Top 20 movies like Barton Fink

Barton Fink

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Barton Fink is of 1 hour(s) and 57 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Working Title Films, Circle Films, 20th Century Fox. It was released on 1991-08-01. It has the tagline: There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head...what's going on outside. It has an average vote of 7.46 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyDrama

1. Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

It has an average vote of 7.459 on TMDB.

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2. The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

It has an average vote of 7.084 on TMDB.

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3. The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

It has an average vote of 7.533 on TMDB.

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4. Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

It has an average vote of 7.054 on TMDB.

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5. Blood Simple

Blood Simple

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

It has an average vote of 7.238 on TMDB.

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6. A Serious Man

A Serious Man

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

It has an average vote of 6.749 on TMDB.

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7. Saints and Soldiers

Saints and Soldiers

Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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8. Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears

Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.

It has an average vote of 5.871 on TMDB.

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9. The Hairdresser's Husband (Le Mari de la coiffeuse)

The Hairdresser's Husband

The film begins with a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We are unsure what Antoine has done with his life, however, we know he has fulfilled his childhood ambition, to marry a hairdresser.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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10. Freaked

Freaked

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

It has an average vote of 5.99 on TMDB.

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11. Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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12. The Big Easy

The Big Easy

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

It has an average vote of 6.226 on TMDB.

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13. Intermission

Intermission

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

It has an average vote of 6.121 on TMDB.

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14. The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

It has an average vote of 6.994 on TMDB.

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15. Sushi in Suhl (Sushi in Suhl)

Sushi in Suhl

One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called Suhl in the middle of the East German province of Thuringen offers his guests a unique and exotic meal - Japanese Sukiyaki. It was intent to be a surprise for some of his best customers and it became a great success. Even the local paper wrote about it - and this should change the life of Rolf Anschütz forever.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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16. The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange, outgoing woman who brings him 'back down to earth', but his wife soon thinks their marriage is still worth another try.

It has an average vote of 6.21 on TMDB.

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17. Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar first exploded onto the West End stage in 1971 and it was clear that the musical world would never be the same again. For the first time ever, Jesus Christ Superstar has been specially filmed for video. Shot at Pinewood Studios, this brand new filmed stage version starring Glenn Carter and Rik Mayall captures one of the best score Andrew Lloyd Webber has ever written and is packed with hit songs including, 'I Don't Know How To Love Him', 'Gethsemane' and 'Superstar'.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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18. Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This documentary explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement—including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco—led to it.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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19. Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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20. Lamerica (Lamerica)

Lamerica

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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