Movies like Johan
If Johan's mix of france, 1970s and imprisonment stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Johan's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Holding the Man
2015 · Directed by Neil Armfield · 128 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, gay theme
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet.
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Pickpocket
1959 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 75 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: france · Also a French drama
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up…
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A Gang Story
2011 · Directed by Olivier Marchal · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also a French drama
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, gay theme
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics.
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A Man Escaped
1956 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 101 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
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Daybreak
1939 · Directed by Marcel Carné · 93 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
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The Hurricane
1999 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 146 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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Les Misérables
2012 · Directed by Tom Hooper · 158 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: france
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert.
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The Mad Women's Ball
2021 · Directed by Mélanie Laurent · 122 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
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The Swimming Pool
1969 · Directed by Jacques Deray · 123 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne…
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Directed by Héctor Babenco · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs.
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Auto Focus
2002 · Directed by Paul Schrader · 104 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters…