Top 18 movies like High Stakes
Top 18 Movies like High Stakes
- 1. Wolf Whistle
- 2. Change
- 3. La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo
- 4. Makwayela
- 5. Super Demetrios
- 6. Neal Morse: Live Momentum
- 7. Few Good Things
- 8. Alt for Norge
- 9. The Crooked Road
- 10. Hustling
- 11. John
- 12. Invocation
- 13. From Victory to Victory
- 14. School
- 15. Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later
- 16. Putsch
- 17. Passaic Falls, New Jersey
- 18. A Letter from Death Row
1. Wolf Whistle
A young woman goes for a sunset jog in a dangerous park with unexpected consequences.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Change
I was somewhere between the beggining and the end of life. After winter became spring, and summer became fall, and fall winter again. I always knew change would be constant.
It has an average vote of 9.4 on TMDB.
3. La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo (La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo)
After regaining his manliness, he escapes from hell Satan for embezzling Secretary of infernal hacienda, being chased by a couple of poor devils good for nothing, and took refuge in the cabaret ends up working as a transvestite.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
4. Makwayela (Makwayela)
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique performs a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines, and decrying the evils of apartheid.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. Super Demetrios (Σούπερ Δημήτριος)
In a surreal, parallel universe, Thessaloniki has its very own superhero: Super Demetrios. Posing as Dimitris Christoforidis, journalist for the Golden Jerusalem magazine, he fights for truth, justice and the Greco-Christian ideal. In the dark of the night, the city's worst nightmare returns. Captain F.ROM is back, determined to meet his long-awaited goal: claiming his true name. A name he's entitled to. A name that becomes him. The two protagonists are drawn into a conflict that toys with the viewer's patience until the very climax of the film, in an archetypal battle between good and evil.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Neal Morse: Live Momentum
When progressive rock icon Neal Morse was preparing to tour his highly acclaimed 2012 studio release, "Momentum," he turned to YouTube to audition touring players to support his faithful duo of Mike Portnoy and Randy George . He had high hopes, but the final players selected from more than 70 applicants dramatically surpassed his expectations. They hit the road for an 8-stop North American tour. And now that band's epic New York performance is captured on the new "Live Momentum" 2DVD/3CD Box Set.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
7. Few Good Things
A short film coinciding with the release of the album "Few Good Things" by Chicago artist Saba.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Alt for Norge
This is a humouristic viewpoint upon Norways history the last 100 years - Since the end of the union with Sweden in 1905. A Guide through Norways history the last 100 years.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
9. The Crooked Road
An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
10. Hustling
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
11. John
John tells the story of a young male, a psychiatric hospital patient who witnesses the death of another Black male patient at the hands of white staff. Blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, this work draws from real life cases of mentally ill Black men who have died as a result of excessive force of the State.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
12. Invocation
Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
13. From Victory to Victory (南征北战)
In 1947, the Chinese Red Army sets a trap for the Nationalist forces in Jiangsu province.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
14. School
Kathy Acker talks about being 14, hanging out at the New York Filmmakers Cooperative with Jack Smith, Stan Brakhage, and boyfriend P. Adams Sitney. She speaks to the theft of language, narrative versus myth, and digging herself out of hell. The interview was shot on Halloween night, 1996. The original 45 minute interview is placed inside the video transfer of this 3 minute Super 8 film called School , starring Miss Barbrafisçh.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
15. Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later
This two-hour special looks back at Dec. 7, 1941 - the date that has indeed lived in infamy, as President Franklin Roosevelt promised - when imperial Japan attacked the U.S. naval forces in Hawaii, ushering America into World War II. The attack killed more than 2,400 people, wounded 1,000 and damaged or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and over 300 airplanes.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. Putsch (Putsch)
A community of human beings behaving like animals, is shaken by the arrival of a new protagonist.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Passaic Falls, New Jersey
A look at the waterfalls of the Passaic River in the northern New Jersey city of Passaic.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
18. A Letter from Death Row
A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence...or does he? Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late...? Was this story told from Raine's point of view or from the book writers or from yours, the viewer - you decide.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.