20 best movies like Sicko (2007)

List of the best movies like Sicko (2007): Girl Rising, Promised Land, Heist, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Dallas Buyers Club, City of Ghosts, Miral, Food, Inc., The Trust, The Story of Qiu Ju.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, documentary
CountryUSA, India

Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration01:46

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

Ai Weiwei is known for many things – great architecture, subversive in-your-face art, and political activism. He has also called for greater transparency on the part of the Chinese state. Director Alison Klayman chronicles the complexities of Ai’s life for three years, beginning with his rise to public prominence via blog and Twitter after he questioned the deaths of more than 5,000 students in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The record continues through his widely publicized arrest in Beijing in April of 2011. As Ai prepares various works of art for major international exhibitions, his activism heats up, and his run-ins with China’s authorities become more and more frequent.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

    Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredocumentary, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:25

    With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, history
    CountryFrance, Israel, Italy, India, USA
    Duration01:52

    A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredocumentary, news
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryChina, Hong Kong

    When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, history
    CountrySouth Korea

    Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
    Duration02:00

      Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair. One man has the answer. One woman stands in his way. Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him. He swore by his life. They swore to find him.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      Malik is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      Five post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they've always wanted is to steal from the rich and give to themselves.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredocumentary, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:35

      A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:54

      A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration is concerned mainly with forms and rules (there's an up and and a down staircase); bells ring at the wrong time. Nevertheless, she tries. How she handles the chaos and her despair in her first semester makes up the film: a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia's reaching out. A discussion of Dickens, parents' night, and a mock trial highlight the term. Can she make it?

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:55

      A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

      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: 6.7
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryItaly, France
      Duration01:55

      Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredocumentary, crime
      CountryUSA

      A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, musical, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:38

        An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

        FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, family, sport
        CountryUSA

        When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

          The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:24

          In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Bulgaria
          Duration01:59

          Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama
          CountryIndia
          Duration01:40

          A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
          CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
          Duration02:24

          In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:25

          Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredocumentary, biography
          CountryUSA, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark

          With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers, they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by construction jobs.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:38

            Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, documentary, history
            CountryRussia
            Duration02:30

            The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when it comes to comprehending the essence of beauty. Ivan Tsvetayev, a village priest's son, the founder of the museum, wanted the new generation of "Ivans" to understand that we are Europe, while Antiquity is our mutual cradle.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, history
            CountryItaly, France, Yugoslavia

            The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is sent by (presumably) the Socialists to help them organize their strike and give form to their struggle

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, documentary, crime, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:52

            A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountrySpain, Italy

            An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.




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