The Childhood Friend (1994)

(4.8) based on 3 votes
40-year-old Arnold Gardner is put in charge of the talk show "The Twenty-fifth Hour" after the death of the former host Duncan Mackay. His role on screen creates immediate interest and the program becomes a great success with TV audiences. This proves to be a period of great satisfaction for Arnold, but his childhood friend, Eddie Greenberg, suddenly comes on the scene. Eddie is ill and frustrated by lack of success, and is so resentful and envious of Arnold's fame that he wants him to make a full public confession of a "sin" he committed in his young days.
Directors
Release Date
Apr 14, 1994
Runtime
01h 40m
Available in streaming on

40-year-old Arnold Gardner is put in charge of the talk show "The Twenty-fifth Hour" after the death of the former host Duncan Mackay. His role on screen creates immediate interest and the program becomes a great success with TV audiences. This proves to be a period of great satisfaction for Arnold, but his childhood friend, Eddie Greenberg, suddenly comes on the scene. Eddie is ill and frustrated by lack of success, and is so resentful and envious of Arnold's fame that he wants him to make a full public confession of a "sin" he committed in his young days.

Movies like The Childhood Friend

Admission

Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
Search similar movies
5.6
Admission
Anger Management

After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
Search similar movies
6.2
Anger+Management
Anger Management

2003

Search similar movies
Suck Me Shakespeer 2

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.
Search similar movies
6.4
Suck+Me+Shakespeer+2
Suck Me Shakespeer 2

2015

Search similar movies
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Search similar movies
6.1
Jackass+Presents%3A+Bad+Grandpa
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

2013

Search similar movies
OSS 117: Lost in Rio

In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
Search similar movies
7.1
OSS+117%3A+Lost+in+Rio
OSS 117: Lost in Rio

2009

Search similar movies
Hostage

When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Search similar movies
6.3
Hostage
The Comics 2

A poster worker must remove the poster of the original movie, when the figures of Renato and Paolo suddenly moves and leaves the poster driving an ambulance dressed as nurses.
Search similar movies
5.7
The+Comics+2
The Comics 2

1991

Search similar movies
Road

Arvind Chauhan and Lakhsmi are in love with each other. Lakhsmi's dad, a senior police inspector, hates Arvind, and so Arvind and Lakshmi decide to elope
Search similar movies
4.7
Road
The Hours

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Hours
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Search similar movies
8.4
One+Flew+Over+the+Cuckoo%27s+Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

Search similar movies
Lawrence of Arabia

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Search similar movies
8.0
Lawrence+of+Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

1962

Search similar movies
The Last Samurai

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Search similar movies
7.6
The+Last+Samurai
The Last Samurai

2003

Search similar movies
Dumb and Dumber To

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
Search similar movies
5.6
Dumb+and+Dumber+To
Dumb and Dumber To

2014

Search similar movies
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Search similar movies
6.4
Sin+City%3A+A+Dame+to+Kill+For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014

Search similar movies
The Lost City of Z

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Search similar movies
6.4
The+Lost+City+of+Z
The Lost City of Z

2017

Search similar movies
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
Search similar movies
5.5
Police+Academy+4%3A+Citizens+on+Patrol
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987

Search similar movies
Sneakers

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Search similar movies
6.9
Sneakers
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
Search similar movies
7.8
Sherlock%3A+The+Abominable+Bride
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016

Search similar movies
Life of Pi

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Search similar movies
7.4
Life+of+Pi
Life of Pi

2012

Search similar movies
Brazilian Western

When João goes to Brazil in search of a better life, he meets punk music enthusiast Maria and falls in love with her. But his involvement in the local drug trade makes him the target of a vicious drug lord.
Search similar movies
6.3
Brazilian+Western
Brazilian Western

2013

Search similar movies
Good Night, and Good Luck.

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Search similar movies
7.1
Good+Night%2C+and+Good+Luck.
Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

Search similar movies
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
Search similar movies
6.5
A+Guide+to+Recognizing+Your+Saints
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006

Search similar movies
Savages

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Search similar movies
6.3
Savages
A Town Called Panic

Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.
Search similar movies
7.5
A+Town+Called+Panic
A Town Called Panic

2009

Search similar movies
RoboCop 2

After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.
Search similar movies
6.0
RoboCop+2
The Descendants

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Descendants
The Descendants

2011

Search similar movies
The Way to the Heart

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to inspire her, but when she reunites with her childhood friend Logan, Ava has to get her head out of the clouds and her foot out of her mouth to rediscover her passion for food.
Search similar movies
9.9
The+Way+to+the+Heart
The Way to the Heart

2024

Search similar movies
What Happened, Miss Simone?

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
Search similar movies
7.4
What+Happened%2C+Miss+Simone%3F
What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015

Search similar movies
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
Search similar movies
7.9
Kill+Bill%3A+Vol.+2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

Search similar movies
Snitch

Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.
Search similar movies
6.1
Snitch
Soaked in Bleach

Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
Search similar movies
7.1
Soaked+in+Bleach
Soaked in Bleach

2015

Search similar movies
Vantage Point

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
Search similar movies
6.4
Vantage+Point
Vantage Point

2008

Search similar movies
Unforgiven

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Search similar movies
7.9
Unforgiven
Unforgiven

1992

Search similar movies
Merchants of Doubt

Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.
Search similar movies
7.5
Merchants+of+Doubt
Merchants of Doubt

2014

Search similar movies
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Search similar movies
7.3
Monty+Python%27s+The+Meaning+of+Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983

Search similar movies
Main Hoon Na

An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
Search similar movies
6.6
Main+Hoon+Na
Main Hoon Na

2004

Search similar movies
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.
Search similar movies
5.8
Ricki+and+the+Flash
Ricki and the Flash

2015

Search similar movies
Little Miss Sumo

In an ancient sport traditionally reserved for men, 20-year-old female sumo prodigy Hiyori attempts to revolutionize Japan’s national pastime.
Search similar movies
6.1
Little+Miss+Sumo
Little Miss Sumo

2018

Search similar movies
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Search similar movies
6.6
Alice+Through+the+Looking+Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

Search similar movies
Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Search similar movies
7.5
Spartacus