Top 20 movies like Mea Culpa
Top 20 Movies like Mea Culpa
- 1. Moments: Six
- 2. Moments: Castle
- 3. Run Lola Run
- 4. The Game
- 5. Twinkle
- 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
- 7. Fearless
- 8. Wedding Daze
- 9. Rising Sun
- 10. The Japanese Boy
- 11. Simply Irresistible
- 12. The Whole Affair
- 13. Big Night
- 14. The Exterminating Angels
- 15. Al Desnudo
- 16. The Ramen Girl
- 17. East Side Sushi
- 18. Charon
- 19. Before the Rain
- 20. Sweet Dumplings
1. Moments: Six
A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
2. Moments: Castle
A woman challenges her husband on his decision to have a female friend stay over.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
It has an average vote of 7.291 on TMDB.
4. The Game
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
It has an average vote of 7.566 on TMDB.
5. Twinkle (きらきらひかる)
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
7. Fearless (霍元甲)
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
It has an average vote of 7.489 on TMDB.
8. Wedding Daze
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
9. Rising Sun
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
It has an average vote of 6.155 on TMDB.
10. The Japanese Boy
Two men talk by a window while they observe the neighborhood.
11. Simply Irresistible
After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
12. The Whole Affair
A short story of two strangers who let their feelings impel them, without being attached to an outcome.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. Big Night
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
It has an average vote of 6.89 on TMDB.
14. The Exterminating Angels (Les Anges exterminateurs)
A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
16. The Ramen Girl
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
It has an average vote of 6.442 on TMDB.
17. East Side Sushi
Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.
It has an average vote of 6.694 on TMDB.
18. Charon
"Charon" follows a restaurant owner and his wife going through their daily lives while expecting a child when the unexpected occurs.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. Before the Rain (Пред дождот)
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
20. Sweet Dumplings (Sweet Dumplings)
Yin and Lee are making dumplings in the kitchen of their restaurant. Yin is kneading dough; Lee is cutting meat and vegetables to make the filling. They are preparing the favourite food of their daughter Tim Tim, who passed away three years before. While they are cautiously folding the dumplings, they are thinking of the beautiful and painful moments. In silence... each with their own memories.