Most Similar Movies to Ace in the Hole (1951)


If you are looking for movies like Ace in the Hole (1951), you might like movies tagged with keyword : film noir, journalism, moral decay, media manipulation, dark side of humanity, ambition, corruption, exploitation, tragedy, social criticism, fame and fortune, antihero, american dream, media ethics, human weakness, satire, redemption, loneliness, despair, power .


Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Underworld Story (1950), Il bidone (1955), Sunset Blvd. (1950), Five Star Final (1931), To Die For (1995), The Harder They Fall (1956) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

8.1/10 Drama

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

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The Underworld Story (1950)

The Underworld Story (1950)

6.9/10 Crime, Drama

The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.

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Il bidone (1955)

Il bidone (1955)

10.0/10 Drama

Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Sunset Blvd. (1950)

8.4/10 Drama

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

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Five Star Final (1931)

Five Star Final (1931)

7.2/10 Crime, Drama

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

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To Die For (1995)

To Die For (1995)

6.8/10 Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.

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The Harder They Fall (1956)

The Harder They Fall (1956)

7.5/10 Drama

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.

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Lamerica (1994)

Lamerica (1994)

7.5/10 Drama

Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.

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Force of Evil (1948)

Force of Evil (1948)

7.3/10 Crime, Drama

An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

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Golden Boy (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

6.9/10 Drama

Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer.

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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)

6.7/10 Drama

Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on in the cafés and Folies Bergere crowd, and then moves on to dally with Clotilde de Morelle (Dame Angela Lansbury). Always striving to move upward on the social scale, he ditches he...Read all

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Scandal Sheet (1952)

Scandal Sheet (1952)

10.0/10 Drama, Crime

When a New York tabloid editor (Broderick Crawford) accidentally kills his wife, his best reporters (Donna Reed, John Derek) figure it out.

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The Price of Silence (1959)

The Price of Silence (1959)

6.3/10 Drama

Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.

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Solitary Man (2009)

Solitary Man (2009)

6.3/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

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All the King's Men (2006)

All the King's Men (2006)

6.2/10 Drama, Thriller

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

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Viridiana (1961)

Viridiana (1961)

8.2/10 Comedy, Drama

Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.

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A Face in the Crowd (1957)

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

8.2/10 Drama, Music

An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

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There Will Be Blood (2007)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

8.1/10 Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

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