Twist and Shout (1984)

(6.786) based on 21 votes
Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while his strict father rules his life. He desires Kirsten, but she's unattainable. Pregnancy, a horrific abortion, an engagement party, and a revelation about the rectitude of Erik's father lead to a climax: Bjorn and Erik must stand up to controlling adults.
Directors
Release Date
Dec 26, 1984
Runtime
01h 47m
Genre
Available in streaming on

Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while his strict father rules his life. He desires Kirsten, but she's unattainable. Pregnancy, a horrific abortion, an engagement party, and a revelation about the rectitude of Erik's father lead to a climax: Bjorn and Erik must stand up to controlling adults.

Movies like Twist and Shout

Fish Out of Water

The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silent about feelings, scared he'll lose his job, loud about the value of trade unionism, interested in his pet fish, and argumentative at dinner. His wife Oda puts up with his moods and works on family genealogy. When Viggo is laid off, he becomes a fish out of water, hardly looking for work, starting a garden, and taking up with Karen, a polished but unhappy widow. He lies to his wife about a union training and goes to Mallorca with Karen. When she stops the affair, Viggo ends up in a psychiatric ward and must figure out what's really important in his life and in his character
Search similar movies
6.3
Fish+Out+of+Water
Fish Out of Water

1993

Search similar movies
Florence Fight Club

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.
Search similar movies
7.4
Florence+Fight+Club
Florence Fight Club

2015

Search similar movies
Fight Club

A young boy Selva chasing his football sports dreams suffers a major setback, grows into an angry young man who is drawn into conflicts by evil forces involving him and his family, which he must navigate and reform
Search similar movies
6.5
Fight+Club
Fight Club

2023

Search similar movies
The Wizard of the Kremlin

Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality TV producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin. At the heart of power, Baranov shapes the new Russia, blurring the boundaries between truth and lies, belief and manipulation. Only the magnetic Ksenia is beyond his control, tempting him away from this dangerous game. Years later, after retreating into silence and shrouded in mystery, Baranov finally opens up, revealing the dark secrets of the regime he helped build.
Search similar movies
The+Wizard+of+the+Kremlin
The Wizard of the Kremlin

2026

Search similar movies
Reruns

Everything is different but nothing has changed. A trip through a sunken maze of memories and dreams.
Search similar movies
8.4
Reruns
Michael Lives Alone

A young photographer's home is haunted by it's former residents.
Search similar movies
8.4
Michael+Lives+Alone
Michael Lives Alone

2023

Search similar movies
Obituary for Escobar

Serbian crime drama focusing on Belgrade's violent criminal underworld. Obituary For Escobar distinguishes itself from other recent crime dramas with its strong visual style and energetic approach. Borko was a young effeminate boy bullied at school by the self-styled 'Ghandi'. Years on, Ghandi is now a warlord, wrecking mayhem in pursuit of his ambition to become the leading drug lord in the Balkans. His execution of the rival 'Serbian Escobar' coincides with the mysterious placement of an obituary for the real Escobar by two stoners. In Ghandi's pursuit of the assailants he meets Lela, a stunning mystery woman who leads Ghandi to reconsider both "Borko" and his life in crime.
Search similar movies
6.6
Obituary+for+Escobar
Obituary for Escobar

2008

Search similar movies
For freedom and justice

A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nielsen, travels around the country, first as a traveling teacher, later in other positions, and through his experiences we are introduced to the conditions of various population groups. The central figure in the portrayal of historical figures is the politician Orla Lehmann.
Search similar movies
6.2
For+freedom+and+justice
For freedom and justice

1949

Search similar movies
King of the Apocalypse

On the cusp of Trump’s second presidency and the likely pardons for January 6th rioters, Sky delves into America’s violent militia movement in King of the Apocalypse with unprecedented access to founder of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
Search similar movies
8.3
King+of+the+Apocalypse
King of the Apocalypse

2025

Search similar movies
Brides in Exchange

A famous supermodel can’t convince her celebrity boyfriend to have a normal relationship, so she marries an ordinary bank clerk to make him jealous.
Search similar movies
4.6
Brides+in+Exchange
Brides in Exchange

2011

Search similar movies
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry

Comedian Langston Kerman talks parenting a top-tier baby, teaching mean teens and managing his mother-in-law's dating apps in this hilarious special.
Search similar movies
5.8
Langston+Kerman%3A+Bad+Poetry
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry

2024

Search similar movies
Nana and Kaoru

Kaoru is a 17-year-old boy with an SM fetish, secretly dreaming of an SM relationship with his childhood friend Nana. One day Kaoru's mother asks Nana to hide all his SM toys so that he will study for a change. However, Nana finds the leather one-piece that Kaoru bought and tries it on, but she accidentally locks it and does not have the key! This is the beginning of a very strange relationship...
Search similar movies
4.6
Nana+and+Kaoru
Nana and Kaoru

2011

Search similar movies
Tintin and the Picaros

Tintin falls into a dangerous trap after his friends are falsely arrested in a troubled South American country where a revolution is about to explode.
Search similar movies
6.6
Tintin+and+the+Picaros
Tintin and the Picaros

1992

Search similar movies
Foregrounds

"FOREGROUNDS, like SAUGUS SERIES, is devoted almost entirely to carefully constructed spatial ambiguities. The most visceral of these prints a rotating boulder, occupying half of the screen, over a slow lateral pan across the desert (painted by Neon Park). A faint superimposition of leaves on top of the landscape has the effect of pushing its vista farther back in space. Correspondingly, the boulder bulges out of the picture-plane like a Cezanne apple. The effect is so strong that even when O'Neill begins to animate 'scratches' over the image, one's eye refuses to surrender the illusion of volume." - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
Search similar movies
8.3
Foregrounds
Foregrounds

1978

Search similar movies
Preference on Fridays

A young zoologist interrupts his scientific expedition after learning about the sudden death of his father, a major trade figure. From the notes left behind by his father, the young man discovers with horror that he could not bear the betrayal revealed to him by his closest friend and ally, who also turned out to be his wife’s lover.
Search similar movies
5.8
Preference+on+Fridays
Preference on Fridays

1984

Search similar movies
Red Sea

Explore the impressive underwater landscapes and fascinating species of one of the biggest wonders on our planet - The Red Sea. Filmed in stunning 4K, this mesmerizing nautical journey features, many of the 1,200 different sea creatures that have made the naturally and artificially formed coral reefs their home beneath these mystical waters.
Search similar movies
6.5
Red+Sea
Red

A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair.
Search similar movies
4.7
Red
Law and Order

A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.
Search similar movies
4.5
Law+and+Order
Law and Order

1932

Search similar movies
The Pigskin Palooka

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back home, he has to prove it.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+Pigskin+Palooka
The Pigskin Palooka

1937

Search similar movies
Playdate

Two unsuspecting thieves break into the wrong house and must face a sinister home owner.
Search similar movies
7.6
Playdate
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Peter Jackson), this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.
Search similar movies
8.8
The+Making+of+The+Fellowship+of+the+Ring
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

2002

Search similar movies
Bruised

It is possible to hide an event not out of cunning but out of fear that it will be revealed.
Search similar movies
10.0
Bruised
The Hidden Filmmaker

The premiere in 2000 of the film "Presence of Mind" ("El celo"), a horror film starring Lauren Bacall, Sadie Frost and Harvey Keitel, augured a promising future for its director, Antoni Aloy, but after that experience the Mallorcan filmmaker disappeared from the film scene with little explanation. But what happened?
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Hidden+Filmmaker
The Hidden Filmmaker

2022

Search similar movies
Vétérane

Camelia, an escort with a troubled past, is newly employed at an erotic massage parlour in eastern Montreal. Met coldly by her competitive new colleagues, she struggles to establish a clientele while maintaining her dignity.
Search similar movies
4.6
V%C3%A9t%C3%A9rane
Vétérane

2017

Search similar movies
Pepolino und der Schatz der Meerjungfrau

The hero of the animated film is Pepolino, a singer who becomes a sailor to search for his lost grandfather and his immeasurably valuable treasure. During the adventurous voyage across the seven seas, his greatest enemy is the witch Hildegard, who sets the pirate trio Red Beard, Peg Leg and Glass Eye on him. The money-hungry Captain Babaluk also gives him a hard time. But he finds loyal and brave friends in Jakob the dog, Poch the parrot, Emil the ship's rat and Babette the cat. And when he meets the mermaid Mora, he also finds true love.
Search similar movies
5.5
Pepolino+und+der+Schatz+der+Meerjungfrau
Pepolino und der Schatz der Meerjungfrau

1996

Search similar movies