Top 20 movies like The Man with the Rubber Head
Top 20 Movies like The Man with the Rubber Head
- 1. The Infernal Cauldron
- 2. The One-Man Band
- 3. The Dreyfus Affair
- 4. The Melomaniac
- 5. First Prize in Cello
- 6. The Magic Sword
- 7. Kiri-Kis
- 8. The Mermaid
- 9. The Big Swallow
- 10. The Four Troublesome Heads
- 11. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
- 12. Passage of Venus
- 13. The Astronomer's Dream
- 14. The Impossible Voyage
- 15. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
- 16. A Trip to the Moon
- 17. Pokémon Detective Pikachu
- 18. American Beauty
- 19. Magnolia
- 20. Joker
1. The Infernal Cauldron (Le chaudron infernal)
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
It has an average vote of 6.267 on TMDB.
2. The One-Man Band (L'homme orchestre)
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.
It has an average vote of 6.81 on TMDB.
3. The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus)
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.
It has an average vote of 5.782 on TMDB.
4. The Melomaniac (Le Mélomane)
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
It has an average vote of 6.688 on TMDB.
5. First Prize in Cello (Premier Prix de violoncelle)
An artist settles down on a folding stool right in the middle of the street and starts playing. Soon enough, objects of all sorts are thrown from the windows, without interrupting the musician’s inspiration… until a little girl shows up.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. The Magic Sword
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and rises to the moon. After disappearing she causes various hob-goblins to haunt the pair, the last of them stealing away the lady while the Knight's back is turned. The Knight, frantic with grief, is suddenly confronted by a Fairy, who presents him with a magical sword, and tells him that he can use it to regain the young woman.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
7. Kiri-Kis (Les Kiriki, acrobates japonais)
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
It has an average vote of 6.714 on TMDB.
8. The Mermaid (La sirène)
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
It has an average vote of 5.563 on TMDB.
9. The Big Swallow
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
It has an average vote of 6.487 on TMDB.
10. The Four Troublesome Heads (Un homme de têtes)
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.
It has an average vote of 7.582 on TMDB.
12. Passage of Venus (Passage de Venus)
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
It has an average vote of 6.21 on TMDB.
13. The Astronomer's Dream (La lune à un mètre)
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
It has an average vote of 6.875 on TMDB.
14. The Impossible Voyage (Le voyage à travers l'impossible)
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
It has an average vote of 7.246 on TMDB.
15. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat)
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
It has an average vote of 7.111 on TMDB.
16. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
It has an average vote of 7.93 on TMDB.
17. Pokémon Detective Pikachu
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
It has an average vote of 6.932 on TMDB.
18. American Beauty
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
It has an average vote of 8.019 on TMDB.
19. Magnolia
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
It has an average vote of 7.736 on TMDB.
20. 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 8.2 on TMDB.
