Top 20 movies like The Road of Writing
Top 20 Movies like The Road of Writing
- 1. The Week of the Killer
- 2. A Place of One's Own
- 3. Detainment
- 4. The Return
- 5. Curse of the Black Cat
- 6. Winter Light
- 7. Something More
- 8. The Whole World Blind (Or: The Ballad of the Cuck and the Eunuch)
- 9. Skin
- 10. Hűség
- 11. The Bricklayers
- 12. The Sorrows of Gin
- 13. Lolita
- 14. The Opposite of Sex
- 15. High Crimes
- 16. Crimes and Misdemeanors
- 17. Class of 1984
- 18. Exorcist II: The Heretic
- 19. The I Inside
- 20. Redacted
1. The Week of the Killer (La semana del asesino)
A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.
It has an average vote of 6.349 on TMDB.
2. A Place of One's Own
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
3. Detainment
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. The Return (Povratak)
An-ex convict nicknamed Al Capone, who spent six years in jail, tries to adapt in new environment. Members of the two rival gangs try to engage him in their new ventures, but he wants to make a new start with the girl he loves. At the same time, a young criminal who shares the same nickname replaces him in these actions.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
5. Curse of the Black Cat (Cazar un gato negro)
A notable opera singer tries to commit suicide because of a emotional breakdown. While hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic, her daughter cautiously approaches the man she considers to be the blame for the state of her mother in order to gain her revenge.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
6. Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna)
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
7. Something More (Qualcosa in più)
In a crisis with his wife, a man consoles himself with an attractive girl, but hesitates when he discovers she's trans. That "something more", however, does not prevent him from continuing the relationship, which becomes embarrassing when the two also join the wife, attracted by the novelty. The unusual triangle is not destined for a happy coexistence and fate will prove tragic for everyone.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
8. The Whole World Blind (Or: The Ballad of the Cuck and the Eunuch)
After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him.
9. Skin
In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
11. The Bricklayers (Los albañiles)
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
12. The Sorrows of Gin
An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. Lolita
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
It has an average vote of 7.142 on TMDB.
14. The Opposite of Sex
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
15. High Crimes
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
It has an average vote of 6.345 on TMDB.
16. Crimes and Misdemeanors
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
17. Class of 1984
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
It has an average vote of 6.426 on TMDB.
18. Exorcist II: The Heretic
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
19. The I Inside
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.
It has an average vote of 5.976 on TMDB.
20. Redacted
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.