Movies Like White Mischief (1987)

White Mischief is a 1987 crime, drama, romance, thriller film from Michael Radford with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Less Than Zero and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Crime Drama Romance Thriller

Less Than Zero

1987

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

6.4

MagicScore

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

8.0

MagicScore

Exorcist: The Beginning

2004

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

5.4

MagicScore

High-Rise

2015

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

5.6

MagicScore

Revolt

2017

The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for refuge across a crumbling world.

5.5

MagicScore

Out of Africa

1985

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

7.2

MagicScore

Cheetah

1989

An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.

6.1

MagicScore

Sundown

1941

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

5.4

MagicScore

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

1986

There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves being hunted by the starving monkeys and must do whatever they can to stay alive.

7.8

MagicScore

#10

The Last Emperor

1987

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

7.6

MagicScore

#11

Nightmare Alley

2021

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

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 disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Dorian Gray

2009

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

The Sun Also Rises

1957

A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Damned

1969

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Savage Grace

2007

This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

5.6

MagicScore

#17

Urge

2016

A group of friends on holiday on an island experiment with a new designer drug that makes them lose their ability to control their urges.

4.3

MagicScore

#18

The Hill

1965

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

I Walk the Line

1970

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Ma mère

2004

After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.

4.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like White Mischief?

The top films similar to White Mischief by MovieMagicScore are Less Than Zero (6.4), The Wolf of Wall Street (8.0), Exorcist: The Beginning (5.4). Each shares crime/drama/romance/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is White Mischief worth watching?

White Mischief holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 58 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is White Mischief?

White Mischief (1987) is a crime, drama, romance, thriller film directed by Michael Radford, starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland.

Where can I find more recommendations like White Mischief?

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About movies like White Mischief

This ranked list pairs White Mischief (1987), a crime and drama and romance and thriller film from Michael Radford, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Greta Scacchi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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