20 movies like Moonlighting, ordered by similarity : Eden(2012), Trapped(2017), The Backwoods(2006), Babylon(1980), Of Horses and Men(2013), Trainspotting(1996), Fanny's Journey(2016), Monsieur Batignole(2002), About a Girl(2014), The Hard Easy(2006), Gemma Bovery(2014), Il bidone(1955) ...
Drama
UK
1982
95 Minutes
Jeremy Irons Eugene Lipinski Jirí Stanislav Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz Edward Arthur Denis Holmes Renu Setna David Calder
construction worker government official girl foreman amusing uneasy london warsaw apartment grocery store polish solidarity movement immigration employment escape 1980s
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2012
98 Minutes
Jamie Chung Scott Mechlowicz Mariana Klaveno Beau Bridges Matt O'Leary Tantoo Cardinal Tracey Fairaway Naama Kates Russell Hodgkinson Tony Doupe Laura Kai Chen
korean-american slave girl chilling warehouse prostitution men escape
A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2017
105 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Geetanjali Thapa Yogendra Vikram Singh
man girlfriend roommate employee disheartening eerie frightening gripping striking uneasy mumbai mumbai, india apartment trapped survival isolation escape escape metamorphosis transformation
A man struggles to survive after he unintentionally locks himself up in a high rise devoid of food, water and electricity.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
France|Spain|UK
2006
98 Minutes
Gary Oldman Virginie Ledoyen Paddy Considine Lluís Homar Yaiza Esteve Andrés Gertrúdix
lucy little girl boyfriend suspenseful backwoods abandoned house couples safety men escape 1970s
An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.
Drama
UK|Italy
1980
95 Minutes
Brinsley Forde Karl Howman Trevor Laird Brian Bovell Victor Romero Archie Pool Mel Smith Beverly Michaels Maggie Steed Bill Moody Stefan Kalipha
dj mc friend girlfriend neighbor cool disheartening emotional engaging gritty melancholy moving offbeat profound raw spirited uneasy london united kingdom black culture
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
Comedy, Drama
2013
81 Minutes
Helgi Björnsson Maria Ellingsen Kristbjörg Kjeld Charlotte Bøving Sigríður María Egilsdóttir Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Erlingur Gíslason Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
villager horse engaging amusing emotional countryside austria men horses relationships love
Vignettes of life in a rural Icelandic community show the intertwined lives of humans (Helgi Björnsson, Maria Ellingsen, Kristbjörg Kjeld) and equines.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1996
94 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch
drug addict friend student girlfriend drug dealer sociopath amusing dark gritty edinburgh london household apartment pub hotel addiction abandonment friendship crime death
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Drama
France|Belgium
2016
94 Minutes
Léonie Souchaud Fantine Harduin Juliane Lepoureau Ryan Brodie Anaïs Meiringer Lou Lambrecht Igor Van Dessel Pascaline Crêvecoeur Jeanne Abraham Alice D'Hauwe Cécile de France
girl young girl young boy group leader soldier sister amusing intense charming melodramatic heartwarming powerful france war zone german occupation childhood war fear travel survival
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
Comedy, Drama
France
2002
101 Minutes
Jules Sitruk Gérard Jugnot Michèle Garcia Jean-Paul Rouve Alexia Portal Götz Burger Sam Karmann Ticky Holgado Violette Blanckaert Daphne Baiwir Élisabeth Commelin
grocer fiancé collaborator jewish child cousin daughter emotional touching dark amusing paris cellar apartment building grocery store occupied france german occupation holocaust secrets nazis hiding
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2014
104 Minutes
Jasna Fritzi Bauer Lilly Forgách Nikolaus Frei Rafael Gareisen Michael Gempart Lauritz Greve Heike Koslowski Sandro Lohmann Heike Makatsch Aurel Manthei Simon Schwarz
young girl teen girl suicidal person family psychoanalyst lover amusing cheeky emotional touching uneasy heartwarming europe bavaria munich doctor's office home germany teenage rebellion teen angst
Charleen, 15, quick-witted and sassy, is Kurt Cobain's biggest fan and wonders why 'growing up' has to be so complicated. One day, feeling especially melodramatic and rebellious, she ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2006
100 Minutes
Henry Thomas David Boreanaz Vera Farmiga Bruce Dern Peter Weller Nick Lachey Elimu Nelson Gary Busey
professional amateur jeweler emotional store shop men jewelry david pursuit
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
France|UK
2014
99 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Fabrice Luchini Jason Flemyng Isabelle Candelier Niels Schneider Mel Raido Elsa Zylberstein Pip Torrens
married woman englishwoman ex-boyfriend amusing village men disaster reincarnation love
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only ... See full summary »
Drama
1955
100 Minutes
Broderick Crawford Richard Basehart Franco Fabrizi Giulietta Masina Sue Ellen Blake Irene Cefaro Alberto De Amicis Lorella De Luca
victim daughter con man emotional nightclub men money aging pursuit
Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1985
97 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Gordon Warnecke Saeed Jaffrey Roshan Seth Derrick Branche Shirley Anne Field Rita Wolf Souad Faress
journalist entrepreneur punk drug dealer uneasy engaging laundromat london household immigration homosexuality small business drug trafficking rise love 1980s
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2011
102 Minutes
Gérard Lanvin Tcheky Karyo Daniel Duval Dimitri Storoge Patrick Catalifo François Levantal Francis Renaud Lionnel Astier Valeria Cavalli Estelle Skornik Stéphane Caillard
gangster old friend bank robbers suspenseful prison men business escape pursuit 1970s
Edmond and Serge form the Gang des Lyonnais, a gang responsible for numerous armed robberies in the 1970s.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Drama
West Germany
1977
108 Minutes
Bruno S. Eva Mattes Clemens Scheitz
busker prostitute pimp neighbor nephew waitress bleak amusing eerie melodramatic berlin prison bar apartment new york city wisconsin immigration displacement loneliness culture shock
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Rooney Mara Chris Pratt Olivia Wilde Matt Letscher Kristen Wiig Spike Jonze Portia Doubleday
man writer amusing charming heartwarming home office city computer world apartment love friendship male/female relationship loneliness discovery escape love 2010s
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Drama, History
France|Germany
2014
88 Minutes
André Dussollier Niels Arestrup Burghart Klaußner Robert Stadlober Charlie Nelson Jean-Marc Roulot Stefan Wilkening Thomas Arnold
diplomat commandant consul dark paris city diplomacy men fate transformation
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.