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 7.383 on TMDB.

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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.

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2. Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

It has an average vote of 7.374 on TMDB.

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3. Diên Biên Phu (Diên Biên Phu)

Diên Biên Phu

Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh.

It has an average vote of 6.364 on TMDB.

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4. 12:08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?)

12:08 East of Bucharest

It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"

It has an average vote of 6.891 on TMDB.

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5. 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 6.317 on TMDB.

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6. 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 6.462 on TMDB.

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7. The 4th Man (De vierde man)

The 4th Man

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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8. 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 6.9 on TMDB.

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9. 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.

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10. 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.

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11. 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 6.612 on TMDB.

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12. Chato's Land

Chato's Land

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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13. 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 6.1 on TMDB.

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14. Winter Break

Winter Break

Viscerally experience a "year off" in Aspen, Colorado with a group of recent college grads who have elected to defer graduate school and career opportunities to ski, snow-board, climb, party, fall in love and basically live life to its absolute fullest out in this spectacular mountain town.

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15. 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.

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16. 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.

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17. 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.

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18. Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

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A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" spirit of one of this century's most notorious figures - a man whose life and work regularly intersected with some of the biggest names in the world of film, politics, journalism and sports.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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19. 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 6.328 on TMDB.

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20. 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.

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