20 best movies like All Day on the Sands (1979)

List of the best movies like All Day on the Sands (1979): The Divide, Everest, Mausam, Castles in the Sky, West Is West, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Pinocchio, Locked In, Lords of Chaos, Summerland.

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Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Iceland
Duration02:46

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryIndia, United Kingdom
Duration02:42

A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom

England, while the storm clouds of Nazism menace Germany. Robert Watson Watt and a team of eccentric and brilliant meteorologists struggle to turn the mere idea of radar into a functional reality.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:43

Comedy sequel to "East Is East". Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:25

Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange coma and when everyone has given up she starts communicating with him, or is he going mad?

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, USA, Hungary
Duration02:16

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
Duration01:30

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace’s manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:52

    After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    A horrific double murder rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side in isolated rural Scotland. But instead of focusing on the investigation, One of Us explores the fallout for the grieving relatives, and the dark consequences that threaten to shatter their lives.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany

    A young writer tries to obtain romance letters a poet sent to his mistress.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
    Duration01:43

    London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, military, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:48

    British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:52

    Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:40

    Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Qatar
    Duration02:10

    In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
    Duration01:58

    In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog?

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, China
    Duration02:10

    Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia

    Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bige and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB's General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Nigeria, USA, France

    Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa, France
    Duration02:21

    A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.




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