Top 20 movies like Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Orfeu Negro is of 1 hour(s) and 40 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes. It was released on 1959-06-12. It has the tagline: The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world... It has an average vote of 7.005 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaFantasyMusicRomance

1. Anatomia do Fauno (Anatomia do Fauno)

Anatomia do Fauno

Inspired by Arthur Rimbaud's utopian poetics, who dreamed of a universal language without words that directly touches the senses, Anatomy of the Faun acts at the limits between theater and performance. It seeks to dissect the infernal seasons and illuminations of the contemporary homoerotic scene. The mythological figure of the Faun, removed from his natural environment and placed in a city like São Paulo, is a guiding thread for this journey through the shadows and articular lights of metropolitan nights. Walking from disease to cure, this Faun is guided to the anatomy of a body that overcomes the failures of our humanity you have consumed.

It has an average vote of 3.8 on TMDB.

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2. Second Chance

Second Chance

A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.

It has an average vote of 5.917 on TMDB.

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3. Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they're faced with a variety of challenges and adventures.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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4. Eletrodoméstica (Eletrodoméstica)

Eletrodoméstica

A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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5. The Beauty of the Devil (La Beauté du diable)

The Beauty of the Devil

Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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6. Snakes and Earrings (蛇にピアス)

Snakes and Earrings

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

It has an average vote of 6.441 on TMDB.

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7. The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club

Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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8. The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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9. The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

It has an average vote of 6.583 on TMDB.

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10. The Set-Up

The Set-Up

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

It has an average vote of 7.277 on TMDB.

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11. Baby Doll

Baby Doll

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

It has an average vote of 7.075 on TMDB.

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12. Madame Satã (Madame Satã)

Madame Satã

A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos . In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.

It has an average vote of 6.809 on TMDB.

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13. Biggie & Tupac

Biggie & Tupac

In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield's film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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14. Sidekicks

Sidekicks

An otherwise rejected or ignored boy creates a fantasy pal from his martial arts movie hero.

It has an average vote of 5.205 on TMDB.

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15. An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

It has an average vote of 6.402 on TMDB.

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16. Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro)

Futuro Beach

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

It has an average vote of 6.539 on TMDB.

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17. Catwoman: Hunted

Catwoman: Hunted

Catwoman's attempt to steal a priceless jewel puts her squarely in the crosshairs of both a powerful consortium of villains and the ever-resourceful Interpol, not to mention Batwoman.

It has an average vote of 5.726 on TMDB.

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18. City of God: 10 Years Later (Cidade de Deus: 10 Anos Depois)

City of God: 10 Years Later

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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19. Before I Disappear

Before I Disappear

At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.

It has an average vote of 6.675 on TMDB.

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20. Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

It has an average vote of 7.392 on TMDB.

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