Top 18 movies like The Return

The Return

It’s spring in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Uyantza festival is underway with the community celebrating all that the forest has to offer. Meanwhile, news is breaking around the world that a novel virus is spreading and a state of emergency is declared across the country. As people test positive for COVID-19 in the community, some families decide to leave and head deeper into the jungle. Disconnected from school, friends, the internet, and work, one family learns to reconnect with life in the forest. The children begin to unlearn the national curriculum, and instead are taught Indigenous knowledge that mainstream schools normally pass over. As COVID-19 wreaks havoc around the planet, the family reconnect to their ancestral ways, but as news arrives that Ecuador’s lockdown will end soon, will the family choose to return?

The Return is of 0 hour(s) and 17 minute(s). It is Produced By:  . It was released on 2021-06-05. It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

Genres: Documentary

1. Lo que hizo Luna (Lo que hizo Luna)

Lo que hizo Luna

Oral legend of the Amazonian nationality Secoya del Ecuador. Tells the story of Ñañe and how it created the world.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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2. The Face of Birth

The Face of Birth

An inspiring look at how wonderful birth can be when your right to choose how, where and with whom you give birth is respected & protected. Every woman has the right to be informed about their options in childbirth. Through an exploration of home birth, this 87 min film looks at what natural, physiological childbirth really is. Is birth a medical emergency waiting to happen or a profound, natural and physiological event that women are designed for? The most comprehensive film ever made on home birth and a voice of reason in the debate, The Face of Birth outlines the importance of education in birthing and the right of a woman to choose the best and safest birth method for her and her baby.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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3. Change

Change

I was somewhere between the beggining and the end of life. After winter became spring, and summer became fall, and fall winter again. I always knew change would be constant.

It has an average vote of 9.4 on TMDB.

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4. John

John

John tells the story of a young male, a psychiatric hospital patient who witnesses the death of another Black male patient at the hands of white staff. Blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, this work draws from real life cases of mentally ill Black men who have died as a result of excessive force of the State.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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5. Hustling

Hustling

Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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6. Super Demetrios (Σούπερ Δημήτριος)

Super Demetrios

In a surreal, parallel universe, Thessaloniki has its very own superhero: Super Demetrios. Posing as Dimitris Christoforidis, journalist for the Golden Jerusalem magazine, he fights for truth, justice and the Greco-Christian ideal. In the dark of the night, the city's worst nightmare returns. Captain F.ROM is back, determined to meet his long-awaited goal: claiming his true name. A name he's entitled to. A name that becomes him. The two protagonists are drawn into a conflict that toys with the viewer's patience until the very climax of the film, in an archetypal battle between good and evil.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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7. The Crooked Road

The Crooked Road

An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

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8. Few Good Things

Few Good Things

A short film coinciding with the release of the album "Few Good Things" by Chicago artist Saba.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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9. 人间世 (人间世)

人间世

(人间世)

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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10. The Eyes of the Amaryllis

The Eyes of the Amaryllis

In 1880, a little girl is sent to Nantucket Island to live with her grandmother. She discovers, however, that her grandmother is an odd woman who has some strange habits, one of which is keeping a vigil for a lover of many years ago who went out to sea one day and never returned.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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11. Mother's Daughter (엄딸)

Mother's Daughter

A movie about women who try to make a living by meeting men under conditions and men who just want to fulfill their sexual desires.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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12. Rimfire

Rimfire

An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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13. This England

This England

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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14. Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?

Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?

A behind-the-scenes short about the making of the 1991 Mel Brooks film "Life Stinks".

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

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15. Free Love (L'Amour libre)

Free Love

In a café in Paris, two friends—one single, the other in an “open” relationship—catch up on their lives and loves. In this animated short where the real story plays out in what’s not said, French cartoonist Aude Picault delivers a delightful ode to the sometimes-complex amorous relationships of modern times. She also takes an affectionate but penetrating look at friendship between women—and the jealousy, envy or judgment that can lurk behind the prettiest speeches.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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16. The Troublesome Step-Daughters

The Troublesome Step-Daughters

A widower with four grown daughters remarries and brings his new wife home to meet them. The girls set out to make life as difficult as possible for their new mother.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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17. Peeping Toms (Metzitzim)

Peeping Toms

Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.

It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.

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18. The Coven

The Coven

While away at college, Autumn becomes associated with a Coven of witches. After being visited by her dead grandmother from the spirit world, Autumn realizes that she must use her magical powers for good rather than evil. She battles for control of her Coven with the evil raven-haired Vallie. Vallie threatens to sacrifice Autumn's boyfriend Gabe. Autumn must fight to save him, and the fate of her Coven.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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