20 best movies like Skin (2018)


List of the best movies like Skin (2018): Skin, A Prayer Before Dawn, Kings, Crown Heights, Imperium, Fruitvale Station, BlacKkKlansman, Marshall, Official Secrets, American Me.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, short
CountryUSA

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, drama, crime, biography, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration02:05

The true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand's most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in Muay Thai tournaments.

Markimdb: 5
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
Duration02:21

A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

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: 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: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime, detective, biography
CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong
Duration02:30

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

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: 7.1
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.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
CountryUSA

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:28

Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:46

    The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada, China
    Duration02:08

    Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
    CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
    Duration02:11

      Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration02:12

      John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
      Duration02:39

      New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, Canada

      The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryCanada, United Kingdom

      Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUSA

      Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940's, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:33

      The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, biography
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:55

      When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

      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: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:31

      The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
      CountryChile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
      Duration02:00

      It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      CBGB looks at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography, history, sport
      CountryUSA

      The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
      CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
      Duration02:08

      The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

      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: 5.7
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China
      Duration02:35

      In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryChina, USA

      The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:35

      The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, family, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:31

      A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

      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: 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: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
      CountryCanada, USA

      Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:06

      The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a little of George Reeves in himself, and maybe, each of us.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.

      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: 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: 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: 5.5
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryCanada, France, USA
        Duration01:46

        The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. To his astonishment, Nicholas's family welcomes him like their son, leaving Interpol and the FBI aghast. It is the beginning of a race against time for the investigators, family and Bourdin. But who is manipulating whom? And who is Frederic Bourdin in reality?

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:41

        In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

        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: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Mexico

          Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:00

          A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.




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