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Movies Like The Rivals

If you liked The Rivals (1970), a movie directed by Basil Coleman, 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. 1Richard III

    Richard III (1995)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in…

  2. 2Red Dawn

    Red Dawn (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10

    It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

  3. 3Shakespeare in Love

    Shakespeare in Love (1998)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden…

  4. 4Devil in a Blue Dress

    Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the…

  5. 5Detour

    Detour (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10

    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

  6. 6Coda

    Coda (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

  7. 7Gangster Squad

    Gangster Squad (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west…

  8. 8High Anxiety

    High Anxiety (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

  9. 9Danny Collins

    Danny Collins (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10

    An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

  10. 10Jasper Jones

    Jasper Jones (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister.

  11. 11Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…

  12. 12The Hard Corps

    The Hard Corps (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard.

  13. 13The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma…

  14. 14Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  15. 15Dead Man Down

    Dead Man Down (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10

    In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

  16. 16Salomé

    Salomé (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…

  17. 17The Untouchables

    The Untouchables (1987)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

  18. 18The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

  19. 19The Killers

    The Killers (1964)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.

  20. 20Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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