20 best movies like Big Eyes (2014)

List of the best movies like Big Eyes (2014): Mr. Turner, Flash of Genius, Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, Summer of Sam, Soldier's Girl, Official Secrets, Gotti, Madame Satã, The Age of Innocence, Cadillac Records.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
Duration02:30

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, biography
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:59

In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife (Lauren Graham) and six kids.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Japan, USA
Duration01:31

Biography of the British painter Francis Bacon. The movie focuses on his relationship with George Dyer, his lover. Dyer was a former small time crook.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:52

The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was misunderstood by fellow soldiers and eventually leads to his brutal death.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, military, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, China
Duration01:37

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryCanada, USA

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music, biography
CountryBrazil, France
Duration02:20

A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). 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.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, western, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:38

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, drama, biography
CountryUSA, China, Canada

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

    As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryItaly, USA
    Duration02:08

    Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:39

    The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

    A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:33

    As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to his later triumphs as he catches the eye of a sympathetic cardinal to his destructive relationship with a dashing gambler.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:04

      An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, military, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:15

      Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:09

        The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:00

        Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
        Duration01:27

          Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:28

          The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:10

          When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada

          While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
          Duration01:43

          In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be retarded for the first ten years of his life.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA

          A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, documentary, crime, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:39

          It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:06

          When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:59

          Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryFrance, Belgium
          Duration02:26

          Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada

          Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, USA
          Duration01:40

          This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
          CountryGermany, Italy
          Duration02:16

          Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.

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