
In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Drama
UK
2013
91 Minutes
Conner Chapman Shaun Thomas Sean Gilder Steve Evets Lorraine Ashbourne Siobhan Finneran Ian Burfield Ralph Ineson Rebecca Manley Elliott Tittensor Rhys McCoy
friend teenager high-school student bleak cheeky confident crafty raw shocking spirited uneasy wild united kingdom new job illegal activity crime discovery growing up quest temptation
Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
India
2017
150 Minutes
Rana Daggubati Kay Kay Menon Atul Kulkarni Om Puri Nassar Rahul Singh Milind Gunaji Tapsee Pannu Satyadev Kancharana Bharath Reddy Kunal Kaushik
indian pakistani navy pilot ship captain indian agent refugee inspiring intense gripping patriotic passionate spirited house naval base ship submarine patriotism mission conspiracy danger
A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France|Germany
2009
129 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans Nick Frost Kenneth Branagh Tom Sturridge Chris O'Dowd Tom Brooke Rhys Darby Will Adamsdale Katherine Parkinson
radio dj sweetheart hysterical hedonistic inspiring melodramatic amusing powerful fishing boat north sea bedroom ship boat radio station free speech rebellion rock 'n' roll relationships desire rivalry
A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.