Drop Dead, Gorgeous (2017)

(0) based on 0 votes
Set in New Jersey in 1938, "Drop Dead, Gorgeous" follows the stories of high-society woman Irene Moretti and private investigator Miles Marshall. After Irene's husband, mob boss Luca Moretti, is murdered, Irene hires Marshall to help her flee the country. Meanwhile, her husband's mob connections double-hire Marshall to track down the killer, creating problems for themselves, Irene, and ultimately for Marshall himself. This twenty-minute short film takes inspiration from the classic noir tradition.
Directors
Release Date
Feb 14, 2017
Runtime
00h 22m
Available in streaming on
For now, we have not found any platform that offers this movie in streaming...

Set in New Jersey in 1938, "Drop Dead, Gorgeous" follows the stories of high-society woman Irene Moretti and private investigator Miles Marshall. After Irene's husband, mob boss Luca Moretti, is murdered, Irene hires Marshall to help her flee the country. Meanwhile, her husband's mob connections double-hire Marshall to track down the killer, creating problems for themselves, Irene, and ultimately for Marshall himself. This twenty-minute short film takes inspiration from the classic noir tradition.

Movies like Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Psycho

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Search similar movies
8.4
Psycho
Blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Search similar movies
6.5
Blackmail
Rashomon

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Search similar movies
8.0
Rashomon
Secret Beyond the Door

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
Search similar movies
6.5
Secret+Beyond+the+Door
Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Search similar movies
Next Door

After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible to separate truth from lies.
Search similar movies
6.4
Next+Door
Frenzy

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Search similar movies
7.1
Frenzy
Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Search similar movies
8.3
Sunset+Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard

1950

Search similar movies
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Search similar movies
7.8
Sunrise%3A+A+Song+of+Two+Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

Search similar movies
Stalag 17

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Search similar movies
7.7
Stalag+17
Angel Heart

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Search similar movies
7.1
Angel+Heart
Angel Heart

1987

Search similar movies
Lost Highway

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Search similar movies
7.5
Lost+Highway
Lost Highway

1997

Search similar movies
The Broken Melody

A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.
Search similar movies
7.0
The+Broken+Melody
The Broken Melody

1934

Search similar movies
Autopsy

Eric and Sarah are detectives who are investigating the murder of a professor which it seems like a gay hate crime. Married Eric becomes attracted to the pathologist, Emmanuel.
Search similar movies
4.9
Autopsy
Metropolis

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Search similar movies
8.1
Metropolis
Metropolis

1927

Search similar movies
Memento

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Search similar movies
8.2
Memento
Beverly Hills Cop II

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
Search similar movies
6.5
Beverly+Hills+Cop+II
Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

Search similar movies
Blind Chance

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Search similar movies
7.5
Blind+Chance
Blind Chance

1987

Search similar movies
Freaks

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Search similar movies
7.8
Freaks
Dracula

British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
Search similar movies
7.2
Dracula
Bad Education

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Search similar movies
7.4
Bad+Education
Bad Education

2004

Search similar movies
All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Search similar movies
7.8
All+Quiet+on+the+Western+Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

Search similar movies
Wings of Desire

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Search similar movies
7.8
Wings+of+Desire
Wings of Desire

1987

Search similar movies
The 400 Blows

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Search similar movies
8.0
The+400+Blows
The 400 Blows

1959

Search similar movies
Beauty and the Beast

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
Search similar movies
7.5
Beauty+and+the+Beast
Beauty and the Beast

1946

Search similar movies
On the Waterfront

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Search similar movies
7.9
On+the+Waterfront
On the Waterfront

1954

Search similar movies
Out of the Past

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Search similar movies
7.6
Out+of+the+Past
Out of the Past

1947

Search similar movies
Pickpocket

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Search similar movies
7.3
Pickpocket
Pickpocket

1959

Search similar movies
Manhattan

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Search similar movies
7.7
Manhattan
A Streetcar Named Desire

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
Search similar movies
7.6
A+Streetcar+Named+Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

Search similar movies
All About Eve

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Search similar movies
8.1
All+About+Eve
All About Eve

1950

Search similar movies
Murder She Said

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Search similar movies
7.3
Murder+She+Said
Murder She Said

1961

Search similar movies
Murder at the Gallop

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.
Search similar movies
7.0
Murder+at+the+Gallop
Murder at the Gallop

1963

Search similar movies
Murder Most Foul

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
Search similar movies
7.0
Murder+Most+Foul
Murder Most Foul

1964

Search similar movies
Murder Ahoy

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Search similar movies
7.0
Murder+Ahoy
Murder Ahoy

1964

Search similar movies
GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Search similar movies
8.5
GoodFellas
GoodFellas

1990

Search similar movies
The 39 Steps

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+39+Steps
The 39 Steps

1935

Search similar movies
Breathless

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Search similar movies
7.5
Breathless
Breathless

1960

Search similar movies
The Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Search similar movies
8.3
The+Silence+of+the+Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Search similar movies
Fargo

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Search similar movies
7.9
Fargo
Law of Desire

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
Search similar movies
7.1
Law+of+Desire
Law of Desire

1987

Search similar movies
Bloody Sunday

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Search similar movies
7.2
Bloody+Sunday
Bloody Sunday

2002

Search similar movies
Spellbound

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Search similar movies
7.4
Spellbound
Spellbound

1945

Search similar movies
Murder on the Orient Express

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Search similar movies
7.1
Murder+on+the+Orient+Express
Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Search similar movies
In a Violent Nature

The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness unleashes an iconic new killer after a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower that entombed its rotting corpse.
Search similar movies
5.6
In+a+Violent+Nature
In a Violent Nature

2024

Search similar movies
Jul i storbyen

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
Jul+i+storbyen
Jul i storbyen

1990

Search similar movies
Laim und die Zeichen des Todes

Inspector Lukas Laim has the rope from which a corpse is hanging from the bridge on Prater Island cut. There are strange red marks on its stomach. The dead man is a notary from Grünwald who is well known in the city as a patron of Jewish art. And the marks on his stomach are in Hebrew and mean "retribution". Retribution for what? And why the Hebrew writing? Shortly afterwards, Laim learns of a blackmail letter to his mother, signed with the Hebrew word "Shilem". The blackmailers demand 80,000 euros so that the public does not find out that Laim's grandfather made his fortune in the course of Aryanization.
Search similar movies
6.0
Laim+und+die+Zeichen+des+Todes
Laim und die Zeichen des Todes

2017

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
Mildred Pierce

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Search similar movies
7.6
Mildred+Pierce
Mildred Pierce

1945

Search similar movies
Mr. Brooks

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Search similar movies
6.9
Mr.+Brooks
Mr. Brooks

2007

Search similar movies
La malquerida

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
Search similar movies
7.0
La+malquerida
La malquerida

1949

Search similar movies
The Infernal Trio

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
Search similar movies
5.2
The+Infernal+Trio
The Infernal Trio

1974

Search similar movies
88 Minutes

Famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm enjoys a reputation as one of the most sought-after profilers around. His expert testimony has resulted in the conviction of many criminals, including serial killer Jon Forster. On the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm himself receives an ominous message informing him that he has less than 90 minutes to live.
Search similar movies
5.8
88+Minutes
88 Minutes

2007

Search similar movies
The Broken

The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one to trust.
Search similar movies
5.4
The+Broken
The Broken

2008

Search similar movies
The Thin Man

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Search similar movies
7.5
The+Thin+Man
The Thin Man

1934

Search similar movies
Wife Number 13

Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her husband tells her just how many times he has been divorced. The new bride launches into a series of ploys that keep her away from the marriage bed.
Search similar movies
6.5
Wife+Number+13
Wife Number 13

1962

Search similar movies
Death on the Nile

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Search similar movies
7.1
Death+on+the+Nile
Death on the Nile

1978

Search similar movies
Evil Under the Sun

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
Search similar movies
6.9
Evil+Under+the+Sun
Evil Under the Sun

1982

Search similar movies
White Rabbit

A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Search similar movies
6.1
White+Rabbit
White Rabbit

2013

Search similar movies
The Strange Mr. Gregory

The title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then reappears as his nonexistent twin brother. It's all part of Gregory's master scheme to pin his "murder" on innocent John Randall, the husband of Ellen, the woman Gregory loves.
Search similar movies
5.1
The+Strange+Mr.+Gregory
The Strange Mr. Gregory

1945

Search similar movies
Pork Chop Hill

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Search similar movies
6.6
Pork+Chop+Hill
Pork Chop Hill

1959

Search similar movies
The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson, who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?
Search similar movies
6.6
The+Mystery+of+the+Yellow+Room
The Mystery of the Yellow Room

2003

Search similar movies
H

A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.
Search similar movies
6.3
H
99 River Street

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Search similar movies
6.8
99+River+Street
99 River Street

1953

Search similar movies
You Don't Know Jack

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
Search similar movies
7.0
You+Don%27t+Know+Jack
You Don't Know Jack

2010

Search similar movies
Phantom Lady

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
Search similar movies
7.0
Phantom+Lady
Phantom Lady

1944

Search similar movies
The Locket

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Search similar movies
6.4
The+Locket
The Locket

1946

Search similar movies
Appointment with a Shadow

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
Search similar movies
5.4
Appointment+with+a+Shadow
Appointment with a Shadow

1957

Search similar movies
Normal

A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Search similar movies
5.3
Normal
Mystery Team

A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
Search similar movies
6.2
Mystery+Team
Mystery Team

2009

Search similar movies
Sayedaty El Gameela

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
8.0
Sayedaty+El+Gameela
Sayedaty El Gameela

1969

Search similar movies
5 Against the House

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Search similar movies
5.9
5+Against+the+House
5 Against the House

1955

Search similar movies
In Harm's Way

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Search similar movies
6.6
In+Harm%27s+Way
In Harm's Way

1965

Search similar movies
Last Embrace

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
Search similar movies
5.4
Last+Embrace
Last Embrace

1979

Search similar movies