Highest-Rated Movies about 'Interpreter', Sort by Popularity

Fear and Trembling (2003), Nostalgia (1983), Unveiled (2005), The Killing Fields (1984), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), A Midnight Clear (1992), The Railway Man (2013), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Interpreter movies.

#2. Nostalgia (1983)

Storyline: The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had imprisoned his own family in his house for seven years to save them from the evils of the world. Seeing some deep truth in Domenico's act, Andrei becomes drawn to him. In a series of dreams, the poet's nostalgia for his homeland and his longing for his wife, his ambivalent feelings for Eugenia and Italy, and his sense of kinship with Domenico become intertwined.—Anonymous and Brian McInnis

Plot Keywords: poet, interpreter, russian, mystic, mentally ill person, pretty woman, bleak ...

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#3. Unveiled (2005)

Storyline: Iranian interpreter Fariba (Jasmin Tabatabai) escapes to Germany to avoid capital punishment for homosexual activity, but her application for political asylum is denied. Awaiting deportation, Fariba gains a new identity when fellow Iranian refugee Siamak (Navid Akhavan) kills himself. Disguising herself as a male, Fariba is released from detention as Siamak. Fariba begins working in a small-town factory while saving money for a fake passport that will let her live as a woman again.

Plot Keywords: interpreter, activist, single mother, coworker, refugee, sad, gritty ...

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#4. The Killing Fields (1984)

Storyline: Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with the local journalist Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

Plot Keywords: journalist, interpreter, photojournalist, wife, reporter, chilling, emotional ...

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#5. Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)

Storyline: Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. They were even happy enough to be able to live happily ever after, (not often the case) and then Jamie died. Nina is left with a house full of rats and handymen, a job teaching foreigners English and an ache that fills the night sky.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: interpreter, cellist, ghost, psychologist, dead person, cheeky, emotional ...

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#6. A Midnight Clear (1992)

Storyline: Set in 1944 France, in the Ardennes forest region, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration. The surrender plan includes a mock battle that turns bad when one of the soldiers is unaware of the surrender plan.—Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: sergeant, jew, german soldier, old man, interpreter, prostitute, powerful ...

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#7. The Railway Man (2013)

Storyline: Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. His experiences, after the secret radio he built to bring news and hope to his colleagues was discovered, left him traumatised and shut off from the world. Years later, he met Patti, a beautiful woman, on a train and fell in love. Patti was determined to rid Eric of his demons. Discovering that the young Japanese officer who haunted her husband was still alive, she faced a terrible decision. Should Eric be given a chance to confront his tormentor? Would she stand by him, whatever he did?

Plot Keywords: wife, british officer, interpreter, engaging, railway, love, life ...

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#8. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

Storyline: This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America's drive to change the world in the post-war years. One year after World War II, Captain Fisby is sent to the village of Tobiki in Okinawa to teach the people democracy. The first step is to build a school -- but the wily Okinawans know what they really want. They tell him about their culture and traditions -- and persuade him to build something they really want instead: a teahouse. Fisby has a hard time breaking this news to his superiors.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: military officer, interpreter, native, villager, geisha, amusing, lighthearted ...

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#9. Too Late the Hero (1970)

Storyline: A World War II movie set on a Pacific island. Japanese and Allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This movie differs in that some of the "heros" are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese, who are determined to prevent them returning to base.—Rob Hartill

Plot Keywords: interpreter, soldier, lieutenant, commanding officer, private, tense, gripping ...

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#10. Krotoa (2017)

Storyline: Krotoa, a feisty, bright, young 11 year old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle's trading partner. She is brought into the first Fort established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. There she grows into a visionary young woman who assimilates the Dutch language and culture so well that she rises to become an influential interpreter for van Riebeeck who became the first Governor of the Cape Colony. As such Krotoa ends up being rejected by her own Khoi people and destroyed by the Dutch when she tries to find the middle way between the two cultures.—Roberta Durrant

Plot Keywords: native, dutch person, immigrant, interpreter, girl, african, gripping ...

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#11. The Interpreter (2005)

Storyline: Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of ...

Plot Keywords: interpreter, secret service agent, president, diplomat, police chief, suspenseful, intricate ...

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#12. Before Winter Comes (1969)

Storyline: Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced people into either the American or Russian zones.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: british officer, interpreter, refugee, civilian, love interest, russian, amusing ...

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#13. The Art of War (2000)

Storyline: Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.

Plot Keywords: secret agent, ambassador, terrorist, interpreter, refugee, thrilling, suspenseful ...

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#14. The Legacy (2006)

Storyline: When Paris hipster Celine (Olga Legrand) learns she has inherited a castle in an isolated area outside Tbilisi, Georgia, she travels with her friends Patricia (Sylvie Testud) and Jean (Stanislas Merhar) to examine her new property. After hiring interpreter Nikolai (Pascal Bongard), they set out on a lengthy bus trip to the castle. While in transit, they meet a young man (Giorgi Babluani) whose grandfather is preparing to die in the hopes of ending a violent feud.

Plot Keywords: frenchwoman, friend, interpreter, grandfather, grandson, drunk, offbeat ...

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#15. Operation Bikini (1963)

Storyline: With posters featuring a stylized-drawing of Eva Six in a bikini, a tagline reading..."Temptation in Paradise...neither hell nor high heels could stop them", and a Dream Sequence Technical Adviser credit for Bob Marcucci, American-International once again proved it had no peers when it came to sleight-of-hand advertising selling a war-movie when war movies weren't selling. This one starts in the Pacific in 1943 when an American submarine staffed by the likes of Scott Brady, Jim Backus and Michael Dante (the old guns to get the old folks in) has a rendezvous with a cruiser to pick up an underwater demolition team comprised of the likes of Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Gary Crosby and Jody McCrea (the young turks to get the kids in, which probably only worked in Southern California), and there is conflict right off as the sub crew feels like they are being denied a chance to revenge the sinking of a sister sub because they have to deliver Tab and Frankie to an island on a super-secret special mission guaranteed to affect the entire course of the war in the Pacific. These guys are landed on the Japanese-infested island and find their guerilla support consists of an old man, a teen-ager and three girls.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: captain, lieutenant, seaman, guerrilla fighter, interpreter, beautiful woman, thrilling ...

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