Movies like Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is a drama movie directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
★ 8.0 · 6,284 votes · Mystery, Drama
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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2. The Color Purple (1985)
★ 7.7 · 2,046 votes · Drama
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
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3. Casablanca (1943)
★ 8.1 · 6,282 votes · Drama, Romance
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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