Movies like Showbiz Kids (2020)
The best movies like Showbiz Kids (2020) are An Open Secret (2014), Rewind (2019) and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (2022). If Showbiz Kids hooked you with its documentary and history, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMinding the Gap (2018)7.7/10 from 206 votes
- NewestChild Star (2024)Released 2024
An Open Secret (2014)
An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRewind (2019)
Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (2022)
Stories from survivors frame this documentary detailing the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, a socialite and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews with those who knew him in the industry, and a discussion of the start of the #MeToo movement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Roll Red Roll (2019)
At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team. The aftermath exposed an entire culture of complicity—and Roll Red Roll maps out the roles that peer pressure, denial, sports machismo, and social media each played in the tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMommy Dead and Dearest (2017)
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAudrie & Daisy (2016)
A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023)
Out-of-control teens across America were sent to a therapy camp in the harsh Utah desert. The conditions were brutal, but the staff were even worse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
SnoozefestMovies like thisChild Star (2024)
Explore the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most famous former child stars. Through celebrity interviews, verite scenes, and archival footage, this film deconstructs the stages of earlier stardom and looks at the entertainment system over the last century.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Hunting Ground (2015)
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCircus of Books (2019)
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDivide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018)
Alexis Bloom charts the rise and fall of the late Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Minding the Gap (2018)
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHoly Hell (2016)
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like this15 Minutes of Shame (2021)
Monica Lewinsky and filmmaker Max Joseph (Catfish) examine the human price of public shaming and cyber-harassment, profiling people who have experienced them first-hand – while investigating the bullies, bystanders, and experts in between.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Contestant (2023)
The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRunning from Crazy (2013)
'Running from Crazy' is a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, as she strives for a greater understanding of her family history of suicide and mental illness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Life After The Navigator (2020)
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his roller-coaster life since that breakthrough role.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death (2021)
A tribute to one of Britain's biggest TV stars, telling the story of Caroline Flack's life and the impact that fame, mental health issues, press and social media had on her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Faye (2024)
Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCall Me Miss Cleo (2022)
Follow the rise, fall, and reinvention of controversial and revered '90s television psychic Miss Cleo. Featuring interviews with celebrities and those closest to the self-proclaimed voodoo priestess, this documentary explores the many layers behind a complicated and charismatic figure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023)
From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoster (2018)
With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year. Drawing on unprecedented access, FOSTER explores the often-misunderstood world of foster care through compelling stories from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest county child welfare agency in the country.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
My Darling Vivian (2020)
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009)
With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an “era of transparency,” opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. Loaded with powerful, new footage and in-depth interviews this documentary presents a wide array of evidence both known and unknown…until now.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife in a Day (2011)
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRonaldo (2015)
Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport, this is the first official and fully authorised film of one of the most celebrated figures in football. For the first time ever, the world gets vividly candid and un-paralleled, behind-closed-doors access to the footballer, father, family-man and friend in this moving & fascinating documentary. Through in-depth conversations, state of the art football footage and never before seen archival footage, the film gives an astonishing insight into the sporting and personal life of triple Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the peak of his career. From the makers of ‘Senna’ and ‘Amy’, Ronaldo takes audiences on an intimate and revealing journey of what it’s like to live as an iconic athlete in the eye of the storm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & history
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Showbiz Kids?
The closest matches to Showbiz Kids are An Open Secret (2014), Rewind (2019) and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Showbiz Kids?
People who watched Showbiz Kids most often go on to An Open Secret (2014), Rewind (2019) and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like Showbiz Kids?
Minding the Gap (2018), rated 7.7/10 by 206 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Showbiz Kids?
Child Star (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Showbiz Kids?
Yes: An Open Secret (2014), Rewind (2019) and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (2022).
How are movies similar to Showbiz Kids chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Showbiz Kids, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.