Top 20 movies like The Clink of Ice
Top 20 Movies like The Clink of Ice
- 1. A View of Love
- 2. The Chops
- 3. Le Cactus
- 4. Agonies
- 5. Louise Wimmer
- 6. The Lacemaker
- 7. At Home with the Rozes
- 8. Laughter and Punishment
- 9. The Hunter
- 10. Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère !
- 11. The Red Collar
- 12. Frenchmen
- 13. Auntie Danielle
- 14. Jaguar
- 15. Möbius
- 16. Love Me No More
- 17. My Mother's Castle
- 18. Number One Fan
- 19. Paris
- 20. The Names of Love
1. A View of Love (Un balcon sur la mer)
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours later, Marc finally puts a name to her face. It's Cathy, the girl he was in love with growing up in Oran, Algeria, in the last days of the French colonial regime. Marc hurries to her hotel. They spend the night together. Then she's gone again. And Marc's mother tells him Cathy never left Algeria. She was killed with her father in a bombing just before independence...
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
2. The Chops (Les Côtelettes)
A father arrives at his son's house one evening. They begin talking about women, love, relationships and things turn awkward fast.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Le Cactus (Le Cactus)
Sami and Patrick are long-time friends. Sami is a hypochondriac. One day, following a misunderstanding at the hospital, Sami thinks he has an incurable neurological disease. He decides to live his last moments to the fullest and goes to India to be treated by a great local "doctor". In the meantime, his friend Patrick, who has been accompanying and supporting him without knowing that this illness is in fact fictitious, finds himself without a wife or job. The initial situation seems to be reversed; Patrick is out of luck and Sami seems less and less ill.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
4. Agonies
Angoroj was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. . At the start of the 1960s Mahé, a professional photographic and cinematic expert, invested in the production of the first fictional film in Esperanto. Using a scenario by Mahé himself, the actors of the Internacia Arta Teatro presented a crime story, set in the Parisian periphery of petty thieves and cheats. Other notable people who played parts in the film included Schwartz , Gaston Waringhien and many from the environs of the contemporary Paris, including a very young Michel Duc-Goninaz.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Louise Wimmer (Louise Wimmer)
The middle-aged titular heroine of this bare-bones, Dardenne-esque debut has certainly fallen on hard times: Living between her car and a storage shed, working a part-time job as a hotel chambermaid, and trying against all odds to obtain public housing, Louise scrapes by on a day-to-day subsistence that’s only a few Euros away from skid row.
It has an average vote of 6.214 on TMDB.
6. The Lacemaker (La Dentellière)
Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
7. At Home with the Rozes (Bienvenue chez les Rozes)
Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is about to celebrate its 20-year old marriage. Our duo has no other solution than to take this entire brood in hostage. But, contrary to all expectations, they are warmly greeted by the occupants who don't think twice before helping them, they are even ready to put their guests off, even to kill them if necessary...
It has an average vote of 5.524 on TMDB.
8. Laughter and Punishment (Rire et Châtiment)
French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment . Vincent is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille , to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
9. The Hunter
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
10. Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère ! (Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère !)
Four guys from a Paris housing project fabricate a documentary about drug dealers working in the City of Lights. When a television network falls hook, line, and sinker for the prank video, the foursome are given a free three-week vacation in the upscale resort community of Biarritz. As they interact with both locals and fellow tourists, they learn about love, friendship, racism, and the differences between the rich and the poor.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
11. The Red Collar (Le Collier rouge)
In 1919, in a small town under the crushing heat of summer, a war hero is held prisoner in an abandoned barracks. Outside, his mangy dog barks night and day. Not far off in the countryside, an extraordinarily intelligent young woman works the land, waiting and hoping. A judge whose principles have been sorely shaken by the war is coming to sort out this case of which it is better not to speak.
It has an average vote of 5.961 on TMDB.
12. Frenchmen (Le Cœur des hommes)
The life of four best friends in Paris: Antoine , Jeff , Alex and Manu . Their time is shared between their respective jobs, their relationship with women and the times they meet together to discuss about life and play sport lottery.
It has an average vote of 6.447 on TMDB.
13. Auntie Danielle (Tatie Danielle)
Tatie Danielle is a black comedy about a widow who is intent on ruining the lives of her great-nephew and his wife. Tsilla Chelton plays the title character, who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets. Eventually, she moves in with her nephew and his vain wife. Soon, her family is at war with Tatie, and takes off for Greece, leaving her in the care of Sandrine , an au pair who is as equally bitter as Tatie herself. At first the two don't get along, yet the two eventually become friends. However, Sandrine is invited to accompany an American student for an overnight stay at the beach, which would leave Tatie alone for a night. Angered, Tatie fires Sandrine, and while she is alone, she goes into deep depression, eventually setting the family's apartment on fire. The fire becomes a national story, with Tatie cast as a poor old lady and the family labeled as cruel and heartless villains.
It has an average vote of 6.523 on TMDB.
14. Jaguar (Le Jaguar)
A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator.
It has an average vote of 5.697 on TMDB.
15. Möbius (Möbius)
An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
It has an average vote of 5.75 on TMDB.
16. Love Me No More (Deux jours à tuer)
Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend.
It has an average vote of 7.088 on TMDB.
17. My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère)
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
It has an average vote of 7.199 on TMDB.
18. Number One Fan (Elle l'adore)
Muriel Bayen, a divorced beautician and mother of two, loves to tell stories. She is a huge fan of this singer Vincent Lacroix, in fact she is a dedicated fan. One day Vincent knock on her door and ask for her help.
It has an average vote of 6.036 on TMDB.
19. Paris (Paris)
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
It has an average vote of 6.456 on TMDB.
20. The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens)
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.
It has an average vote of 7.326 on TMDB.
