Movies Similar to Manakin

Svengali(1954)

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

Franco Sex Doll(2018)

A man "unboxes" a vintage doll that bears a likeness to television and film star James Franco. As the man plays with the doll, it spouts soundbites from Mr. Franco's past; the man becomes obsessed.

6.5

Mahogany(1975)

An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.

5.8

The Night of the Hunter(1955)

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

7.9

Lars and the Real Girl(2007)

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.

7.2

Las Meninas(2008)

This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.

4.9

Aoom(1970)

The story concerns an actor who is unhappy with life and decides to separate from his body and integrate his mind into a doll. When his body dies, a group of characters search the countryside to find the doll.

5.3

Tideland(2005)

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

6.5

It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone(1973)

Martín is a tormented and solitary man who hides a shameful and unspeakable secret: he lives with a life-size doll which he treats as if it were his wife. This idyliic, loving existence will be gravely threatened when a prostitute, her daughter, and a pimp enter his life.

5.8

Love's Match(2021)

Smart and beautiful matchmaker Leah Price is the owner of dating website Soulmatch. But when one of her clients still doesn’t find love, Leah reluctantly agrees to allow devilishly handsome rival matchmaker Peter Beckett, whose speciality is arranging romantic meet-cutes, to help her.

6.4

Mannequin(1987)

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

6.8

How to Marry a Millionaire(1953)

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

6.8

May(2003)

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

6.6

Simply Girl(2019)

Denise, Hannah and Leticia are three ordinary women with extraordinary stories to tell. As transgender people, they talk about the challenges of finding their true identities within an intolerant and prejudiced society.

1.0

Raising Helen(2004)

Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!

6.1

Calendar Girls(2003)

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

6.5

3-Iron(2004)

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

7.8

Lequando(2024)

A seemingly perfect first date is interrupted by a couple's dating app that has doubts about anything but less than 100% compatibility. When two new-found lovers start questioning their compatibility over a simple card game due to a dating app's involvement, they struggle to keep a lid on their emotions as their future seems to play out in front of their very eyes. Is this app just a tech gimmick, or does it reflect so much more? With the question, do we all have a pre-planned excavated path looming over our heads? Their decisions seem to be influenced by the possible future instead of the present. Ella finds herself wondering what would happen if she just stepped out of the trampled path and into her own

0.0

Mera Naam Joker(1970)

Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."

7.4

The Blood in the Vein(2021)

Simon and Zoé meet on Tinder. They live in the same suburban town and Zoé, wasting no time, invites him right over to her house. Simon can’t believe his luck! But once he arrives, he quickly understands that his date may prove more complicated than expected.

6.6