Top 20 movies like Is This a Joke?
Top 20 Movies like Is This a Joke?
- 1. Porky's Five & Ten
- 2. Try
- 3. Manual for Bored Girls
- 4. Alfie
- 5. Paper and Plastic
- 6. Empyrean
- 7. Variations
- 8. Insomniacs
- 9. Dada
- 10. Blind Date
- 11. Bloom
- 12. Candy.
- 13. Bob & Bob
- 14. Start of Something
- 15. Against the Sea
- 16. Fifty Pence
- 17. The Other Man
- 18. Versus
- 19. Two Skeletons
- 20. The Projectionist: A Passion for Film
1. Porky's Five & Ten
Porky sets sail for the Boola-Boola islands in the South Seas with a ship full of general merchandise and plans to open a 5 & 10 cent store. But a swordfish cuts a hole in the ship and Porky's goods fall into the ocean, where the fish make creative uses of them, ultimately opening a Hollywood nightclub, complete with fish impersonating various stars.
It has an average vote of 5.667 on TMDB.
2. Try
Short movie about a young, drug addicted couple.
It has an average vote of 6.156 on TMDB.
3. Manual for Bored Girls
(Manual før böred girls)
It has an average vote of 3.6 on TMDB.
4. Alfie
Alfie tells the story of a unique character who is trying his best to overcome his own demons. Through therapy, Alfie's issues are slung to the forefront of discovery and he does his best to keep them at bay; but it is a hard line to walk.
5. Paper and Plastic
A successful businessman returns to his home town after many years away to attend his father's funeral.
6. Empyrean
When her father is suddenly diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, Sadie returns home to help her family care for him while struggling to accept the chaos within his mind, her family and herself.
7. Variations
Variations on relationships in a New Year Day atmosphere set in a huge and rundown 1980s style hotel awaiting demolition by Lake Balaton, Hungary. Three women and five men in various ways.
8. Insomniacs
In this atmospheric, emotionally charged drama, two Londoners lose sleep but find each other.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
9. Dada
An absurdest short film set in the roaring twenties that chronicles two brothers who are obsessed with stealing Marcel Duchamp's shovel back from their arch nemesis, a greedy, drunk, fat, perverted aristocrat.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
11. Bloom
On the eve of their high school graduation, two girls make a pact to lose their virginity before the night is through.
12. Candy.
You brought your date to your mother's house? Not a good idea if your mother is as sweet as Candy.
13. Bob & Bob
One man's fight against himself spirals recklessly out of control.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
14. Start of Something
A different story about first love.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. Against the Sea (Contra El Mar)
Contra El Mar is a portrait of a young marriage struggling to find common ground amid hardship and uncertainty.
16. Fifty Pence
Darren, a keen gambler, finds himself having to escort an unknown woman on the other side of Paris for a Mafioso. Struggling with the implications of his involvement in the affair, Darren is forced to reconsider his values.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. The Other Man
A man discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to win her back with a romantic candlelit dinner, champagne and chloroform.
18. Versus
A young man, who just graduated from university, just started to work on his first job at an office. Although this is the moment he worked and studied for really hard, not long after a very unsatisfied feeling about his life starts to pop up. This feeling is visualized by a strange looking man who, from one day to another, starts to hit the young man randomly on his head with a newspaper. When the strange man proofs not to be easily get rid of, absurd situations follow that eventually drive the young man to revise choices that he made earlier in his life.
19. Two Skeletons
Two strangers living in New York. One Halloween they discover that, in a city of 8 million people, you might just bump into the one person looking for.
20. The Projectionist: A Passion for Film
A story of one mans passion that influences the people around him. Directed by Kris Roselli, the viewer is taken on a journey through Lou's life work and progression from a local to international level. Lou's son Nick grew up being influenced by his fathers passion for film. Now the father and son relationship has brought them closer than ever after years of being estranged during Nick's teenage years. Hear the stories from the people who's lives have been touched by Lou. An interest can catch your attention, but a passion can change your life forever.
