Top 20 movies like Black Gold

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

Black Gold is of 2 hour(s) and 10 minute(s). It is Produced By: France 2 Cinéma, Quinta Communications, Carthago Films, Prima TV, DFI. It was released on 2011-12-21. It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

Genres: Adventure Drama

Top 20 Movies like Black Gold

1. McLeod's Daughters
2. O Jerusalem
3. Flashbacks of a Fool
4. Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
5. Seven Chances
6. The Women
7. 2 Alone in Paris
8. Recoil
9. Close-Up
10. Beanpole
11. Off Course
12. The Paperboy
13. The Warrior's Way
14. Woman in Gold
15. Ruby Sparks
16. Red Dawn
17. The Perfect Storm
18. The Contractor
19. Victor Frankenstein
20. Lawless

1. McLeod's Daughters

Tess returns home to Drovers Run, a family-run ranch in Australia’s outback, to reunite with her estranged father Jack and half sister Claire. Although Tess and Claire have feuded in the past, they must now work together to save the ranch from bankruptcy.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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2. O Jerusalem (Ô Jerusalem)

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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3. Flashbacks of a Fool

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.

It has an average vote of 6.218 on TMDB.

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4. Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (Hamilton - I nationens intresse)

Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets have disappeared without a trace.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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5. Seven Chances

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

It has an average vote of 7.546 on TMDB.

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6. The Women

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.

It has an average vote of 5.032 on TMDB.

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7. 2 Alone in Paris (Seuls Two)

A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.

It has an average vote of 5.135 on TMDB.

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8. Recoil

A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

9. Close-Up (کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک)

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

10. Beanpole (Дылда)

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.

11. Off Course (Perdiendo el norte)

Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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12. The Paperboy

As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

It has an average vote of 5.545 on TMDB.

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13. The Warrior's Way

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

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14. Woman in Gold

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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15. Ruby Sparks

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

It has an average vote of 7.106 on TMDB.

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16. Red Dawn

A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.

It has an average vote of 5.694 on TMDB.

17. The Perfect Storm

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

It has an average vote of 6.462 on TMDB.

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18. The Contractor

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.

It has an average vote of 6.357 on TMDB.

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19. Victor Frankenstein

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

It has an average vote of 5.943 on TMDB.

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20. Lawless

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

It has an average vote of 7.044 on TMDB.