20 best movies like Brakes (2016)

List of the best movies like Brakes (2016): The One and Only Ivan, Twelfth Night, The Carer, Russell Howard: Recalibrate, Better Living Through Chemistry, Made in Dagenham, Desire, I Care a Lot, Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life, Guns Akimbo.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:56

Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, Viola adopts a male disguise and enters the service of Duke Orsino, only to find herself part of a triangle of unrequited love. Meanwhile, in the household of the Countess Olivia, Sir Toby Belch and his unruly companions trick Olivia's strict and disapproving steward, Malvolio, into believing that she loves him.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryHungary, United Kingdom
Duration01:48

Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

Self-deprecating comic Russell Howard plows ahead through politics, porn, social media and his own shortcomings. Yet he somehow keeps it positive.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:32

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:53

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, comedy, short, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:14

One man. One job. But in the desert, nothing is simple. Presenting Desire, created in collaboration with Ridley Scott Associates

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

Alan Partridge attempts a celebrity travelogue around his beloved Norwich.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryNew Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany

An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:20

The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:55

The story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe who appears to have everything he could want but what he really needs is a friend.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryArgentina, Spain, France, United Kingdom
Duration02:02

Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:48

Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn: For One Magical Night Only."

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom

Three British graduates blag jobs at an elite American summer camp. The guys want a summer of fun, but they have to set an example to the gorgeous teenage offspring of California's rich and powerful.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:22

For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can't understand why she doesn't tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of bisexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
Duration01:46

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:42

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too damn happy and she can't write when she's happy.The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he's in love with her.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:28

    A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and former wife of one of the residents. Expect poignancy and plenty of laughs.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Jack, a man desperate to improve his life, throws away his beloved childhood plush, Benny. It’s a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions!

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, documentary
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:53

    Jimmy Carr is the hardest working comedian in Britain. He has now played to over one million people on tour and sold over a million DVDs. He returns with the release of his most outrageous stand up set to date, Making People Laugh, featuring over two hours of material that’s too rude for TV. The new DVD shows Jimmy at his very best and contains over 250 jokes. Here’s a small selection: “The first guy who persuaded a blind person they needed sunglasses, he must have been a hell of a salesman.” “Liverpool is the only city in Great Britain where JD Sports, has an evening wear department.” “A great way to warm up pensioners in winter.. is cremation.” “My girlfriend recently had a phantom pregnancy. And now we have a little baby ghost.”

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:41

    In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.




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