Movies like Marilyn (1970)
The best movies like Marilyn (1970) are Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976), The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022) and Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996). If Marilyn hooked you, these 9 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBlonde (2022)5.9/10 from 1,595 votes
- NewestBlonde (2022)Released 2022
Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
Norma Jean Baker finds her way to Hollywood and is turned into sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Insignificance (1985)
Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlonde (2022)
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Reliving Marilyn (2018)
Reliving Marilyn is the untold story of the deepest friendship in the life of Marilyn Monroe. Upon her death, her friend and make up artist, Allen "Whitey" Snyder, is called by Joe DiMaggio to do Marilyn's funeral make up.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Marilyn (1963)
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films, including wardrobe tests and clips from her last, uncompleted project, "Something's Got To Give". Hosted and narrated by Rock Hudson.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Marilyn Monroe's Last Press Conference (2022)
Amid swirling, salacious rumors, Marilyn Monroe schedules a "tell-all" press conference. She's found new purpose after meetings with President Kennedy and Fox Studios mogul Darryl Zanuck. Powerful conspirators, however, want her silenced.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Marilyn?
The closest matches to Marilyn are Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976), The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022) and Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996). Below are 6 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Marilyn?
Start with Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976), the closest match to Marilyn.
What is the highest-rated movie like Marilyn?
Blonde (2022), rated 5.9/10 by 1,595 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Marilyn?
Blonde (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Marilyn chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Marilyn, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.