Movies Like Diary of a Nudist

If you liked Diary of a Nudist (1961), a drama movie directed by Doris Wishman, 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
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
2
The China Syndrome (1979)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself…
3
Ace in the Hole (1951)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
4
Testament (1983)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in…
5
Desert Flower (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital…
6
EO (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune…
7
Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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Adoration (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four…
9
Objective, Burma! (1945)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip…
10
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…
11
Under Fire (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
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Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
13
Lifeboat (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
14
Only the Brave (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
15
Men of Honor (2000)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in…
16
The Insider (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
17
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
18
Good One (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
19
Of Mice and Men (1992)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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Christine (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.