Top 20 movies like The Graduates
Top 20 Movies like The Graduates
- 1. Midnight My Love
- 2. Waiting in the Dark
- 3. Tomie: Rebirth
- 4. Zelig
- 5. The Crucified Lovers
- 6. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
- 7. Eternity and a Day
- 8. Tokyo Decadence
- 9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- 10. A Matter of Life and Death
- 11. The World Is Not Enough
- 12. Murder, My Sweet
- 13. Murder at the Gallop
- 14. Kuroneko
- 15. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
- 16. The Prestige
- 17. Scarecrow
- 18. Decalogue V
- 19. Beverly Hills Cop II
- 20. East of Eden
1. Midnight My Love (เฉิ่ม)
Sombat is a night taxi driver who has unique taste in things. He enjoys listening to AM radio channels for they reminds him of the good old days though other people find him outdated and call him dork.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
2. Waiting in the Dark (Waiting in the Dark)
Michiru has lost her eyesight, and to make matters worse, her father dies shortly afterwards. She is now all alone and spends most of her day isolated in her home. Akihiro is a Chinese-Japanese immigrant, that has had to deal with racism all throughout his life. He is now tormented at work by one of his older co-workers named Toshio. One day at a train station in front of Michiru's house, Toshio is thrown into the path of an oncoming train. The only person seen at the train stop was Akihiro. Akihiro frantically flees from the scene and manages to enter Michiru's house without her knowledge. After a few days, Michiru starts to sense the presence of another person in her home.
It has an average vote of 8.4 on TMDB.
3. Tomie: Rebirth (富江 re-birth)
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. Zelig
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
It has an average vote of 7.43 on TMDB.
5. The Crucified Lovers (近松物語)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
6. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.
It has an average vote of 6.574 on TMDB.
7. Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα)
An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young, illegal Albanian immigrant home.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
8. Tokyo Decadence (トパーズ)
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
It has an average vote of 7.37 on TMDB.
10. A Matter of Life and Death
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
11. The World Is Not Enough
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
12. Murder, My Sweet
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
13. Murder at the Gallop
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.
It has an average vote of 6.964 on TMDB.
14. Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫)
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
It has an average vote of 7.413 on TMDB.
15. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (残菊物語)
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
It has an average vote of 7.895 on TMDB.
16. The Prestige
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
It has an average vote of 8.203 on TMDB.
17. Scarecrow
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Decalogue V (Dekalog, pięć)
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
It has an average vote of 7.871 on TMDB.
19. Beverly Hills Cop II
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
It has an average vote of 6.48 on TMDB.
20. East of Eden
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
