Top 20 movies like A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.

Lykke-Per is of 2 hour(s) and 42 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Nordisk Film Denmark, Den Vestdanske Filmpulje, FilmFyn, Satel Film. It was released on 2018-08-30. It has an average vote of 6.822 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. Under the Sun (Under Solen)

Under the Sun

Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons. Once a sailor, Erik brags of having known hundreds of women. Out of the blue, Olof advertises in the local paper for a young lady housekeeper, and Ellen, a middle-class city woman, arrives to take over the house and, as the summer goes on, Olof's heart and Erik's desire as well.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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2. Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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3. Dead Pigs (海上浮城)

Dead Pigs

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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4. Savage Grace

Savage Grace

This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

It has an average vote of 5.673 on TMDB.

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5. Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.

It has an average vote of 6.532 on TMDB.

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6. Talaash (तलाश)

Talaash

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.

It has an average vote of 6.735 on TMDB.

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7. Lemonade

Lemonade

The second "visual album" by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts through a sexualized, satirical, and solemn tone.

It has an average vote of 8.503 on TMDB.

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8. The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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9. Life of a King

Life of a King

The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.

It has an average vote of 7.148 on TMDB.

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10. April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le monde truqué)

April and the Extraordinary World

France asleep in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon VI, where scientists vanish mysteriously, a girl, Avril, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

It has an average vote of 7.019 on TMDB.

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11. Beanpole (Дылда)

Beanpole

Set in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city.

It has an average vote of 7.092 on TMDB.

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12. The Miracle Season

The Miracle Season

After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship!

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13. Yara (Yara)

Yara

The murder of 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio shocks the little town of Brembate di Sopra, Italy. To bring the culprit to justice, prosecutors have only scant DNA evidence and no database to compare them to. Based on a true story.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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14. Holmes & Watson

Holmes & Watson

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.

It has an average vote of 4.277 on TMDB.

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15. Oh, Ramona!

Oh, Ramona!

Oh, Ramona! seeks the transformation of Andrew from a teenager into an adult who lives candidly and selflessly his first love story, innocent and uninvolved, alternating with the second, intense and insane story, incapable of making a choice. Oh, Ramona! is the cinematic rewriting of Andrei Ciobanu's book "Suge-o, Ramona!".

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16. See You Yesterday

See You Yesterday

As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.

It has an average vote of 5.582 on TMDB.

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17. The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

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18. The Cyclone (Il ciclone)

The Cyclone

The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.

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19. The Old Oak

The Old Oak

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

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20. Goodbye Christopher Robin

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The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.

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