Movies Similar to Wednesday's Child

...And This Happened in Vichy(1989)

The action takes place in France in 1942. The Nazis herded people of different social classes and nationalities into a pre-trial detention cell, facing imminent death. One of them, Prince von Berg, receives the right to freedom. He renounces this right in the name of saving another person.

Night of Execution(1955)

A woman is forced to leave her marriage by her violent, over-bearing husband whose objective is to train their young son to follow his evil footsteps.

Life of Klim Samgin(1986)

Strict Girl(1969)

An orphaned ninth-grader comes to the factory where her father once worked.

The Greer Case(1957)

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

No Time at All(1958)

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.

Old Man(1958)

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night(1967)

Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a meaning to his life in a new and uncompromising world.

Challenge(1981)

Based on the play of the same name by G. Markov and E. Shim. About the difficult yet creative journey of the Siberian scientist Alexei Krayukhin.

Le Dortoir(1991)

A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.

Maigret at Bay(1969)

Inspector Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.