Top 20 movies like Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

Postcards from the Edge is of 1 hour(s) and 41 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1990-09-14. It has the tagline: Having a wonderful time, wish I were here. It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyDrama

1. Ironweed

Ironweed

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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2. Poster Boy

Poster Boy

The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying the hypocritical campaign.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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3. Coffee and Cigarettes III

Coffee and Cigarettes III

This shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agreed to do that in the first place, because they don't seem to know each other very well and they don't have much to talk about, so the conversation wanders idly and hilariously as they sip their coffee and smoke cigarettes.

It has an average vote of 6.947 on TMDB.

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4. August in the Water (水の中の八月)

August in the Water

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

It has an average vote of 6.88 on TMDB.

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5. Flesh and Bone

Flesh and Bone

Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.

It has an average vote of 6.034 on TMDB.

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6. Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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7. Evil Angels

Evil Angels

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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8. Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

It has an average vote of 6.517 on TMDB.

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9. Silkwood

Silkwood

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

It has an average vote of 6.955 on TMDB.

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10. Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.

It has an average vote of 6.345 on TMDB.

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11. The Bridge (Die Brücke)

The Bridge

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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12. 7 Minutes (七分钟)

7 Minutes

Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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13. Millions

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Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

It has an average vote of 6.386 on TMDB.

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14. The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

It has an average vote of 7.511 on TMDB.

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15. Labor Pains

Labor Pains

A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

It has an average vote of 5.435 on TMDB.

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16. Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

It has an average vote of 6.76 on TMDB.

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17. Ricki and the Flash

Ricki and the Flash

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.

It has an average vote of 5.778 on TMDB.

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18. Steel Magnolias

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A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

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19. Sunset Boulevard

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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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20. Ben Is Back

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19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.

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