Top 20 movies like Devil's Island
Top 20 Movies like Devil's Island
- 1. Deserted at the Altar
- 2. Home Fires Burning
- 3. The Castle
- 4. Christmas in August
- 5. Street Angel
- 6. The Lessons of Gulliver Stevens
- 7. A Million Bid
- 8. Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina
- 9. e-Social
- 10. María (and Everybody Else)
- 11. Wonderful World
- 12. Pool of London
- 13. Flimflam
- 14. Off Key
- 15. A Siren in the Dark
- 16. The Black Pin
- 17. Whirlpool
- 18. Constance
- 19. Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes
- 20. Snipers Valley
1. Deserted at the Altar
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
2. Home Fires Burning
When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
3. The Castle (Das Schloß)
Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish himself there, he enters the nightmarish world of the castle bureaucracy.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
4. Christmas in August (8월의 크리스마스)
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
It has an average vote of 7.813 on TMDB.
5. Street Angel
A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. The Lessons of Gulliver Stevens
In the Fall of 1984 a brilliant but rebellious teenager is accepted to a prestigious private school where he meets a depressed classmate and helps her stand up to her neglectful father.
7. A Million Bid
To satisfy her controlling mother and secure both of their futures, a daughter hesitantly enters a loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman. Years later, after she has uncovered and overcome her mother's deceptions and manipulations, her newfound happiness is threatened with the appearance of a mysterious "man from the sea."
8. Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina (Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina)
At the eve of Crimean war orphaned Regina lives with her grandmother in a small cabin near a lavish villa. As the summer approaches there is great anticipation of a big ball to be held.
It has an average vote of 3.7 on TMDB.
10. María (and Everybody Else) (María (y los demás))
Ever since her mum died when she was fifteen, Maria has taken care of her father and her siblings. Responsible and in control, she's always been a rock for the family and feels proud of her efforts. That's why her father's sudden love for his nurse and the announcement of their marriage brings Maria's world crashing down around her. At the age of 35 and unable to find a steady partner, she'll have to take the plunge and dare to change her own fate.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
11. Wonderful World
Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill, Ben's pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
12. Pool of London
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
It has an average vote of 6.448 on TMDB.
13. Flimflam (لف ودوران)
A tour guide named "Noor" travels to Sharm el-Sheikh with his family to take the advantage of an offer provided by a company to spend a honeymoon in order to meet an Italian girl named "Perla". He finds there a girl named "Layla " staying in the same villa . By the time Noor's family allied with "Layla " to discourage him from developing a relationship with "Perla".
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
14. Off Key (Nuotin vierestä)
Dramatic comedy about having fun, throwing yourself into life without inhibition, overcoming the feeling of shame and accepting that few things in life go as planned.
It has an average vote of 5.231 on TMDB.
15. A Siren in the Dark
Cameron, a Police Officer with psychic abilities, is called upon to interview an accused teen in hopes of finding the whereabouts of the teen's missing gay lover. His investigation immediately spirals into sordid tales of drug abuse, sexual obsessions, and a mysterious man living on a deserted mountain road.
It has an average vote of 3.8 on TMDB.
16. The Black Pin (Igla ispod praga)
Father Peter fears that the universe has become indifferent. God no longer intervenes in earthly affairs. Peter's wife abandoned him, his son disobeys him and his mother suffers from Alzheimer's and hardly ever recognizes him. When Peter becomes an obstacle to a large property sale in his small island parish, a group of interesting, but vengeful villagers decides to force him to leave. Using very creative methods, they convince the entire superstitious village that Peter is the cause of all the troubles on their island.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
17. Whirlpool (Redemoinho)
Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
18. Constance
Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes (Звезди в косите, сълзи в очите)
This is a film about a traveling theatrical group in the beginning of 20th century. The itinerant troupe arrives in the little town, comprising several families, an eccentric student, an anarchist, all united by their love for theatre. The theatricals of 'Othello' are pending. All of a sudden, the performer of Desdemona falls ill. The local woman teacher plays in her stead. She makes a success and joins the troupe. The young woman travels with them along the dusty country roads and never gives up. Step by step she becomes a very good actress and assumes the leading of the group through its complex life. United by their common fate, the actors go through the joys and disappointments of their pioneering educative mission together.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
20. Snipers Valley (Mörderischer Frieden)
Young Bundeswehr soldiers Tom and Charly are stationed in Kosovo with the KFOR peacekeeping force. Their mission is to secure peace. Although the brutal war between the enemy Serbs and Albanians is officially over, the hatred between people continues to smoulder. When Tom and Charly rescue the young Serbian Mirjana from the fatal shot of the young sniper Durcan, they get caught between all fronts. They lose their professional distance due to the resulting closeness to Mirjana - who has to learn that her father was a war criminal - but also to Durcan - whose entire family was wiped out. Soon they are entangled in a conflict about guilt, manipulation, love and revenge...
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.