Top 20 movies like Something Is About to Happen
Top 20 Movies like Something Is About to Happen
- 1. For the Good of Others
- 2. Matria
- 3. El club del paro
- 4. Goodbye World
- 5. Unit 7
- 6. Un amor
- 7. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
- 8. Jokes & Cigarettes
- 9. The Deep Blue Sea
- 10. Call Jane
- 11. Rifkin's Festival
- 12. The Old Oak
- 13. Robot Dreams
- 14. White Noise
- 15. Kramer vs. Kramer
- 16. Maestro
- 17. Bodies Bodies Bodies
- 18. Aftersun
- 19. There Will Be Blood
- 20. Anatomy of a Fall
1. For the Good of Others (El mal ajeno)
Diego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is threatened with a gun. Hours later, he can only remember the sound of a bang and the strange feeling of having being hit with something more than a bullet. Diego has to take an irreversible decision which will affect his own life and that of his loved ones.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
2. Matria (Matria)
Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daughter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
3. El club del paro (El club del paro)
Each morning, whatever the day, four friends meet at a bar to have some beers and fix the world their own way, by criticizing and ranting against everything and everyone. They have something in common: they are all unemployed. Well, all but one.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
4. Goodbye World
When a mysterious cyber-attack cripples civilization, a group of old college friends and lovers retreat to a remote country cabin, where they must cope with an uncertain future while navigating the minefield of their shared past.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Unit 7 (Grupo 7)
Angel, a young intelligent and kind, aims to be a police inspector. Rafael instead is an expeditious, forceful and arrogant policeman. Meanwhile, Miguel and Mateo are part of Group 7, a group of rogue cops ready to do anything to achieve their goals.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. Un amor (Un amor)
Upon settling in the countryside village of La Escapa, Nat accepts a disturbing sexual proposal by neighbour Andreas, paving the way for a self-consuming passion.
It has an average vote of 6.375 on TMDB.
7. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
The dramatic comedy is based on the true story of writer and pinball wizard Roger Sharpe, chronicling his journey to overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.
It has an average vote of 7.009 on TMDB.
8. Jokes & Cigarettes (Saben aquell)
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
It has an average vote of 7.041 on TMDB.
9. The Deep Blue Sea
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
It has an average vote of 5.864 on TMDB.
10. Call Jane
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
It has an average vote of 6.542 on TMDB.
11. Rifkin's Festival
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
It has an average vote of 6.148 on TMDB.
12. The Old Oak
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
13. Robot Dreams (Robot Dreams)
Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of '80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
It has an average vote of 8.112 on TMDB.
14. White Noise
Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
15. Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
It has an average vote of 7.564 on TMDB.
16. Maestro
A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
It has an average vote of 6.415 on TMDB.
17. Bodies Bodies Bodies
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
It has an average vote of 6.31 on TMDB.
18. Aftersun
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
It has an average vote of 7.686 on TMDB.
19. There Will Be Blood
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
20. Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une chute)
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
It has an average vote of 7.619 on TMDB.
