Top 20 movies like The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is of 2 hour(s) and 7 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, UK Film Council, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Element Films, EMC Produktion, Tornasol Films, Diaphana Films, TV3 Television Network Ireland, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Pathé, BIM Productions, Cinéart, Filmcoopi Zürich, MEDIA Programme of the European Union. It was released on 2006-06-23. It has the tagline: War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood. It has an average vote of 7.384 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaWar

1. Ae Fond Kiss...

Ae Fond Kiss...

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Ae Fond Kiss...

2. The Spider's Stratagem (Strategia del ragno)

The Spider's Stratagem

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The Spider's Stratagem

3. Nest (Hreiður)

Nest

A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Nest

4. This Summer Feeling (Ce sentiment de l'été)

This Summer Feeling

In high summer, Sasha suddenly dies. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their grief and the burden of their loss in Berlin, Paris and New York.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like This Summer Feeling

5. A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

It has an average vote of 6.889 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like A Canterbury Tale

6. The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

It has an average vote of 6.614 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The Wings of the Dove

7. A Short Story (破碎太阳之心)

A Short Story

An abandoned cat embarks on a journey to discover the most precious thing in the world.

It has an average vote of 6.18 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like A Short Story

8. Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

It has an average vote of 6.139 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Closing the Ring

9. The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The House of Mirth

10. The Silent City

The Silent City

The story revolves around 3 soldiers who are on the outskirts of a war torn city. They are patrolling an area when a bomb is accidentally set off and they have to wait for help.

It has an average vote of 5.517 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The Silent City

11. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

It has an average vote of 6.256 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

12. In the Land of Blood and Honey

In the Land of Blood and Honey

During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like In the Land of Blood and Honey

13. The Carabineers (Les carabiniers)

The Carabineers

During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The Carabineers

14. With Heart & Soul (Ψυχή Βαθιά)

With Heart & Soul

Two brothers are fighting on opposite sides during the Greek Civil War.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like With Heart & Soul

15. The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (竞雄女侠·秋瑾)

The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake

When the women of her time had their feet bound to please men, Qiu Jin was already questioning the sexual inequality of feudal traditions. Free-spirited and well-educated, she grew up practicing martial arts and was as well versed in poetry as she was in sword-fighting. When this rebellious girl moved to Beijing with her husband, she witnessed how her country was raided and ravaged by foreign powers. With the encouragement of her neighbor Wu Zhiying, the wife of righteous magistrate Li Zhongyue, Qiu Jin left her family behind to pursue study in Japan. There, she met some like-minded schoolmates who shared her ideals, including revolutionary leader Xu Xilin, and secretly joined his anti-Qing cause. After returning to China, Qiu Jin participated in the uprisings staged by Xu Xilin, leading a small group of hot-blooded students against the armed forces of the corrupt Qing government...

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake

16. Spin the Bottle

Spin the Bottle

When five childhood friends reunite for a weekend in the country, old jealousies resurface, sexual debauchery ensues, and it quickly becomes clear that time may not heal all wounds...

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Spin the Bottle

17. Battle in Seattle

Battle in Seattle

Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 . Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Battle in Seattle

18. 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.

You might like:Top Movies Like Burn!

19. Jenny Lamour (Quai des Orfèvres)

Jenny Lamour

Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Jenny Lamour

20. Kopps (Kopps)

Kopps

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

It has an average vote of 6.354 on TMDB.

You might like:Top Movies Like Kopps
Loading...