20 best movies like Skins (2017)


List of the best movies like Skins (2017): Twice Upon a Yesterday, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Swiss Army Man, Ruby Sparks, Abracadabra, The Healer, Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme, Welcome to Marwen, Welcome to Me, The Fisherman's Daughter.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:31

Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
CountrySpain, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Portugal
Duration02:16

Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Sweden
Duration01:55

    Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

      Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountrySpain, France, Belgium

      A housewife struggles with her husband after he is possessed by a ghost.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountrySpain, Canada, USA
      Duration02:56

      The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:48

      Aurelie Laflamme feels alone in the world, especially since her father's death five years ago. What if her father had been an alien who left Earth to return to his own planet? In that case, Aurelie would be an alien too. That would explain many things such as why she feels different from others, especially her mother, why she can't string two words together without making a mistake, and why boys really get on her nerves. Through the pages of her diary, Aurelie confides her joys and sorrows, successes and failures, love and friendships, and tries to find her place.

      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: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

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      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryRussia

      A saleswoman from the fish store Polina Schukina is going through a difficult life period. By the grace of an extravagant grandmother, she finds herself in the fairy-tale world of princesses, where, as it turns out, everything is subordinated to bureaucracy, and in a lot of echoing corridors and government offices there are queues of girls eager to discover the princess. Pauline has to go through a series of tests that will reveal her personal qualifications in a very competitive profession.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryTurkey
      Duration02:20

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      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryCanada

      Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryFrance, Italy, Spain
      Duration01:40

      An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:54

      A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan

      A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
      Duration01:56

      A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor (the ex football player Eric Cantona) in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryGermany

      Can Cleo turn back time? It seems that misfortune has been haunting her loved ones since she was born. A legendary treasure sounds like the solution to her problems, but Cleo will have to let go of the past.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
      Duration01:46

      A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:51

        A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountryChina
        Duration02:01

        At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Spain

        One morning, California wakes up to find that one-third of its population -- the Hispanic third -- has disappeared. A strange pink fog envelops the state, and communication outside its boundaries is completely cut off. The economic, political and social implications of this disaster threaten California's way of life, and for a group of disparate people (all white, except for one Latina), the cracks in their private lives are forced wide open.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:31

        He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryNew Zealand
        Duration02:32

        New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob, she takes her friend Drosophila's advice and starts to try and make Rob angry. But she tends to go too far. Admiring her ring while driving a lonely road, she has a run-in with an older woman that sets off a chain of events that begins with her quilt being stolen

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Two young men plot to escape a dystopian future London ruled by corporate tyrant The Impresario

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:31

        A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together...but is their meeting purely coincidence?

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:03

          The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

          Markimdb: 3.2
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
          CountryUSA

          Nerdy middle schooler Tommy is forced take care of a baby dinosaur after his cloned science fair project hatches early. He quickly begins to think of the creature not only as a pet, but also as a friend. But when the dino escapes on the day of the fair, Tommy must figure out a way to get the creature back before greedy grown-ups get to the dinosaur first.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration03:06

          Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex wife are actually perfect for each other?

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryIran

          A reunion of old friends for Jahangir's birthday when everyone is informed of his fatal illness - An inevitable confrontation with the current situation and the past - Series of the tensions and the reconciliations leading to a road to the life - however, death is knocking on the door.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, comedy, drama
          CountrySpain, France
          Duration01:47

          The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain’s most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by the fascist regime.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter with Michael, a burlap-draped ghost that casually appears before her. Through this inter-paranormal relation, Ruth contracts an STD with alarming effects.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:34

          Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, short
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:08

          Immediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:00

          The story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountrySouth Korea

          Being bullied at school and suffering violence at home, Mi-rae, a middle school loner, lives on the border between reality and fantasy. The only places she feels restful are the computer game world, and the would in the novel she writes in her notebook. As her classmates Baek-hap and Tae-yang come close to Mi-rae, she gradually opens up her mind to them. In the meantime, the computer game service is terminated, and the world in her novel also disappears, leading Mi-rae to face a tough reality again.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
          CountryIndia

          A man is forced to marry a tree to ward off ill-luck that surrounds his love-life which turns into a nightmare when the tree is embodied by a spirit with an unfinished business.




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