Movies like Mephisto

20 movies like Mephisto, ordered by similarity : #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Black Legion(1937), Limelight(1952), The Salesman(2016), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), The Army of Crime(2009), The Country Girl(1954), Me and Orson Welles(2008), The Entertainer(1960), A Double Life(1947), Frida(2002), Seven Beauties(1976) ...

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Mephisto

In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor finds himself before a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?

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#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories

It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.

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Black Legion

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

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Limelight

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

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The Salesman

While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

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The Army of Crime

Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.

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The Country Girl

An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a comeback.

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Me and Orson Welles

In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.

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The Entertainer

Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

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A Double Life

A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.

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Frida

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

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Seven Beauties

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.

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The Moon and Sixpence

Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has ... See full summary »

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Counsellor-at-Law

Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

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Variety Lights

The manager (Peppino De Filippo) of a theater troupe leaves his mistress (Giulietta Masina) for a younger woman (Carla Del Poggio).

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The Pedestrian

When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.

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Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her ... See full summary »

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Paris 36

In 1936 Paris, three out-of-work friends (Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad) create a musical, struggling with their lack of experience and with a local thug, and they depend on the production raising enough money to buy the theater.

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Riffraff

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »

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Red Desert

In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.

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