20 movies like Yamashita, ordered by similarity : Papillon(2017), Shoplifters(2018), After the Storm(2016), Sin nombre(2009), The Man From Beyond(1922), Woodpeckers(2017), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956), I Am David(2004), Happy End(2017), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Changing Times(2004), Australia(2008) ...
Adventure, Drama
Philippines
2001
113 Minutes
Armando Goyena Danilo Barrios Vic Diaz Bearwin Meilly Rustom Padilla Camille Prats
old man grandson son friend crime boss government official spirited emotional suspenseful intricate manila, philippines family home treasure aging family secrets world war ii race against time storytelling quest rivalry
Aging Carmelo likes telling his grandson, Jobert about his youth in the Philippines. Jobert especially likes the stories about Carmelo's time in World War II, where he helped bury the ... See full summary »
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Mexico
2009
96 Minutes
Paulina Gaitán Edgar Flores Kristyan Ferrer Tenoch Huerta Diana García Luis Fernando Peña Héctor Jiménez Marco Antonio Aguirre Giovanni Florido
teen girl estranged father immigrant gang member girlfriend gang leader suspenseful emotional honduras mexican-american border mexico train river immigrants father/daughter relationship reunion journey crime family quest
A Honduran young girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA
1922
60 Minutes
Harry Houdini Arthur Maude Albert Tavernier Edwin Connelly Frank Montgomery Luis Alberni Yale Benner Jane Connelly Nita Naldi
doctor love interest fiancée explorer man boyfriend suspenseful emotional new york city arctic ship mental institution glacier wedding cryogenics missing persons schemes kidnapping time marriage
A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA
2004
92 Minutes
Ben Tibber Joan Plowright Jim Caviezel Maria Bonnevie Silvia De Santis Francesco De Vito Paco Reconti Hristo Shopov Alessandro Sperduti Adrian McCourt Clem Tibber
young boy prisoner young girl old woman mother friend powerful emotional prison camp bulgaria greece denmark ship prisoners of war prison break coming of age friendship reunion trust escape
A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
Drama
France|Austria|Germany
2017
107 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Jean-Louis Trintignant Mathieu Kassovitz Fantine Harduin Franz Rogowski Laura Verlinden Aurélia Petit Toby Jones Hille Perl Hassam Ghancy Nabiha Akkari
family wife husband refugee suicidal person grandson engaging emotional melodramatic charming heartwarming sad france refugee camp restaurant family home family dysfunction immigrants helping others happiness
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Drama, Romance
France
2004
96 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Gilbert Melki Malik Zidi Lubna Azabal Tanya Lopert Nabila Baraka Jabir Elomri Nadem Rachati
ex-boyfriend radio host husband son girlfriend emotional cheeky intricate paris tangiers, morocco market hospital construction site lost loves second chance family first love travel accident love
Traveling from France to Tangiers, a man looks to reunite with his former love, though their romance ended some 30 years earlier.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, War, Western
UK|Australia|USA
2008
165 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Hugh Jackman David Wenham Bryan Brown Jack Thompson David Gulpilil Brandon Walters Essie Davis David Ngoombujarra Ben Mendelsohn Barry Otto
wife cowboy elderly person boy aboriginal owner engaging passionate england australia ranch desert journey romance family cattle world war ii pursuit rivalry transformation
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Comedy, Drama
2016
98 Minutes
Javier Gutiérrez Anna Castillo Manuel Cucala Ana Ulloa Juanma Lara Nikolai Will Pep Ambròs Aina Requena Carme Pla Miguel Ángel Aladren
young girl grandfather son uncle friend love interest moving charming cheeky calm creative emotional engaging spain germany love loss journey quest relationships
Drama
USA
1955
115 Minutes
James Dean Julie Harris Raymond Massey Jo Van Fleet Burl Ives Richard Davalos Albert Van Dekker Lois Smith Harold Gordon Nick Dennis Rose Plumer
son brother father mother girlfriend emotional intense california farm carnival brothel jealousy family farming world war i love triangle relationships rivalry quest love
Two brothers struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Drama
UK
2015
102 Minutes
Sven Ahlström Mats Blomgren Stefan Cronwall Loa Ek Felix Göransson Oliver Heilmann Wieslaw Komasa Ellen Mattsson Ulrik Munther Inger Nilsson
father brother teenager prisoner family community member friend ex-girlfriend dead person emotional sad engaging sweden prison society rejection lynching abandonment outcasts rise
The classic radio show (which also inspired a novel, a TV special, and a film) is performed in front of a live audience.
Drama
France
2017
76 Minutes
Éric Caravaca Esther Garrel Louise Chevillotte Paul Toucang Félix Kysyl Michel Charrel Nicolas Bridet Justine Bachelet
young woman boyfriend ex-boyfriend father girlfriend professor engaging melodramatic emotional gripping intense family home united states family old age relationships change failed romance father/daughter relationship love
A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA|France|Australia|Japan|Ireland|Germany|Finland|China|Belgium
2018
89 Minutes
caveman pig tribal leader tribesman conquistador prisoner amusing lighthearted emotional cheeky cheery charming forest village woods stadium city prison camp conquest saving the day
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Adventure, Drama
2013
105 Minutes
Kyle Catlett Helena Bonham Carter Robert Maillet Judy Davis Callum Keith Rennie Julian Richings Niamh Wilson Dominique Pinon Jakob Davies
train family don truck driver son genie emotional powerful ranch montana diner home dreams science prize light book following your dreams transformation adventure
T.S. is invited to the Smithsonian to receive an award for inventing a perpetual motion machine. Without telling any of his family, he boards a freight train heading to Washington, D.C., to attend the ceremony.
Drama
Canada
1987
100 Minutes
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs Randy Follett Jessica Steen Timothy Webber Roland Hewgill Neil Munro
miner husband wife son townsperson government official bleak emotional powerful newfoundland small town household canada small-town life mining displacement family government marriage quest
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ... See full summary »
War, Drama
2013
117 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lauryn Canny Adrianna Cramer Curtis Maria Doyle Kennedy Larry Mullen Jr. Mads Ousdal Chloe Annett
family photojournalist young woman mother daughter husband emotional engaging fiery gripping intense powerful war zone home kabul, afghanistan africa refugee camp ireland career family
A war-zone photojournalist's (Juliette Binoche) dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny).