Top 20 movies like Break of Day
Top 20 Movies like Break of Day
- 1. Colour Poems
- 2. The Standbys
- 3. Transmitter Receiver
- 4. Primo
- 5. Love, Death & Cars
- 6. Beauty Mark
- 7. Emma
- 8. Hannah's Summer
- 9. The Skin and the Soul
- 10. Without Transition
- 11. Click
- 12. Runaway Baby
- 13. Transit
- 14. The Magic Diner
- 15. Candy
- 16. Home
- 17. Layla M.
- 18. The Nest
- 19. Un(H)armed
- 20. 17
1. Colour Poems
'Titles within the film are: Numen of the Boughs, Old Boots, Speed Bonny Boat, Lapping Water, Incense, Aha, Brave New World, Things, Terra Firma. A poem started in words is continued in images - Part of another poem as an addition to the picture - Some images formed by direct-on-film animation - Others 'found' by the camera" - MT
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
2. The Standbys
A documentary revealing the under-appreciated, highly demanding world of Broadway Understudies and Standbys. Three undiscovered performers at various points in their careers get the chance of a lifetime. Their struggle is put into perspective through never-before-heard stories from celebrities who themselves were once Understudies or Standbys.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Transmitter Receiver
In order to escape the monotony and boredom of the end of the school year, a young boy fabricates a transceiver-receiver to communicate with strangers in the sky.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. Primo (Primo)
On a visit to meet his girlfriend’s parents in a remote village in Tuscany, Primo is forced to prove his masculinity on a wild boar hunt.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Love, Death & Cars
In Los Angeles, Max and Haley go to a reading and book signing of Kyle, a friend of Max's from New York. Through flashbacks and conversations, we learn that they were more than casual friends, and Kyle's reappearance throws Haley and Max's relationship into question. Central to the two men's history was a Grand Canyon trip some years before. Max may need to travel that road again with renewed honesty if he's to sort out his life's conflicts and contradictions.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
6. Beauty Mark
A door-to door cosmetics saleswoman in 1986 finds a new customer.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
7. Emma
14-year-old Emma struggles to hide her alopecia, a condition of rapid, unpredictable hair loss.
8. Hannah's Summer (Hannahs sommer)
A coming of age story about fourteen year old Hanna and her full of romance summer.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
9. The Skin and the Soul (La piel y el alma)
Two sisters in love. Mar is in love with her older sister Celia and Celia with Mar. How will this affect them?
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
10. Without Transition (Sans transition)
The road can be long when allowing yourself to love again. Shy and self-effacing Léo leads a solitary existence, but an encounter with the confident Thom turns his world upside down.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
11. Click
A rock singer, escaping from her abusive boyfriend, forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling photographer with scars of his own.
12. Runaway Baby
Theresa is a young and talented writer who is struggling to finish her novel. As an attempt to find inspiration and understand her protagonist - a wild and free runaway named Chloé - better, she leaves busy and noisy Paris and heads on a journey to wherever the road will take her.
13. Transit
A young girl abandoned by her father at boarding school, travels to an off-beat youth hostel and is forced to confront her personal demons.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. The Magic Diner
A girl finds herself in a diner with a machine that gives her answers to any question she asks.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
15. Candy
Joe, a teenage suburban boy, meets and instantly falls in love with a seemingly innocent young girl from his home town who now lives in London. As their impromptu encounter continues, Joe realizes her situation is much darker then he could have imagined.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
16. Home (Home)
After 17-year-old Kevin is released from prison for violent behavior he goes to live with his aunt and her family including Sammy, his cousin. While apprenticing as a plumber he starts to integrate with Sammy’s group of friends who are still in high school. Like all teenagers they just want to party and ignore any responsibilities, but one of them is hiding a problem at home that will put the entire group in jeopardy.
It has an average vote of 7.278 on TMDB.
17. Layla M. (Layla M.)
18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
18. The Nest (El nido)
Elías is the youngest son of Luisa and José . One afternoon, after witnessing a homophobic attack at school, Elías tells his parent that he is also gay. But his cry for help gets unanswered, which will make him wonder: How can I feel safe? Where’s my nest?
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. Un(H)armed
A case of mistaken identity leads to a heated confrontation between a young Black man and two law enforcement officers.
20. 17
A 17-year-old struggling to find intimacy at home or at school seeks it through a gay hookup app.
