Movies like Stroszek
If Stroszek's mix of van, prostitute and unexpected happiness stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Stroszek's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Edge of Heaven
2007 · Directed by Fatih Akin · 122 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: release from prison · Also a German drama
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother…
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There Will Be Blood
2007 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 158 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: american dream, alcoholic
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable…
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Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Directed by John Schlesinger · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to…
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Interstate 60
2002 · Directed by Bob Gale · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: road trip
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Scarecrow
1973 · Directed by Jerry Schatzberg · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: road trip · From the same decade (1970s)
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
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Half Nelson
2006 · Directed by Ryan Fleck · 107 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: alcoholic
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know.
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Crimes of Passion
1984 · Directed by Ken Russell · 107 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…