Movies like Oil for the Lamps of China

20 movies like Oil for the Lamps of China, ordered by similarity : The Promised Land(1975), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Donald Cried(2016), Shower(1999), Ash Is Purest White(2018), Amelia 2.0(2017), It's a Wonderful Life(1946), Momma's Man(2008), The Hummingbird Project(2018), The Middleman(1976), The Forgotten Kingdom(2013) ...

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Oil for the Lamps of China

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »

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The Promised Land

At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a ... See full summary »

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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Donald Cried

With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.

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Shower

A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.

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Ash Is Purest White

In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.

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Amelia 2.0

When the husband of a dying woman is approached by a corporation pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human's relationship with technology.

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It's a Wonderful Life

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

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Momma's Man

A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.

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The Hummingbird Project

A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

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The Middleman

Directed by Satyajit Ray. An innocent youth takes a job in a profession where one must break the rules to succeed.

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The Forgotten Kingdom

What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.

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Save the Tiger

A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.

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Lover for a Day

A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.

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The Stars Fell on Henrietta

A down-and-out wildcatter (Robert Duvall) smells oil beneath a struggling farmer's (Aidan Quinn) land in Depression-era Texas.

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Heroes for Sale

A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.

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Nailed

A clothing designer fights to keep her Jewish-Italian family together when her brother decides to have a child with a woman he barely knows.

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Two Bits

Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.

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Make Way for Tomorrow

An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

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