Top 20 movies like Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and discovering what it means to be women in a rural town marked by violence. Their mothers train them to flee death, to escape those who turn them into slaves or ghosts. They create their own impenetrable universe, but one day one of the girls doesn’t make it to her hiding place in time.

Noche de fuego is of 1 hour(s) and 50 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Pimienta Films, The Match Factory, Louverture Films, Jaque Content, Desvia Produções, Cactus Film & Video, Bord Cadre Films. It was released on 2021-09-16. It has the tagline: Find the light in the darkness. It has an average vote of 7.705 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. Gonger (Gonger - Das Böse vergisst nie)

Gonger

A man decides to sell his grandparents' house when he finds out that the death of his parents seems to be connected to a legend about a murdered child.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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2. Noise (Ruido)

Noise

Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn apart by the widespread violence in a country waging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different women she will meet.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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3. Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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4. Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)

Identifying Features

Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.

It has an average vote of 7.112 on TMDB.

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5. Hostage House

Hostage House

A realtor and her daughter are taken hostage by armed robbers.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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6. The Song of Names

The Song of Names

A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

It has an average vote of 6.795 on TMDB.

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7. Dark Seduction (Oscura Seduccion)

Dark Seduction

Laura is a successful plastic surgeon who feels her life is somewhat empty. She meets a young nurse and falls in love and experiences sexuality to a extent not known to her. However, this spiral of desire and seduction is a dangerous game where no one is who they appear to be.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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8. Memoria (Memoria)

Memoria

One morning, Jessica Holland, a Scottish orchid farmer visiting her sister in Bogotá, is woken by a loud ‘bang’. This haunting sound dispels her sleep for days, calling into question her identity and guiding her from recording studios to secluded jungle villages in an attempt to find its source.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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9. Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

It has an average vote of 6.677 on TMDB.

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10. As Tears Go By (旺角卡門)

As Tears Go By

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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11. Tampopo (タンポポ)

Tampopo

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

It has an average vote of 7.818 on TMDB.

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12. New World (신세계)

New World

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

It has an average vote of 7.453 on TMDB.

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13. Vortex (Vortex)

Vortex

Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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14. West Side Story

West Side Story

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

It has an average vote of 7.012 on TMDB.

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15. Fire in the Sky

Fire in the Sky

A group of men who were clearing brush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is treated as murder.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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16. Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる)

Like Father, Like Son

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

It has an average vote of 7.652 on TMDB.

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17. Happening (L'Événement)

Happening

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

It has an average vote of 7.231 on TMDB.

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18. The Hater (Sala samobójców. Hejter)

The Hater

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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19. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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20. Sin Nombre (Sin nombre)

Sin Nombre

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

It has an average vote of 7.587 on TMDB.

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