Top 20 movies like Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.

Bob Roberts is of 1 hour(s) and 42 minute(s). It is Produced By:  PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Larry Levinson Productions, Mark Johnson Productions, Live Entertainment. It was released on 1992-09-04. It has the tagline: Vote first. Ask questions later. It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyDrama

1. Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night," angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One," seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone," wife vainly attempts to divert her over-engrossed writer husband; "At the Opera," a battle over a supposedly exclusive dress; "Suicides," a death pact; "Snow," would-be suitor is actually a private detective hired by jealous husband.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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2. True Colors

True Colors

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

It has an average vote of 6.181 on TMDB.

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3. Faraway, So Close! (In weiter Ferne, so nah!)

Faraway, So Close!

Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.

It has an average vote of 6.852 on TMDB.

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4. Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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5. Fail Safe

Fail Safe

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

It has an average vote of 7.791 on TMDB.

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6. Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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7. Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.

It has an average vote of 7.082 on TMDB.

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8. Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (Parenti serpenti)

Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or her inherit the family house.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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9. The Client

The Client

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

It has an average vote of 6.69 on TMDB.

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10. Dogville

Dogville

A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

It has an average vote of 7.77 on TMDB.

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11. Jackie

Jackie

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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12. Spy Kids

Spy Kids

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

It has an average vote of 5.795 on TMDB.

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13. Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

It has an average vote of 5.605 on TMDB.

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14. Noah

Noah

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

It has an average vote of 5.665 on TMDB.

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15. Interstellar

Interstellar

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

It has an average vote of 8.434 on TMDB.

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16. Oldboy (올드보이)

Oldboy

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.

It has an average vote of 8.259 on TMDB.

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17. Snowpiercer (Snowpiercer)

Snowpiercer

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

It has an average vote of 6.903 on TMDB.

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18. Me Before You

Me Before You

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

It has an average vote of 7.924 on TMDB.

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19. The Fly

The Fly

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

It has an average vote of 7.403 on TMDB.

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20. The Thing

The Thing

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

It has an average vote of 8.059 on TMDB.

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