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10 Best Movies Like Bombshell

If you loved Bombshell, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

1964★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown....

#2
Show People

Show People

1928★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan....

#3
The Baxter

The Baxter

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses an...

#4
It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

1934★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind....

#5
Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back

1961★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nos...

#6
Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

1931★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombshell for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, an...

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