Top 20 movies like A Shot In The Dark
Top 20 Movies like A Shot In The Dark
- 1. The Silly Age
- 2. A Quiet Death
- 3. The Drowning
- 4. Puerto Padre
- 5. Heidi
- 6. Gardens of Stone
- 7. The Best Place to Be
- 8. The Two of Us
- 9. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- 10. Abigail
- 11. When She Comes Home
- 12. Harold and Maude
- 13. Vienna
- 14. Red Rock West
- 15. Night of the Living Dead
- 16. Christmas with Tucker
- 17. Transporter 2
- 18. Big Daddy
- 19. Philips and the Monkey Pen
- 20. Carrie
1. The Silly Age (La edad de la peseta)
The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
2. A Quiet Death (Ήταν ένας ήσυχος θάνατος)
Martha is unhappy with her life as it is at the moment, and among other issues, she has decided to give up her writing career. Along with that decision comes a need to get away from her husband and from her psychiatrist, with whom she has had more than just a doctor-patient relationship. As Martha travels through a deserted city landscape in a storm, the external world reflects something of her inner turmoil. Flashbacks are interspersed throughout the film to enhance the suspense of Martha's inner and outer journey.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
3. The Drowning
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
4. Puerto Padre
As a teenage orphan from Chira Island searches for his godfather on the mainland, his innocent memory of childhood is gradually replaced by an unsettling reality upon learning the truth about his origins.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
5. Heidi
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
6. Gardens of Stone
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
It has an average vote of 6.284 on TMDB.
7. The Best Place to Be (Beste Gegend)
After they have graduated from school, the two best friends Kati and Jo jump into their purple Benz and embark on a journey around the world southwards. Kati, however, struggled with the decision for the journey as the love of her life returned to their hometown Tandern shortly before their departure. The journey leads the two friends over the Brenner pass, where their car suddenly stops working. When Kati then also learns that her grandfather is about to die, she wants to return home – this puts the friendship of the two to an acid test.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
8. The Two of Us (Os To)
Arthur is obsessed to get the girl he loves the most, Sofie. He does everything to get her. But a little too much alcohol for a party turns out to be a stupid choice, in the middle of his heartaches!
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
9. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
It has an average vote of 6.206 on TMDB.
10. Abigail
A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. When She Comes Home (Rumah dan Bunga Matahari)
Sudana puzzled when his wife said tonight there will be special guests come to their house. All they can do is prepare, memories occur and make a strange but wonderful day in his life.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
12. Harold and Maude
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
It has an average vote of 7.604 on TMDB.
13. Vienna
A comedy about three men who have reached the lowest rung on the social ladder. This story about lust for life and miracles that are possible only with the aid of extraordinary women unfolds at a place which reflects life, love and death like no other.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Red Rock West
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
15. Night of the Living Dead
A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls.
It has an average vote of 7.615 on TMDB.
16. Christmas with Tucker
While coming to terms with his dad's recent passing in a tractor accident, 13-year-old George McCray is living with his grandparents on their Kansas farm. George misses his mom, Jill, who has moved to Minnesota to deal with her grief, but there is the promise of their reunion at Christmas. George feels needed on the farm as he helps his grateful grandfather Bo with daily chores and comforts his grandmother Cora. He has also made friends with Mary Ann and became attached to Tucker, the smart and friendly dog the McCrays take in when his troubled owner Frank Thorne lands in jail.
It has an average vote of 6.289 on TMDB.
17. Transporter 2
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
It has an average vote of 6.323 on TMDB.
18. Big Daddy
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
It has an average vote of 6.468 on TMDB.
19. Philips and the Monkey Pen (ഫിലിപ്സ് ആൻഡ് ദി മങ്കി പെൻ)
The film revolves around an eight-year old called Ryan Philip and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. Carrie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
It has an average vote of 7.311 on TMDB.
