Movies Like Adventures in the Skin Trade

If you liked Adventures in the Skin Trade (1990), a movie directed by John Pitman, 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
101 Dalmatians (1996)
★ 5.9/10
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
2
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
3
Where the Heart Is (1990)
★ 6.2/10
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
4
42 Up (1999)
★ 7.6/10
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
5
The Trip to Spain (2017)
★ 6.5/10
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip along the coast of Spain.
6
Misbehaviour (2020)
★ 6.4/10
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the…
7
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)
★ 6.2/10
Faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows there's only one person who can save the day: Santa's great friend Mariah Carey. The Queen of Christmas creates a fabulous and star-studded spectacular to make…
8
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
★ 5.8/10
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
9
Gracie (2007)
★ 6.2/10
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
10
Kodachrome (2017)
★ 6.8/10
Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for…
11
The Woman (2011)
★ 6.1/10
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
12
Scarecrow (1973)
★ 7/10
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
13
What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10
In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…
14
The Braid (2023)
★ 7.4/10
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family…
15
35 Up (1991)
★ 7.6/10
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
16
49 Up (2006)
★ 7.4/10
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give…
17
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
★ 6/10
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
18
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
★ 6.8/10
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend…
19
The Trip to Italy (2014)
★ 6.4/10
Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.
20
He Said, She Said (1991)
★ 5.9/10
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…