Top 20 movies like The Orchard

The Orchard

One morning, as kids are stealing apples from an old man’s orchard high above a seaside town, an earthquake hits. No one is hurt, and the townsfolk are non-plussed, but the old man is agitated: he alone is aware of the imminent tsunami and tries to warn the village. Based on a classic Japanese fable, The Orchard was made by one-man band Bob Stenhouse, who had been nominated for an Academy Award the previous decade for pioneer tale The Frog, The Dog and The Devil. Fans of the animator will recognise his lush, luminous hand-drawn style.

The Orchard is of 0 hour(s) and 10 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Hugh Macdonald Productions, New Zealand Film Commission. It was released on 1995-01-01.

Genres: DramaAnimationFamily

1. The Legend of the Crabe-Phare

The Legend of the Crabe-Phare

The Crabe-Phare is a legendary crustacean. He captures the lost sailors' boats to add them to his collection. But the crab is getting old, and it is more and more difficult for him to build his collection.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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2. Bird Flu (Linnugripp)

Bird Flu

It's about a man, a snake, a drunk penguin and the disappearance of birds. It's about an apple tree and apples, roots and rootlessness. It's about paradise and being expelled from it.

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3. All the Way to the Ocean

All the Way to the Ocean

An uplifting story about two best friends, Isaac and James and their discovery of the cause and effect relationship between our cities' storm drains and the world's oceans, lakes and rivers. Helping the kids along this journey are a concerned Crane from the coast line, a surprisingly insightful Surfer Dude and James' Mom.

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4. Watchdog

Watchdog

A lonely man's compassion for life is tested whilst presiding over his favorite fishing cliffs.

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5. Empire of Atlantis (Atlantis : Der verlorene Kontinent)

Empire of Atlantis

Petros, the little son of a fishing man makes a very special finding. While playing at the beach he discovers a message in a bottle. With the help of its Grandpa he succeeds deciphering the paper. "Atlantis is a lost city," he explains to his grandchild. "Since eternal times humans try to find this city, but up to now nobody succeeded." Petros, his dog Uzo and Grandpa start an adventurous journey after the lost city.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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6. The Last Day of Summer (Ostatni dzień lata)

The Last Day of Summer

A subtle tale of a confrontation between two lonely people, one from which true understanding cannot seemingly result.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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7. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Burger Beard is a pirate who is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, which happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When the entire city of Bikini Bottom is put in danger, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton need to go on a quest that takes them to the surface. In order to get back the recipe and save their city, the gang must retrieve the book and transform themselves into superheroes.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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8. Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters (帰ってきたウルトラマン 竜巻怪獣の恐怖)

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle ( edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and shorter versions of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and The Little Match Girl.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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9. Seven Samurai (七人の侍)

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

It has an average vote of 8.459 on TMDB.

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10. As It Is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen)

As It Is in Heaven

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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11. Walden

Walden

After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan. Old wounds resurface as the sisters attempt to pick up the pieces of the rivalry that broke them apart.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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12. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

It has an average vote of 7.123 on TMDB.

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13. Adam's Apples (Adams æbler)

Adam's Apples

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

It has an average vote of 7.463 on TMDB.

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14. The Inheritors (Die Siebtelbauern)

The Inheritors

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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15. Whale Rider

Whale Rider

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

It has an average vote of 7.07 on TMDB.

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16. Fleisch ist mein Gemüse (Fleisch ist mein Gemüse)

Fleisch ist mein Gemüse

(Fleisch ist mein Gemüse)

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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17. Mouchette (Mouchette)

Mouchette

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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18. Apocalypto

Apocalypto

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

It has an average vote of 7.578 on TMDB.

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19. This Man Must Die (Que la bête meure)

This Man Must Die

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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20. We Shall Overcome (Drømmen)

We Shall Overcome

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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