Top 20 movies like The Official Story

The Official Story

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.

La historia oficial is of 1 hour(s) and 52 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Progress Communications, Historias Cinematográficas, Cinemanía. It was released on 1985-04-03. It has the tagline: A truth too frightening to ignore It has an average vote of 7.519 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaHistory

1. Rodin: A Modernist (La Turbulence Rodin)

Rodin: A Modernist

(La Turbulence Rodin)

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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2. Belgrano: The Movie (Belgrano, la película)

Belgrano: The Movie

It focuses on the last ten years of life of the hero, creator of the Argentine flag. In 1810, Manuel Belgrano believes that it is possible to replace the royal authority - that of Fernando VII prisoner of the Napoleonic troops - with the community of virtuous men who, identified with the Homeland, fluently interpret the People.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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3. Derren Brown: Infamous

Derren Brown: Infamous

Multi award-winning psychological illusionist Derren Brown returns in the recording of his acclaimed live show ‘Infamous’. Featuring Derren at his baffling best with the excitement of a live theatre audience, Infamous includes amazing, provocative, jaw dropping demonstrations of his incredible skills of magic, suggestion, showmanship and misdirection in a must-watch roller coaster of emotions.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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4. Alexander the Great (Ο Μεγαλέξαντρος)

Alexander the Great

Alexander, a tribal warlord and former political prisoner, kidnaps British tourists, holding them for ransom until Britain and the Greek puppet government in Athens meet his demand for amnesty for his band of freedom fighters.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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5. Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia)

Son of the Bride

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.

It has an average vote of 7.565 on TMDB.

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6. In a Glass Cage (Tras el cristal)

In a Glass Cage

Klaus, a Nazi doctor who used his position as a means to molest young boys, escapes to Spain after the war and returns to his depraved ways. Driven mad by his inability to control his pedophilic urges, Klaus tries to kill himself, but fails and ends up completely incapacitated in an iron lung. When a mysterious teenager named Angelo arrives at his home claiming to be a nurse, Klaus happily hires the boy as his new attendant – a decision he soon regrets.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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7. Burn! (Queimada)

Burn!

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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8. Los Leones (Los Leones)

Los Leones

A couple's life in NYC becomes a whirlwind when Nicole suspects José is cheating on her while receiving the surprise that her father is getting married to a woman half his age.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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9. Pixote (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco)

Pixote

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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10. Waiting for the Hearse (Esperando la carroza)

Waiting for the Hearse

Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family meets one day to celebrate an anniversary meal, and that is when the problem arises: which of them will take care of her?

It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.

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11. Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice)

Happy as Lazzaro

Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

It has an average vote of 7.402 on TMDB.

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12. Paisan (Paisà)

Paisan

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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13. Neruda (Neruda)

Neruda

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

It has an average vote of 6.291 on TMDB.

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14. My Masterpiece (Mi obra maestra)

My Masterpiece

Arturo, the successful owner of an art gallery, and Renzo, a talented but decadent painter, are old friends who cannot stop bickering. One day, Arturo comes up with a solution to all their problems, but the plan they concoct turns out to be crazier and riskier than they originally expected.

It has an average vote of 7.257 on TMDB.

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15. On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

It has an average vote of 7.243 on TMDB.

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16. Lady J (Mademoiselle de Joncquières)

Lady J

When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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17. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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18. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

It has an average vote of 8.08 on TMDB.

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19. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

It has an average vote of 7.644 on TMDB.

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20. Back to Mom's (Retour chez ma mère)

Back to Mom's

At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the table and live her life.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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