20 movies like Beyond Rangoon, ordered by similarity : Borderland(2007), Little Sister(2015), Lakshya(2004), Jesus of Montreal(1989), Military Wives(2019), Colonia(2015), The King Is Alive(2000), Roberto Succo(2001), Cool Hand Luke(1967), A Room With a View(1986), Ixcanul(2015), Sex, Lies, and Videotape(1989) ...
Drama
UK|USA
1995
100 Minutes
Patricia Arquette Frances McDormand Spalding Gray U Aung Ko Victor Slezak Adelle Lutz Tiara Jacquelina Jit Murad
tourist sister professor rebel passionate disturbing profound burma thailand rally protest military resistance american tourists discovery escape 1980s
Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror
2007
104 Minutes
Brian Presley Martha Higareda Jake Muxworthy Rider Strong Damián Alcázar Sean Astin Marco Bacuzzi Roberto Sosa Francesca Guillén Beto Cuevas Humberto Busto
college student friend tourist drug smuggler disturbing chilling gory mexico vacation cult sacrifice drug smuggling satanism discovery escape 2000s
During a weekend trip to Mexico, three friends look for fun but find death instead when they run afoul of cultists who practice human sacrifice.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
War, Drama
India
2004
185 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Om Puri Sharad S. Kapoor Raj Zutshi Sushant Singh Prashant Chainani Aditya Srivastava Abir Goswami Parmeet Sethi
young man soldier young woman patriotic passionate brooding intense melodramatic suspenseful india military academy military base military war fighting love discovery adventure metamorphosis fall
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Comedy, Drama
Canada|France
1989
119 Minutes
Lothaire Bluteau Catherine Wilkening Johanne-Marie Tremblay Rémy Girard Robert Lepage Gilles Pelletier Yves Jacques Denys Arcand
actor priest performers passionate profound creative canada montreal stage actors religion christianity controversy rebellion performance underdog discovery 1980s
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2019
112 Minutes
Kristin Scott Thomas Sharon Horgan Jason Flemyng Emma Lowndes Gaby French Greg Wise Lara Rossi Amy James-Kelly
military wife military officer friend singer emotional heartwarming inspiring moving spirited military base afghanistan england friendship support group singing military life love marriage discovery love
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Germany|France|Luxembourg|UK|USA
2015
110 Minutes
Emma Watson Daniel Brühl Michael Nyqvist Richenda Carey Vicky Krieps Jeanne Werner Julian Ovenden August Zirner Martin Wuttke César Bordón Nicolás Barsoff
prisoner cult leader young woman love interest militant rebel bleak disturbing emotional frightening gutsy powerful sad chile cult headquarters prison embassy military coup cult love
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|Finland|South Africa|Norway|USA
2000
108 Minutes
Miles Anderson Romane Bohringer David Bradley David Calder Bruce Davison Brion James Peter Kubheka Vusi Kunene Jennifer Jason Leigh Janet McTeer Chris Walker
tourist traveler actor frenchwoman american bleak emotional intense profound namibia desert bus ghost town survival stranded acting death mental breakdown fall escape
When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."
Crime, Drama
France|Switzerland
2001
124 Minutes
Stefano Cassetti Isild Le Besco Patrick Dell'Isola Vincent Deneriaz Aymeric Chauffert Viviana Aliberti Estelle Perron
serial killer teenager mother father detective police officer intense bleak raw disturbing beach resort france switzerland road roberto succo crime spree infatuation murder investigation insanity
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Drama
UK
1986
115 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Maggie Smith Julian Sands Denholm Elliott Daniel Day-Lewis Simon Callow Judi Dench Rosemary Leach Rupert Graves Patrick Godfrey Fabia Drake
pretty woman suitor tourist wealthy man cousin emotional passionate italy england florence small town hotel love love triangle romance travel high society love discovery 1900s
Lucy meets George in a Florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before Lucy returns home, where she becomes engaged to Cecil. However, it isn't long before George unexpectedly enters her life again.
Drama
Guatemala|France
2015
93 Minutes
María Telón María Mercedes Coroy Manuel Manuel Antún Justo Lorenzo Marvin Coroy
young woman worker groom father disturbing emotional intense profound brooding guatemala mayan culture pregnancy desire forced marriage destiny desperation discovery escape love metamorphosis
On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
Drama
USA
1989
101 Minutes
James Spader Andie MacDowell Peter Gallagher Laura San Giacomo Ron Vawter Steven Brill Alexandra Root Earl T. Taylor
husband wife counselor drifter sister lawyer offbeat sultry louisiana office apartment marriage sex love triangle confession repression sister relationship love discovery 1980s
A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Drama
USA
1986
75 Minutes
Tim Streeter Doug Cooeyate Ray Monge
store clerk illegal immigrant lover hustler prostitute gritty sultry gutsy passionate portland, ore. convenience store gas station love passion sexual taboo sexual awakening poverty homosexuality discovery love
A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really... See full summary »
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.
War, Fantasy, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2006
120 Minutes
Sergi López Maribel Verdú Ivana Baquero Álex Angulo Doug Jones Ariadna Gil Federico Luppi Roger Casamajor Manolo Solo
young girl mother military officer stepfather servant monster dark creative touching forest household spain war fascism rebellion fable death magic discovery escape
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Drama, War
Australia|Germany|UK
2012
109 Minutes
Mika Nilson Seidel Ursina Lardi Hans-Jochen Wagner Sven Pippig Philip Wiegratz Katrin Pollitt Hendrik Arnst Claudia Geisler Saskia Rosendahl Nele Trebs André Frid
nazi father mother daughter sibling grandmother emotional melodramatic brooding intense profound disturbing germany concentration camp river bridge train world war ii nazi collaboration siblings
As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Poland
2017
100 Minutes
Allison Tolman Julia Halperin Sophie Reid JoBeth Williams Luis Bordonada Larry Jack Dotson Angelo Dylen Tanner Beard Monique Straw
sister father singer husband mother boy brooding eerie dark creepy disturbing thrilling texas house yard lake cemetery bar long-lost relatives sister relationship
A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.