Zorba the Greek
Original Title: Αλέξης Ζορμπάς
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Movies like Zorba the Greek
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#1
Battle Royale
Synopsis:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Starring:
Sousuke Takaoka,
Tatsuya Fujiwara,
Takeshi Kitano
#2
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#3
The Lost City of Z
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Sienna Miller,
Tom Holland,
Angus Macfadyen
Plot:
jungle,
based on true story,
based on book,
explorer,
journey,
raft,
archaeology,
husband wife relationship,
travel,
tribe
...
#4
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
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#5
Jojo Rabbit
Synopsis:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson,
Rebel Wilson,
Sam Rockwell
#6
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Synopsis:
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone …
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Michael Brandon,
Mimsy Farmer
#7
It Chapter Two
Synopsis:
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
Starring:
James McAvoy,
Jessica Chastain,
James Ransone
#8
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
#9
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
...
#10
Chocolat
Synopsis:
A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.
Starring:
Peter Stormare,
Johnny Depp,
Judi Dench
Plot:
chocolate,
france,
village,
chocolate shop,
food,
magical realism,
prejudice,
drifter,
mayor,
lent
...
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#11
Le Corbeau
Synopsis:
Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets. This allegorical film was highly controversial at the time of…
Starring:
Pierre Larquey,
Sylvie,
Pierre Fresnay
#12
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
...
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#13
American Psycho
Synopsis:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Starring:
Willem Dafoe,
Christian Bale,
Jared Leto
#14
The Wages of Fear
Synopsis:
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
Starring:
Yves Montand,
Véra Clouzot,
Charles Vanel
Plot:
oil company,
unemployment,
oil,
risk,
vibration,
explosion,
nitroglycerin,
risk taking,
shifting gears,
mountain road
...
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#15
The Name of the Rose
Synopsis:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.
Starring:
Sean Connery,
F. Murray Abraham,
Christian Slater
Plot:
middle ages,
abbey,
monk,
franciscan,
14th century,
death,
order,
wealth,
novice,
investigation
...
#16
Starsky & Hutch
Synopsis:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Owen Wilson,
Carmen Electra
#17
Shane
Synopsis:
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Starring:
Jack Palance,
Van Heflin,
Ben Johnson
#18
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
#19
Guardians of the Galaxy
Synopsis:
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Starring:
John C. Reilly,
Bradley Cooper,
Djimon Hounsou
#20
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