Top 18 movies like Slick Sleuths
Top 18 Movies like Slick Sleuths
- 1. Shopworn
- 2. The Moon in the Mirror
- 3. Girl's Secrets
- 4. Black Cyclone
- 5. Le matelas de la mariée
- 6. Six Weeks to Twelve Years
- 7. Bad Romance
- 8. Between The Stars
- 9. Allentsteig
- 10. The Czar's Courier
- 11. Poisoned
- 12. Ärztin wider Willen
- 13. Christmas Thieves
- 14. Petersburg. Noir
- 15. Eternity
- 16. The Prairie
- 17. Fun in Balloon Land
- 18. Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
1. Shopworn
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
2. The Moon in the Mirror (La luna en el espejo)
An aged former sailor, ill and confined in his bed, maintains his firm grip on his house and his son, who is having an affair with the widowed next door, through many mirrors displayed in his room and all around the house.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. Girl's Secrets (أسرار البنات)
Graphic portrayal of society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. "Girl's Secrets" tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy sparks tragic consequences. The film articulates the many questions on the minds of most Egyptians and Muslims around the world: Should women abide by Islam's stringent dress code? How can parents screen out unwanted Western influences? Should Egyptian schools teach sex education? Should teen-age boys and girls socialize?
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
4. Black Cyclone
A cowboy and a wild horse find they have some things in common: both have enemies out to get them and both must save their mates from danger.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
5. Le matelas de la mariée
A man hides in a couch and is transported in it while causing havoc.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
6. Six Weeks to Twelve Years
After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.
It has an average vote of 6.125 on TMDB.
7. Bad Romance
Rob is the loneliest of loners. He is so desperate to find love that he constructs an absurd plot to meet and impress women: he is tracking a man by the name of Jack S. who killed his wife to seek revenge, which – to him – is obviously an insanely loyal and courageous thing to do. Hannah, a seductive bartender who used to be married to a man named Jack S., agrees to help Rob track him down – a perfect excuse to get closer to Hannah and to do everything he can to become exactly who she wants in her ideal guy. But little does Rob know that some of the people he meets along the way have intentions that turn Rob’s reality upside down – or is it right-side up?
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
8. Between The Stars
A short film inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Allentsteig (Allentsteig)
This portrait of Allentsteig, a military training area and nature reserve, presents various aspects of life. Without comment but with a keen eye for humorous details.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
10. The Czar's Courier (Der Kurier des Zaren)
A Czarist courier has to get across the Siberia frontier, threatened by Tartar invaders and a treacherous Russian helping them. Strogoff encounters several colorful characters along the way. German language version of the French film Michel Strogoff, adapting the novel by Jules Verne.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. Poisoned
Documentary - A condemned prisoner is led down a cold stone corridor, lit only by torches, to a dark chamber where his life will end. He will die when the vital energy-producing chemical machinery inside each and every one of his cells is blocked by a complex reaction. Yet despite the apparent sophistication of his execution, this scene took place 4000 years ago in ancient Egypt.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Ärztin wider Willen (Ärztin wider Willen)
Daughter Lea persuades Véronique to attend her father's funeral in the south of France. It soon turns out that the family is completely at odds.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
13. Christmas Thieves (Ladri di Natale)
After a robbery goes wrong, Frank and Vince break into a home when two kids mistake them for their babysitters. Hoping to make them fall asleep so they can make their getaway, Frank reads stories from a magic book that he stole during the robbery, taking them to the enchanted world of Arctic Friends. The two thieves have to endure the kid’s hijinks as they make various absurd attempts to escape.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
14. Petersburg. Noir (Питер. Чернуха)
Moscow writer ordered a story for the collection. At this time, his wife is going on a business trip to St. Petersburg. Writing imagination awakens jealousy in the main character.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
15. Eternity
Golden Palm winner Raymond Red's masterpiece, about the surreal and at times nightmarish adventures of a young man.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. The Prairie (La prairie)
At the request of settler boss Miles Forman, Natty Bumppo leads his trek to Michilimackinac, accompanied by Chingachgook. The group of settlers includes the criminal Bush family. After a few days, the wagon trail meets the Pawnee Indian tribe, whose chief Weucha knows Natty and by whom the settlers are warmly received. On the onward journey, the Bush sons veer off to seemingly hunt but sell the Sioux weapons they had stolen from a fort before leaving. On the way back to the trek they are surprised by two hunting Pawnees. In the following fight, one of the Bush sons is killed. The archer is immediately shot, and the other Indian is supposed to be lynched in the camp of the whites. Chingachgook, however, cuts the rope with a bullet. Later, Father Ismael Bush incites the peaceful Pawnees and Sioux against each other by having a Sioux killed and leading suspicion to the Pawnees. The Sioux attack and destroy the Pawnee village.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Fun in Balloon Land
Sonny falls asleep while his mom reads him a bedtime story and wakes up in Balloon Land, a magical world filled with giant balloon people and animals.
It has an average vote of 1.933 on TMDB.
18. Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
"A Woman of Paris" was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
