Top 20 movies like Studs Terkel: Listening to America

Studs Terkel: Listening to America

For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on TV. This documentary takes a fond and illuminating look back at one of America's most influential authors and media personalities whose curiosity about people never dimmed over the course of a long and brilliant career.

Studs Terkel: Listening to America is of 0 hour(s) and 40 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Lucky Duck Productions, Educational Film Center, HBO Documentary Films. It was released on 2009-05-15. It has the tagline: Documentary about the life and career of the author and pioneer of radio & television, Studs Terkel. It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

Genres: Documentary

1. A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)

A Special Day

In Rome, fascist supporter Emanuele attends a parade commemorating Adolf Hitler's historic meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini, leaving his apolitical wife, Antonietta, to tend to household duties. Antonietta encounters a man, Gabriele, who appears surprisingly nonplussed by the political event. Over the course of the day, the two forge a close friendship that will forever change their perceptions of life, love and politics.

It has an average vote of 8.044 on TMDB.

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2. Crocodile Dundee II

Crocodile Dundee II

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

It has an average vote of 5.831 on TMDB.

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3. The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.

It has an average vote of 5.525 on TMDB.

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4. Defeat of the German Forces Near Moscow: The Restored Soviet WW2 Documentary (Defeat of the German Forces Near Moscow: The Restored Soviet WW2 Documentary)

Defeat of the German Forces Near Moscow: The Restored Soviet WW2 Documentary

Soviet wartime cameramen accompanied the fighting troops of the Red Army on foot, aboard their tanks, and in their aircraft to film this epochal documentary of the Battle of Moscow that halted the vaunted and---until then, unstoppable---German war machine cold in its tracks.

It has an average vote of 7.333 on TMDB.

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5. The Clink of Ice (Le Bruit des glaçons)

The Clink of Ice

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

It has an average vote of 5.885 on TMDB.

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6. The Fly

The Fly

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

It has an average vote of 7.406 on TMDB.

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7. A Silent Voice: The Movie (映画 聲の形)

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

It has an average vote of 8.376 on TMDB.

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8. The Specials (Hors Normes)

The Specials

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations , they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

It has an average vote of 7.845 on TMDB.

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9. Man with a Movie Camera (Человек с киноаппаратом)

Man with a Movie Camera

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

It has an average vote of 7.853 on TMDB.

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10. Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants)

Love Me If You Dare

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

It has an average vote of 7.241 on TMDB.

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11. Critters 3

Critters 3

As fanged, furious furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh leads the battle to beat back the conniving critters and save the planet.

It has an average vote of 5.06 on TMDB.

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12. Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

Kathleen Madigan drops in on Detroit to deliver material derived from time spent with her Irish Catholic Midwest family, eating random pills out of her mother's purse, touring Afghanistan, and her love of John Denver and the Lunesta butterfly.

It has an average vote of 7.554 on TMDB.

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13. My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん)

My Neighbors the Yamadas

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

It has an average vote of 6.978 on TMDB.

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14. When Marnie Was There (思い出のマーニー)

When Marnie Was There

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

It has an average vote of 7.946 on TMDB.

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15. Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば)

Whisper of the Heart

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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16. Suspiria

Suspiria

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe uncover dark and sinister secrets as they probe the depths of the studio's hidden underground chambers.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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17. Area of Conflict

Area of Conflict

Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.

It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.

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18. The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres)

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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19. Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

It has an average vote of 8.312 on TMDB.

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20. De Pernas pro Ar 2 (De Pernas pro Ar 2)

De Pernas pro Ar 2

Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to go to spa. Precisely at this time, appears unique opportunity to expand its business in New York. Using fun gimmicks, risks his health, leaves spa party there with family to ride, but actually in order to facilitate their professional interests. In trying to reconcile the agendas, engage in hilarious situations and mistakes that culminate in the possible separation of the couple.

It has an average vote of 6.358 on TMDB.

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