Movies Similar to American Paradise

Pound Foolish(1940)

An expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series.

Carne(1991)

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

The Car Thief(2015)

Two friends are engaged in theft of cars in order to extort money from their owners. The next stealing runs smoothly. The owner of the car agrees to pay, but puts forward an unexpected condition ...

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Lola's dream of escaping her father's Sunnyside motel seems closer to reality when a young stranger checks in.

Pocket Money(2014)

Two young schoolboys are walking home from school and become witnesses to a shooting.

The Musketeers of Pig Alley(1912)

A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

Long Shot(2017)

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage.

Snow Steam Iron(2017)

“Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alleys. Iron is the will of the one who would dare to resist… fight… survive.”

Oats & Barley(2019)

Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family business.

Alice Rose(2006)

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David(2011)

The story of a man who dreams of his own murder and searches for the killer.

Honour(2017)

Lee and Sonny are very close 11-year-old friends who are goaded by an older boy to break into a flat they think is uninhabited as an initiation to join his 'crew'. Their mission is to bring back something of value but what they find instead is an inert, probably dead, man inside. Lee and Sonny are forced to confront their naive notions of masculinity and codes of honour when the dead man turns out to be a wanted criminal in hiding.

Hostage(2002)

The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.

Anzol(2024)

The Adventure of the Speckled Band(1949)

Sherlock Holmes gets the clues he needs to solve a murder, and to prevent another one from occurring, when he finds out that a doctor owns a poisonous snake--the deadly swamp adder. Filmed on the expensive sets leftover from the movie Joan of Arc at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City and produced for the "Your Show Time" series, the short has been released as a solo feature on many DVDs that chronicle classic Sherlock Holmes films..

Final Girl(2021)

A Final Girl confronts the killer, desperately seeking closure- and revenge.

Oiled Up(2016)

Oiled Up is a heartfelt, fast-paced caper comedy about the reconciliation of brotherhood after a destructive family event, and a metaphor about the advancement of technology and its impact on an older generation, contrasting both the early baby boomers generation & the youth we know today. The story is told through Mike, the oldest brother of 3.

Nano(2017)

In the near future, nanotechnology administered into the bloodstream can sync with computer apps to augment the human genome. A new law mandating and regulating this once elective procedure meets resistance from hacktivists who are conspiring to thwart the impending roll-out of "Nano version 2.0."

The Great Train Robbery(1903)

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

Flesh and Blood(2023)