Top 20 movies like Samba

Samba

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.

Samba is of 1 hour(s) and 58 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Ten Films, Gaumont, Quad Productions. It was released on 2014-10-15. It has the tagline: Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose. It has an average vote of 6.335 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaComedy

1. So Happy Together (Tellement proches)

So Happy Together

Famille : Groupe de personnes réunies par des liens de parenté et un fort sentiment de solidarité morale et matérielle. Quand Alain a épousé Nathalie, il ne savait pas qu'il épouserait aussi sa famille. Ce samedi, comme toutes les semaines, ils sont invités à dîner chez son beau-frère, Jean-Pierre à Créteil. C'est vrai, Alain en a marre de ces dîners familiaux, mais il ne sait pas encore ce qui l'attend véritablement ce soir-là... Ni les jours qui suivent

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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2. The Dream Team (Les seigneurs)

The Dream Team

A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.

It has an average vote of 5.013 on TMDB.

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3. Gemma Bovery (Gemma Bovery)

Gemma Bovery

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

It has an average vote of 6.104 on TMDB.

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4. Mood Indigo (L'Écume des jours)

Mood Indigo

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

It has an average vote of 6.155 on TMDB.

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5. On the Other Side of the Tracks (De l'autre côté du périph)

On the Other Side of the Tracks

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.

It has an average vote of 5.569 on TMDB.

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6. Those Happy Days (Nos jours heureux)

Those Happy Days

Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to children about the rooms, trips, their belongings...

It has an average vote of 7.391 on TMDB.

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7. French Women (Sous les jupes des filles)

French Women

A story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life, children. Every girl has their complexes and virtues. They always look elegant, hiding their inner feelings. Will they reach all the goals and overcome all their difficulties?

It has an average vote of 5.723 on TMDB.

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8. The Tobacconist (Der Trafikant)

The Tobacconist

Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.

It has an average vote of 6.551 on TMDB.

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9. Bad Country

Bad Country

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

It has an average vote of 5.528 on TMDB.

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10. Electrick Children

Electrick Children

Rachel is a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, and finds glorious rock & roll thereupon. Weeks later, Rachel realizes a miracle has occurred - and the cassette tape must have something to do with it. She leaves her family and runs away to the closest city: Las Vegas. There she searches for the singer of the band on the cassette tape.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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11. Tokyo Fiancée (Tokyo Fiancée)

Tokyo Fiancée

A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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12. Pelts

Pelts

Jake Feldman is a furrier struggling to build a business while being tormented by his obsession with a stripper. When a sadistic backwoods trapper kills a strange group of pet raccoons, Jake knows their luxurious hides could make a coat that will change his fortunes forever. Only these are no ordinary pelts: the cursed furs will wreak vengeance on anyone who touches them.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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13. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

It has an average vote of 6.852 on TMDB.

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14. The Green Prince

The Green Prince

This real-life thriller tells the story of one of Israel’s prized intelligence sources, recruited to spy on his own people for more than a decade. Focusing on the complex relationship with his handler, The Green Prince is a gripping account of terror, betrayal, and unthinkable choices, along with a friendship that defies all boundaries.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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15. The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.

It has an average vote of 6.657 on TMDB.

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16. We Are Young. We Are Strong. (Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.)

We Are Young. We Are Strong.

On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol for xenophobia in the just recently reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.

It has an average vote of 6.815 on TMDB.

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17. Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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18. The Last Station

The Last Station

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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19. Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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20. Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani (Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani)

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani

A crowd-sourced documentary with clips filmed all on the same day.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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