Top 20 movies like City of Women
Top 20 Movies like City of Women
- 1. Confidence
- 2. In Praise of Love
- 3. The Unseen River
- 4. Leftover Women
- 5. Roma
- 6. How to Make Money Selling Drugs
- 7. The Chain Reaction
- 8. Fiasco in Milan
- 9. Spirits of the Dead
- 10. Performance
- 11. Life, and Nothing More…
- 12. The Swindle
- 13. Le Notti Bianche
- 14. The White Sheik
- 15. The Woman Next Door
- 16. Christiane F.
- 17. Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
- 18. The Conformist
- 19. Mulholland Dr.
- 20. I Vitelloni
1. Confidence (Bizalom)
Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
2. In Praise of Love (Éloge de l'amour)
Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and old. We do not know if the project is for a play, a film, a novel or an opera. The author of the project is always accompanied by a kind of servant. Meanwhile, two years earlier, an American civil servant meets with an elderly French couple who had fought in the Resistance during World War II, brokering a deal with a Hollywood director to buy the rights to tell their story. The members of the old couple's family discuss heatedly questions of nation, memory and history.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
3. The Unseen River (Giòng sông không nhìn thấy)
Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
4. Leftover Women (Leftover Women)
In China, single women are under immense pressure to marry young or face the stigma that comes with being "leftover." Leftover Women follows three hopeful singles seeking to define love on their own terms.
It has an average vote of 7.231 on TMDB.
5. Roma (Roma)
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
It has an average vote of 7.23 on TMDB.
6. How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. The Chain Reaction
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
8. Fiasco in Milan (Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti)
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. Performance
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.
It has an average vote of 6.751 on TMDB.
11. Life, and Nothing More… (زندگی و دیگر هیچ)
After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
12. The Swindle (Il bidone)
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
It has an average vote of 7.359 on TMDB.
13. Le Notti Bianche (Le notti bianche)
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
It has an average vote of 7.44 on TMDB.
14. The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco)
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
15. The Woman Next Door (La Femme d'à côté)
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
It has an average vote of 7.096 on TMDB.
16. Christiane F. (Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
It has an average vote of 7.327 on TMDB.
17. Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (Les Rivières pourpres 2 : Les Anges de l'apocalypse)
No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
It has an average vote of 6.104 on TMDB.
18. The Conformist (Il conformista)
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
It has an average vote of 7.673 on TMDB.
19. Mulholland Dr.
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
It has an average vote of 7.838 on TMDB.
20. I Vitelloni (I vitelloni)
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
It has an average vote of 7.655 on TMDB.
