Top 20 movies like Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo , and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

Edipo re is of 1 hour(s) and 44 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Somafis, Arco Film. It was released on 1967-09-07. It has the tagline: Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent… It has an average vote of 6.772 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. Android Re-Enactment

Android Re-Enactment

Ermus Daglek, retired Empathtek engineer, commandeers a defunct factory where he creates androids based on persons from his past and recreates a dinner party where he lost the love of his life - until they malfunction and escape.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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2. 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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3. Accattone (Accattone)

Accattone

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

It has an average vote of 7.735 on TMDB.

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4. La Rabbia (La rabbia)

La Rabbia

Documentary footage and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage, holding up Marxism as their "salvation", and suggesting that their "innocent ferocity" will be the new religion of the era. Guareschi's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man's future.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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5. Model Shop

Model Shop

While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an establishment that rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers. George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph Lola, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.

It has an average vote of 6.525 on TMDB.

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6. Our Lady of the Turks (Nostra signora dei turchi)

Our Lady of the Turks

A man can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the destruction of his land of Puglia where all citizens are devoted to the Catholic religion. However, the man can not destroy the belief of the pilgrims of Salento, because a woman would prevent that. It is an unknown "Santa Margherita", which tries to divert man from his weird and impossible philosophy. Successive scenes of the film show various situations unreal and dream in which the two protagonists try to obtain the best one on the other. After a blasphemous dialogue between monks, the man includes his whole philosophy in a Moorish building. In fact, this seems to have been the scene of the massacre of the famous 800 Martyrs of Otranto, which are considered by the scetic man the absolute death of Christianity.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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7. In a Year with 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden)

In a Year with 13 Moons

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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8. The Missing Lynx (El lince perdido)

The Missing Lynx

An eccentric millionaire becomes obsessed with the idea of constructing a new Noah's Ark. He hires a hunter to kidnap untoward numbers of animals to make this happen. The group of animals amid their valiant attempt to escape from the hunter's clutches, foil his nefarious plans, and free their captured friends.

It has an average vote of 6.219 on TMDB.

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9. Brand Upon the Brain!

Brand Upon the Brain!

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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10. Garage

Garage

Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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11. They're Playing with Fire

They're Playing with Fire

A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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12. Unity

Unity

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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13. The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo (電柱小僧の冒険)

The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo

A teenager discovers an electric pylon growing out of his back and is soon forced to battle cyborg vampires over the future of humanity.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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14. Doctor Faustus (Doktor Faustus)

Doctor Faustus

A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

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15. Re-Kill

Re-Kill

(Re-Kill)

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16. Sweet 20 (Sweet 20)

Sweet 20

Adapted from Korean movie, Miss Granny, this movie tells a story of old woman that despise old-age that suddenly transform to a pretty girl with all her youth problems.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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17. Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

It has an average vote of 6.835 on TMDB.

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18. It's a Mad World (A Tor Bella Monaca non 'piove' mai)

It's a Mad World

(A Tor Bella Monaca non 'piove' mai)

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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19. Madame Bovary (Madame Bovary)

Madame Bovary

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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20. Re-Kill

Re-Kill

Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.

It has an average vote of 6.121 on TMDB.

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