Top 20 movies like How They Lie
Top 20 Movies like How They Lie
- 1. Honor of the Family
- 2. Compromised
- 3. The Four Little Tailors
- 4. The Torture of Silence
- 5. Days of Gray
- 6. The Riverbed
- 7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- 8. Vicenta
- 9. Emigrants
- 10. Metropolis
- 11. La maschera pietosa
- 12. Crime and Punishment
- 13. Revelation
- 14. Magda
- 15. The Rough Riders
- 16. Zombies und Dromomanen - Die blinden Vögel unterwegs
- 17. Gang War
- 18. Joyless Street
- 19. Limite
- 20. The Last Bohemian
1. Honor of the Family
Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.
2. Compromised
Poor working-class girl Stella marries wealthy Sidney Brock, recently jilted by his fiancée and social equal Connie. The two go through contentious times with the Brock patriarch, but when Stella becomes a mother, she seems to becomes accepted, although it's used as a way to shift Sidney's and the child's affections from her. Connie comes back into their lives, now seeking to reclaim Sidney, and manipulates the situation to convince Stella that he's been seeing her. So Stella decides to get a divorce, but fortunately, Sidney becomes aware of the deception in time.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
3. The Four Little Tailors (Les quatre petits tailleurs)
The opening scene is in a tailor's shop, showing the four assistants more or less in love with their employer's daughter. After some time, the tailor says he will give his daughter to the one who shows himself to be the cleverest. Some very amusing incidents follow. The various feats accomplished during the contest are clever examples of trick photography.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
4. The Torture of Silence (Mater dolorosa)
Hardly one of French filmmaker Abel Gance's masterpieces, The Torture of Silence nevertheless has more dramatic and psychological value than your average romantic-triangle tale. Simply put, the film concerns a doctor, his wife, and his brother. The doctor, a specialist in pediatrics, has no time for his wife Marthe. She seeks solace in the arms of his brother. Unable to keep up the charade, Marthe attempts to shoot herself, but it is her lover who is mortally wounded.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
5. Days of Gray (Days of Gray)
It is a world without language. A world where one is raised to respect the rules. Only one Boy questions the verity of what he has been taught, and he must decide whether to continue living in a society of fear or choose his own destiny.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
6. The Riverbed
Two soldiers lost behind enemy lines reminisce about their lives before war stole their identities.
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
It has an average vote of 7.946 on TMDB.
9. Emigrants (Emigrant)
A short, cautionary tale of emigrating to America.
10. Metropolis (Metropolis)
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
It has an average vote of 8.141 on TMDB.
11. La maschera pietosa (La maschera pietosa)
Italian drama from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. Magda
Magda rebels against the harsh treatment she receives from her stern father . She ultimately escapes from home with aspirations to become a singer. She is betrayed by Kellner , a friend of the family, but she also becomes a great success.
15. The Rough Riders
The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
16. Zombies und Dromomanen - Die blinden Vögel unterwegs (Zombies und Dromomanen - Die blinden Vögel unterwegs)
Two men who have been friends for quite some time and who live in different cities maintain a correspondence with Super 8 film reels that they occasionally send to each other. One of these film reels shows a woman who reminds the addressee of a former girlfriend. Immediately and without paying attention to his obligations to the company, he drives the company car to the city of his childhood friend, 780 km away. There he finds out that she has been the secret lover of his Super 8 friend for years. After about three or four weeks, which they spend on the coast of another country without any significant difficulties, the lover of the childhood friend rows his boat alone across the Atlantic after an obviously frame-up rescue operation.
17. Gang War
Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with her. "Blackjack" is also battling gang boss Mike Luego in a violent turf war.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Joyless Street (Die freudlose Gasse)
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
It has an average vote of 6.841 on TMDB.
19. Limite (Limite)
Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.
It has an average vote of 7.037 on TMDB.
20. The Last Bohemian (Az Utolsó bohém)
The Last Bohemian is a 1912 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was Curtiz's debut film as a director.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.