20 movies like Play It as It Lays, ordered by similarity : Too Late for Tears(1949), Eyes Wide Shut(1999), The Lady Gambles(1949), Faces(1968), Mommie Dearest(1981), What Price Hollywood?(1932), Desperate(1947), The Dirty Picture(2011), Souls for Sale(1923), They Were Sisters(1945), Roma(2018), 5x2(2004) ...
Drama
USA
1972
99 Minutes
actress director celebrity husband wife producer intense dark powerful sad los angeles movie set las vegas mojave desert nervous breakdown failed romance infidelity career vs. love hollywood escape
A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Lizabeth Scott Don DeFore Dan Duryea Arthur Kennedy Kristine Miller Barry Kelley Denver Pyle Virginia Mullen Richard Irving George Mann Harry J. Vejar
wife husband brother brother-in-law sister-in-law private investigator creepy disturbing shocking suspenseful tense uneasy hollywood hollywood hills apartment car train station money murder greed
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Drama
UK|USA
1999
159 Minutes
Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Sydney Pollack Marie Richardson Rade Serbedzija Todd Field Vinessa Shaw Alan Cumming Sky Dumont Fay Masterson Leelee Sobieski
doctor curator husband wife sexy man sexy woman chilling sultry tense shocking new york city apartment mansion city apartment bedroom street husband/wife relationship sex cult sadomasochism
A New York City doctor embarks on a harrowing, night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife reveals a painful secret to him.
Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Preston Stephen McNally Edith Barrett John Hoyt Elliott Sullivan John Harmon Philip Van Zandt Leif Erickson Houseley Stevenson Tony Curtis
wife husband reporter casino owner gambler sister dark tense sad las vegas casino hotel chicago hospital gambling addiction marriage financial troubles journalism desperation
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Drama
USA
1968
130 Minutes
John Marley Gena Rowlands Lynn Carlin Fred Draper Seymour Cassel Val Avery Dorothy Gulliver Joanne Jordan Darlene Conley Gene Darfler Elizabeth Deering
husband wife mistress businessperson dark disheartening somber sad suburbia los angeles love marriage loneliness aging adultery discovery love temptation 1960s
A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
Biography, Drama
USA
1981
129 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Diana Scarwid Howard da Silva Mara Hobel Rutanya Alda Harry Goz Michael Edwards Jocelyn Brando Priscilla Pointer Joe Abdullah Gary Allen
actress orphan young woman boyfriend studio head reporter melodramatic intense dark los angeles movie set mansion joan crawford family dysfunction failing career alcoholism breakdown doomed romance fall rivalry
The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
Drama
USA
1932
88 Minutes
Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Neil Hamilton Gregory Ratoff Brooks Benedict Louise Beavers Eddie Anderson Bryant Washburn Florence Roberts Gordon De Main Heinie Conklin
actress movie star director producer husband engaging melodramatic hollywood, calif. restaurant movie set france fame movies marital problems alcoholism scandal rise transformation fall 1930s
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Musical, Drama
India
2011
Minutes
Vidya Balan Emraan Hashmi Imran Hasnee Tusshar Kapoor Anju Mahendru Naseeruddin Shah
young woman mother aspiring actress actor director producer emotional endearing disheartening gripping sad moving india city mumbai movie set movie premiere village chasing dreams career aspirations
The love story between an actress and a director, inspired by the life of the late south Indian actress Silk Smitha.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1923
80 Minutes
Eleanor Boardman Mae Busch Barbara La Marr Richard Dix Frank Mayo Lew Cody
minister serial killer wife director actress charles chaplin hilarious frenetic suspenseful small town train hollywood, calif. movie set desert hollywood acting love triangle stalking serial murders stardom
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Drama
UK
1945
110 Minutes
sibling abused wife abusive husband husband wife sith lord disturbing melodramatic emotional small town house hotel unhappy marriage relationships love infidelity father/daughter relationship adultery fall discovery
The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but ... See full summary »
Drama
Mexico|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Yalitza Aparicio Marina de Tavira Marco Graf Fernando Grediaga Daniela Demesa Carlos Peralta Nancy García Jorge Antonio Guerrero Enoc Leaño Diego Cortina Autrey
maid nanny wife husband child lover emotional moving sad tense endearing mexico city house beach shop theater apartment pregnancy family relationships
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Romance, Drama
2004
90 Minutes
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Stéphane Freiss Géraldine Pailhas Françoise Fabian Michael Lonsdale Antoine Chappey Marc Ruchmann Jason Tavassoli Jean-Pol Brissart
husband wife lawyer brother boyfriend dark emotional intense moving house france beach italy resort divorce marriage infidelity pregnancy affair love
Various stages in the relationship between a man (Stéphane Freiss) and his wife (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) lead to their divorce.
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Peter Weller Judy Davis Patrick Bauchau Corbin Bernsen Jonathan Hadary Patricia Heaton Samuel L. Jackson Audra Lindley Paula Marshall Maureen Mueller Tanya Pohlkotte
agent guru husband wife shop owner yuppie brash amusing offbeat dark los angeles shop house desert new age movement self-discovery new life marriage husband/wife relationship open marriage
Episodic story about a yuppie couple who're going broke, and can't decide if they want to stay together - but openly sleep around and experiment with different lifestyles, or not.
Drama
Austria|France|Germany
2012
127 Minutes
Jean-Louis Trintignant Emmanuelle Riva Isabelle Huppert Alexandre Tharaud William Shimell Ramón Agirre Rita Blanco Carole Franck Dinara Droukarova Laurent Capelluto Jean-Michel Monroc
husband wife elderly person daughter janitor tender sad intense france apartment aging husband/wife relationship illness physical disability death sacrifice love 2010s
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Drama
USA
2019
87 Minutes
Julia Garner Matthew Macfayden Makenzie Leigh Juliana Canfield Lou Martini Jr. Noah Robbins Dagmara Dominczyk Kristine Froseth Alexander Chaplin Clara Wong Purva Bedi
college graduate film producer assistant media mogul engaging emotional powerful striking los angeles film set hollywood college misogyny predators sexual abuse career aspirations rise fall escape pursuit
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Drama
Sweden
1973
168 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Bibi Andersson Jan Malmsjö Anita Wall Gunnel Lindblom Lena Bergman Wenche Foss
husband wife lover friend emotional somber sweden household cabin marital problems romance infidelity sex disillusionment love transformation fall 1970s
Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
110 Minutes
Ethan Embry Amanda Fuller Eric Balfour Alexandria Deberry Alex Essoe Cassie Shea Watson Larry Jack Dotson Devin Bonnée Jemma Evans Carly Christopher
husband wife mistress mysterious man stalker customer creepy dark intense store apartment bar bedroom street car affair danger stalking anger stress
When a woman discovers her husband is having an affair, she throws caution to the wind and has an affair herself with a mysterious pick-up from a bar. The man, in true thriller fashion, turns out to be way more dangerous than she ever bargained for.
Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Olivia Wilde Morgan Spector Tonye Patano Kyle Catlett Cheryse Dyllan Olivia Gilliatt Betsy Aidem C.J. Wilson
vigilante victim criminal husband counselor child dark bleak gripping intense house car wilderness group therapy home domestic violence traumatic past struggle vigilantism painful memories
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance.
Drama
1962
106 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Edward G. Robinson Cyd Charisse George Hamilton Claire Trevor Daliah Lavi Rosanna Schiaffino
director wife actor woman leading man doctor emotional frenetic inspiring amusing mental institution hollywood, calif. new england rome movie set apartment alcoholism mental breakdown failing career hollywood
An actor (Kirk Douglas) and a director (Edward G. Robinson), both washed-up in Hollywood, try to make a comeback in Rome.