Movies like Lolita
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Lolita. Explore films such as Lolita, Gone Girl, and American Beauty, around the themes of based on novel, black comedy, told in flashback. Other notable keywords include college professor and on the road.
#1
Lolita
Synopsis:
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
Starring:
Jeremy Irons,
Dominique Swain,
Melanie Griffith
#2
Gone Girl
Synopsis:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Starring:
Rosamund Pike,
Ben Affleck,
Boyd Holbrook
#3
American Beauty
Synopsis:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Mena Suvari,
Allison Janney
#4
Wild at Heart
Synopsis:
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Crispin Glover,
Harry Dean Stanton
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#5
Knives Out
Synopsis:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Christopher Plummer,
Chris Evans
#6
Psycho
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
John McIntire,
Martin Balsam,
Simon Oakland
Plot:
motel,
shower,
money,
maniac,
stabbed with a knife,
surprise ending,
suspense,
serial killer,
theft,
homicidal maniac
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#7
Carrie
Synopsis:
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Starring:
Amy Irving,
John Travolta,
P.J. Soles
#8
The Outsiders
Synopsis:
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Starring:
Diane Lane,
Patrick Swayze,
Tom Cruise
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#9
The Notebook
Synopsis:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Rachel McAdams,
Ryan Gosling
Plot:
letter,
second chance,
class differences,
nursing home,
memory,
notebook,
1940s,
alzheimer's disease,
painting,
aging
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#10
Thelma & Louise
Synopsis:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Christopher McDonald,
Geena Davis
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#11
Joker
Synopsis:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Shea Whigham,
Joaquin Phoenix
Plot:
mental illness,
laughing,
evil clown,
stand up comedian,
nihilism,
clown,
comedian,
loneliness,
watching tv,
green hair
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#12
Scarface
Synopsis:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own d…
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Steven Bauer,
Harris Yulin
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#13
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#14
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Synopsis:
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
Starring:
Margot Robbie,
Brad Pitt,
Leonardo DiCaprio
Plot:
place in title,
violence,
film within a film,
dog,
teenage girl,
murder,
movie theater,
1960s,
actress,
los angeles california
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#15
Cape Fear
Synopsis:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach S…
Starring:
Nick Nolte,
Robert De Niro,
Jessica Lange
Plot:
revenge,
violence,
houseboat,
home invasion,
bible quote,
torture,
family relationships,
finger sucking,
sexual violence,
adultery
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#16
The Graduate
Synopsis:
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Starring:
Katharine Ross,
Dustin Hoffman,
Murray Hamilton
#17
Giant
Synopsis:
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedic…
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Dennis Hopper,
Elizabeth Taylor
Plot:
rancher,
epic,
texas,
oil,
rivalry,
racism,
nouveaux riches,
mexican american,
cattle ranch,
national film registry
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#18
Fargo
Synopsis:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Starring:
Jack Huston,
Chris Rock,
Jeremie Harris
Plot:
dark comedy,
police officer,
anthology,
place name in title,
location in title,
2020s,
1970s,
1950s,
21st century,
20th century
...
#19
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Synopsis:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Starring:
Kris Kristofferson,
Isela Vega,
Warren Oates
#20
Audition
Synopsis:
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
Starring:
Jun Kunimura,
Ryo Ishibashi,
Toshie Negishi
Plot:
torture,
widower,
grief,
nudity,
hotel,
dog,
femme fatale,
syringe,
female nudity,
murder
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