Top 20 movies like The Boss from the West
Top 20 Movies like The Boss from the West
- 1. Lost in Translation
- 2. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
- 3. Berlin is in Germany
- 4. Boys Don't Cry
- 5. The Venus Effect
- 6. Accidental Waltz
- 7. 18 Days
- 8. The Twin Bracelets
- 9. Volume
- 10. Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
- 11. Two Ships
- 12. Asockalypse
- 13. Rain Beau's End
- 14. Waiyirri
- 15. Bangalore Days
- 16. Words with Gods
- 17. Get a Clue
- 18. 35 Shots of Rum
- 19. Viva Cuba
- 20. Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
1. Lost in Translation
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
It has an average vote of 7.394 on TMDB.
2. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Wilbur begår selvmord)
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
It has an average vote of 6.582 on TMDB.
3. Berlin is in Germany (Berlin is in Germany)
When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
4. Boys Don't Cry
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
5. The Venus Effect (Venuseffekten)
A romantic comedy about Liv, who is at the beginning of her 20s. She is very close to her parents and working in the family greengrocer business when, against all expectation, she falls in love with a spirited and somewhat older rainbow girl, Andrea. Andrea claims to be suffering from stress. But in reality, she is heartbroken and has sought refuge at her uncle’s apple plantation. Liv’s encounter with Andrea becomes the catalyst for a divorce, the loss of a friendship and an identity crisis that ultimately shatters their love. But in a rebellion against her parents, Liv realises that love is mutable and that a family may assume many forms.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
6. Accidental Waltz (Случайный вальс)
Tatyana Prokofievna is an ageing woman with a diva’s behavior, but her life is uneventful, ordinary and dull. To escape the everyday slumber she seeks companionship of young men. She provides shelter and becomes involved in their problems. Her ex-boyfriend has married a younger woman. Tatyana is forced to keep her loneliness hidden because of her role as hostess.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
7. 18 Days (١٨ يوم)
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. The Twin Bracelets (雙鐲)
Two teenage girls make a pledge to each other to be as "man and wife" in a small Chinese fishing town. The notions of women's rights or sexual freedom are absent in their oppressive minority culture, and when one becomes happily married to a stranger, the other is cruelly betrothed to the abusive son of a wealthy family. Seeking to free herself from a lifetime of abuse, Hui-hua desperately looks for a way out. ----by J L
It has an average vote of 1.4 on TMDB.
9. Volume
Sam lives in a place where everything is polished and secrets are cleaned up and kept. So when Georgina goes missing, everyone acts like nothing happened. But Sam can't stop thinking about her, the enigma who lived next door, swimming daily in her pool. As Sam drifts back into his memories of Georgina, he comes to realise he may know more than he wants to remember.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
10. Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse)
The final installment in Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlin Trilogy casts Delphine Seyrig as the nefarious Fritz Lang supervillain Dr. Mabuse, here the head of a powerful media empire that seeks to create headlines by manufacturing its own celebrity: the wealthy, handsome playboy Dorian Gray.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
11. Two Ships (Vilaine fille mauvais garçon)
The overexcited night of a young pinched painter and a crazy comedienne. In the impossibility to end up alone, Laetitia and Thomas cross every situation between drama and lightness, until a violent event marks their meeting of a strange complicity.
It has an average vote of 5.975 on TMDB.
12. Asockalypse
A group of stoners save the world from sock stealing aliens.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. Rain Beau's End
A prominent lesbian couple adopts a child who gets diagnosed with a genetic predisposition for violence, and they must contend with their hard-lined stance on acceptance while attempting to raise the perfect family in the spotlight.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
14. Waiyirri
A missionary’s wife questions her needs to "save souls" after finding solace in her new friendship with a Ngarrindjeri woman.
15. Bangalore Days (ബാംഗ്ലൂർ ഡെയ്സ്)
A fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover & explore!
It has an average vote of 7.582 on TMDB.
16. Words with Gods
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
It has an average vote of 5.688 on TMDB.
17. Get a Clue
A wealthy student with too much fashion sense, her equally rich friends, and her rival/superior from the school paper work together to solve the case when their teacher goes missing.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
18. 35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums)
A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. Viva Cuba (Viva Cuba)
The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother ,
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
20. Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
Smart. Outspoken. Opinionated. Three-time Emmy Award winner Wanda Sykes is back! Reigning over everything from television sitcoms to feature films, this comedienne extraordinaire has returned in her second solo HBO comedy special, I’MA BE ME. Live from Washington, D.C. and edgier than ever, Wanda holds nothing back as she riffs on the perks of having a Black president, coming out, getting married, motherhood, aging, and twenty-first century pirates. With her trademark wit, Wanda shocks and astonishes at every turn in this feature-length special.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.