Movies Similar to Iowa

Shot Caller(2017)

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

7.0

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve(2001)

LA's finest have crossed the thin blue line between Cop and Criminal. Based on a true story.

6.0

Copper Bill(2020)

Two thieves attempt to steal 80 million dollars of hidden Texas drug money from the famed ranch belonging to a dead member of the Cowboy Mafia.

5.5

Kuya(2004)

The adventures and misadventures of a group of teenagers, chronicling their pain and the lessons learned along the way.

3.0

Hospitalité(2011)

In this black comedy the lives of a timid small-time printer and his young wife are turned inside out by the arrival of a stranger who moves in and takes over their world. Set in a village-like outpost in the heart of Tokyo, this is a wry commentary on Japanese xenophobia. Kiki Sugino heads a spritely ensemble cast.

6.1

No image

Tresko - Im Visier der Drogenmafia(1996)

In order to track down the Russian mafia, Joachim Tresko goes undercover in the Berlin art scene. Meanwhile, his wife Katrin seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. She had been researching the trafficking milieu for her newspaper. Tresko is thus involved in two seemingly different cases.

0.0

Playing Under The Moon(2000)

This is the story of two teenage women affected by violence and the painful journey to become full and liberated. One, Maruja is a young rape victim. The other Carmen Luisa is beaten by violence within her own family.

5.2

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction(1983)

A 47 year old real estate salesman gets trapped in the insidious web of cocaine addiction.

6.6

Rent-a-Cop(1987)

Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.

4.7

Where We're Meant to Be(2016)

Small moments can change an entire path in life. Travel in and out of the lives of a number of vastly different people as each one connects to the next during their most pivotal moments.

9.0

Simon, King of the Witches(1971)

Simon is a modern day warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's deadly serious about his witchcraft. After being picked up for vagrancy, Simon spends a night in jail with Turk, a young hustler with connections to powerful people such as Hercules, an aging hipster who hires Simon to work one of his groovy parties. There he meets Linda, the DA's pill-popping daughter. In between romanic dallances and colorful sex magic ceremonies, Simon must contend with those who dare to challenge his magical prowess causing him to summon the dark world for his revenge.

5.1

A Slipping Down Life(1999)

A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

4.1

No image

California Pancakes(2024)

A Group of friends do drugs and have fun but are too careless to realize their demise.

0.0

Ape Principal(2023)

A new principal comes to the underdeveloped village school that is affected by lazy teachers and drugs.

8.0

Ring of Fire(1991)

Johnny Woo is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher at a kickboxing club. When Johnny falls in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kickboxing club, tension begins to build...

5.2

3 Backyards(2010)

An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.

4.2

Fathers and Sons(2005)

Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over 30 years. The second story centers on the affairs of an airline pilot who shares a house but not a life with his wife. He crosses paths with an unusual woman and spends an extraordinary night with his son. The final chapter follows the homecoming of Elliot to his estranged family. As his father dies, Elliot meets and falls in love with a woman who sees past his tough-guy exterior.

4.6

Shooting Clerks(2016)

The biopic of how Kevin Smith bankrolled his $27,000 first film with maxed-out credit cards and became the darling of the Sundance Film Festival when Clerks debuted there in 1994.

5.6

Sentient Dirt(2019)

Stanley is a bright, but socially inept, young introvert who faces several kinds of abuse from his father and sister and, as a result, begins to show the early telling signs of a serial killer.

0.0

To Write Love on Her Arms(2015)

The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

6.7