Top 19 movies like Él
Top 19 Movies like Él
- 1. Now!
- 2. Rosa
- 3. Robinson Crusoe
- 4. Hamlet
- 5. The Other Hell
- 6. Center Stage
- 7. Nazarin
- 8. Kung-Fu Master!
- 9. The Exterminating Angel
- 10. The Phantom of Liberty
- 11. Barking Dogs Never Bite
- 12. Marty
- 13. The Young and the Damned
- 14. The Seven Year Itch
- 15. Christmas Inheritance
- 16. Anomalisa
- 17. The Woman in the Window
- 18. The Lighthouse
- 19. The Shawshank Redemption
1. Now! (Now!)
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
It has an average vote of 6.209 on TMDB.
3. Robinson Crusoe
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
It has an average vote of 6.144 on TMDB.
4. Hamlet (Гамлет)
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as the "stone prison" of the mind wherein Hamlet must confine himself in order to avenge his father's death. Hamlet himself is portrayed as the sole sensitive intellectual in a world made up of debauchers and revellers. Several of Kozintsev directorial choices seem deliberately calculated to inflame the purists: Hamlet's delivers his "To be or not to be" soliloquy with his back to the camera, allowing the audience to fill in its own interpretations.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
5. The Other Hell (L'altro inferno)
A priest investigates paranormal activity at a nuns' convent where a deep, dark secret is about to resurface in the guise of murder! Could the devil be behind this, or is that just what Mother Superior wants everyone to believe?
It has an average vote of 4.868 on TMDB.
6. Center Stage (阮玲玉)
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.
It has an average vote of 7.355 on TMDB.
7. Nazarin (Nazarín)
After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
8. Kung-Fu Master! (Kung-Fu Master!)
A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?
It has an average vote of 6.539 on TMDB.
9. The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador)
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
It has an average vote of 7.94 on TMDB.
10. The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
It has an average vote of 7.471 on TMDB.
11. Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의 개)
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
It has an average vote of 6.824 on TMDB.
12. Marty
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.
It has an average vote of 7.445 on TMDB.
13. The Young and the Damned (Los olvidados)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
14. The Seven Year Itch
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
15. Christmas Inheritance
To inherit her father's company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.
It has an average vote of 6.293 on TMDB.
16. Anomalisa
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
It has an average vote of 7.118 on TMDB.
17. The Woman in the Window
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
It has an average vote of 6.022 on TMDB.
18. The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
19. The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
It has an average vote of 8.705 on TMDB.
