Movies Similar to Scorching Sands

Grill(2023)

Tara is denied electricity bill support by Social Services, who tells her to simply get a free grill instead - a task that leads Tara into uncomfortable situations. Inspired by true events, "Grill" offers a satirical look at how a rich country in Scandinavia deals with poverty.

When I'm Rich(1977)

A man fantasises and has a power trip over what he would do if he became rich.

Heavy Lifting(2016)

A gay man has to fend off a woman after he helps her and she develops a crush on him.

The Devil's Ball(2023)

After receiving a suspicious suicide note, a pro hacker investigates a mysterious theatre troupe, only to come dangerously close to his own curtain call.

Fish!(2011)

Jeff heads home to rest before cooking for an important person. When he is lured to a pool by an amorous mermaid, he has to choose between satisfying his libido or staying focused on the future.

Auguste(2018)

The Sibony family is celebrating Christmas’ Eve. This year, Juliette, the eldest daughter, has an announcement to make – an announcement which is supposed to thrill her family. Except for one detail…

Khuruf(2018)

A road movie starring a Muslim family, a checkpoint and a flock of sheep.

Say It with Sables(1928)

In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put things right.

So This Is Love(1928)

So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp. After business hours, Jerry secretly takes boxing lessons, enabling him to knock the stuffings out of his burly rival Spike Mullins (Johnnie Walker). Jerry's newfound pugilistic skills wins him the affections of store clerk Hilda Jensen (Shirley Mason), who's just car-razy about "cave men." Filmed in a fast three weeks, So This is Love? was completed before Frank Capra's Matinee Idol but released afterward. Leading lady Shirley Mason was the sister of Viola Dana, who starred in Capra's initial Columbia effort, That Certain Thing.

Last Monday(2010)

Every Monday evening Alan and Bob sit at Kelly's bar embellishing on their secret unhappy lives, while flirting with the stunning bartender, Cheryl. The diluted dreamers struggle to save face when a high profile attorney enters their sanctuary, armed with an eye for detail and a dose of reality.

Sugar Honey

Sugar Honey follows a Christian college student who attempts to become a sugar baby, desperate for money to pay her college tuition.

Open Relationship(2014)

Oscar and Sergio have been in a relationship for 5 years. They live together and they have very different personalities: Oscar is more passionate and emotional and Sergio has a much more mental role. On a random afternoon on a random day, one of them decides to ask the other if he would be interested in starting an open relationship.

The Bookworm Turns(1917)

At the start of his career Harry Depp appeared often in short comedies, and was employed by Mack Sennett’s Keystone Company in 1916-17. Very little information is available on The Bookworm Turns but, as Depp was particularly well-known for appearing in movies that required him to don female clothing, we might expect to see him in drag at some point in this one.

Life Abode(2021)

Feeling unhappy in his current home, a squirrel seeks an opportunity to break free and find the place he truly belongs.

Parachute(2014)

Trapped in professional purgatory, four junior bankers must decide what they truly want before it's too late.

Chill Girls

Five girls convene after a chaotic night and attempt to solve almost every social, philosophical and romantic dilemma that occurs in your twenties (in a bathroom at 2 AM).

Sissy Frenchfry(2006)

The annual Student Body President election at wildly eclectic and diverse West Beach High pits the quirky, much-beloved incumbent Sissy Frenchfry against handsome, charismatic -- and socially intolerant -- transfer student Bodey McDodey, who enacts a devious plan to restore the "status quo."

The Purge: The Morning After(2013)

In comedian Johnny Ray Gill's parody of the Universal horror flick, actor Daniel Rubiano has to face the music when he reports to work the next morning.

Swell(2016)

Swell is a smartphone app that changes your mood through sound. When a young couple tries to control each other’s settings, they find their relationship threatened by an unintended cacophony of emotions.

Eviva!(2014)