Movies Like Girls of the Night

If you liked Girls of the Night (1984), a movie directed by Ned Morehead, 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
Born Yesterday (1950)
★ 7.3/10
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
2
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
3
An American Affair (2008)
★ 5.9/10
In the early 1960s, teenager Adam Stafford (Cameron Bright) becomes obsessed with his new neighbor, Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol), a divorcée and free spirit. Stafford spies on Caswell as she meets with strange men…
4
She's Funny That Way (2015)
★ 5.9/10
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
5
Power (1986)
★ 5.8/10
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to…
6
Working Girls (1987)
★ 6.3/10
A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.
7
Scandal (1989)
★ 6/10
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of…
8
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
★ 6.1/10
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to…
9
The Contender (2000)
★ 6.7/10
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history…
10
Nightwatch (1997)
★ 6.1/10
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.
11
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
★ 6.8/10
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other…
12
Black Sheep (1996)
★ 6.1/10
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets…
13
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
★ 6.7/10
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most…
14
Wag the Dog (1997)
★ 6.9/10
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
15
Taxi Driver (1976)
★ 8.1/10
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
16
Spartan (2004)
★ 6.2/10
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing…
17
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
★ 6.3/10
When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
18
True Colors (1991)
★ 6.2/10
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
19
Idiocracy (2006)
★ 6.4/10
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events…
20
The Age of Innocence (1993)
★ 7/10
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.