Top 20 movies like Night of the Pencils

Night of the Pencils

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship . The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

La Noche de los Lápices is of 1 hour(s) and 45 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Aries Cinematográfica Argentina. It was released on 1986-09-04. It has an average vote of 6.929 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. El asadito (El asadito)

El asadito

A group of friends in an argentinian barbecue.

It has an average vote of 6.625 on TMDB.

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2. Rebellion in Patagonia (La Patagonia rebelde)

Rebellion in Patagonia

In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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3. Exhibit A

Exhibit A

Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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4. Pihu (Pihu)

Pihu

The social thriller starring a two year-old baby girl. She is living in a home where the adults are going through a complicated phase. Being a toddler, she is occasionally trapped in the accidental situations.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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5. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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6. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (La mafia uccide solo d'estate)

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization.

It has an average vote of 7.341 on TMDB.

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7. The First King (Il primo re)

The First King

Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.

It has an average vote of 7.113 on TMDB.

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8. The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)

The Secret in Their Eyes

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

It has an average vote of 7.997 on TMDB.

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9. Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

It has an average vote of 7.067 on TMDB.

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10. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

It has an average vote of 5.603 on TMDB.

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11. Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓)

Grave of the Fireflies

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

It has an average vote of 8.463 on TMDB.

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12. Pixels

Pixels

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

It has an average vote of 5.728 on TMDB.

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13. Marriage Story

Marriage Story

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

It has an average vote of 7.746 on TMDB.

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14. Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫)

Princess Mononoke

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

It has an average vote of 8.341 on TMDB.

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15. Lady Bird

Lady Bird

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

It has an average vote of 7.266 on TMDB.

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16. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

It has an average vote of 8.074 on TMDB.

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17. Interstellar

Interstellar

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

It has an average vote of 8.434 on TMDB.

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18. Tenet

Tenet

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

It has an average vote of 7.183 on TMDB.

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19. Joker

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

It has an average vote of 8.161 on TMDB.

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20. Snowpiercer (Snowpiercer)

Snowpiercer

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

It has an average vote of 6.901 on TMDB.

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