Top 20 movies like City of Joy

City of Joy

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

City of Joy is of 2 hour(s) and 12 minute(s). It is Produced By:  TriStar Pictures, Allied Filmmakers, Pricel, Lightmotive. It was released on 1992-04-15. It has the tagline: He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more. It has an average vote of 6.594 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. Already Dead (Déjà mort)

Already Dead

A young pizza-deliverer, Andréa, introduces Laure, a 20 year old girl he barely knows, to his friend David, a wealthy layabout who is looking for models for his porn photo agency. Eager for an easy escape from her dull life, Laure agrees to attend an audition with David’s boss, who proposes that she appears in hard core porn videos. She does not realise - until it is too late - that she has entered a world of hedonistic excess and brutal self-destruction...

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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2. Five Came Back

Five Came Back

The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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3. A Species Odyssey (L'odyssée de l'espèce)

A Species Odyssey

"A Species Odyssey" portrays the origins of Mankind from the moment the first primate stood up on their hind legs and set off to conquer the African Savanna, to modern Man, setting off to conquer space. 7 million years of triumph fraught with difficulties and extraordinary events that make Man what he is today.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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4. Rush

Rush

Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates , is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines . While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.

It has an average vote of 6.752 on TMDB.

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5. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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6. The Children of Huang Shi (黃石的孩子)

The Children of Huang Shi

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

It has an average vote of 6.755 on TMDB.

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7. Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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8. Goat

Goat

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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9. Tamara Drewe

Tamara Drewe

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

It has an average vote of 5.866 on TMDB.

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10. Shéhérazade (Shéhérazade)

Shéhérazade

Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. He falls in love with Shéhérazade, a young prostitute of whom he becomes the pimp without realizing it...

It has an average vote of 7.225 on TMDB.

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11. City Slickers

City Slickers

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

It has an average vote of 6.438 on TMDB.

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12. The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

It has an average vote of 7.48 on TMDB.

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13. Me, Myself and Mum (Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !)

Me, Myself and Mum

How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.

It has an average vote of 6.681 on TMDB.

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14. Infested (Vermines)

Infested

Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.

It has an average vote of 6.901 on TMDB.

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15. Mirai (未来のミライ)

Mirai

Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.

It has an average vote of 7.161 on TMDB.

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16. The Legend of Al, John and Jack (La leggenda di Al, John e Jack)

The Legend of Al, John and Jack

Hapless Depression-era gangsters Al, John and Jack discover their boss wants to get rid of them and come up with a plan to sell him to the FBI, but Al's short-term memory loss could be a problem...

It has an average vote of 7.057 on TMDB.

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17. A Perfect World

A Perfect World

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

It has an average vote of 7.473 on TMDB.

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18. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

It has an average vote of 7.946 on TMDB.

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19. The Rescuers

The Rescuers

What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss Bianca respond to orphan Penny's call for help. The two mice search for clues with the help of an old cat named Rufus.

It has an average vote of 6.777 on TMDB.

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20. Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

It has an average vote of 6.289 on TMDB.

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