Movies like Flamingo Road
12 films like Flamingo Road (1949), Mildred Pierce, The Unsuspected, Action in the North Atlantic among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Flamingo Road: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
1949 · 94 min · Drama, Romance. Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple. Lane becomes romantically involved with sheriff Fielding Carlisle, a weakling whose career is being driven by Titus.…
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Mildred Pierce
Also directed by Michael Curtiz · Also stars Joan Crawford and Zachary ScottA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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The Unsuspected
Also directed by Michael CurtizThe secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Also dramaAn American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
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Hollywood Canteen
Also romanceTwo soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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The Maltese Falcon
Also dramaSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
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Angel Face
Also dramaAmbulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
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The Blue Gardenia
Also dramaA telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may have committed murder.
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The Damned Don't Cry
Also stars Joan Crawford and David BrianA New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
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Sunset Boulevard
Also dramaA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
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O. Henry's Full House
Also dramaJohn Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
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Casablanca
Also directed by Michael CurtizA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
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Let's Make It Legal
Also drama and romanceThe Halsworths' nearly-final divorce suddenly gets complicated when Miriam's old flame comes to town.
