Movies Like The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

If you liked The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), a drama movie directed by Albert Lewin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Quiz Show (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled…
2
Lions for Lambs (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in…
3
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
4
Relay (2025)
★ 7/10Also drama
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
5
Interview (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
6
Fatherland (1994)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American…
7
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the…
8
Marty Supreme (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
9
The Devil's Double (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
10
Sound of My Voice (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
11
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
12
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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The Good German (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between…
14
Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the…
16
Act of Violence (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay…
17
The Hunting Party (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit…
18
Valkyrie (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events…
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The Ides of March (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
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The Operative (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.