Most Similar Movies to Burning an Illusion (1981)


If you are looking for movies like Burning an Illusion (1981), you might like movies tagged with keyword : drama, romance, social, race, class, british, black, female, coming of age, awakening, identity, cultural clash, independent film, 1980s, london, political, realism, social critique, immigration, discrimination .


Hedi (2016), Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), Farming (2018), Ae Fond Kiss ... (2004), Persepolis (2007), Four Friends (1981), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Hedi (2016)

Hedi (2016)

10.0/10 Drama

Hedi's mother arranges his marriage, his boss sends him on a work trip, and his older brother lectures him on how to behave. But when Hedi meets a woman while away on business, he falls in love as the wedding preparations continue apace back home.

Stream Full Movie
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)

Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)

6.6/10 Gay & Lesbian, Drama

An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.

Stream Full Movie
Farming (2018)

Farming (2018)

5.9/10 Drama

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

Stream Full Movie
Ae Fond Kiss ... (2004)

Ae Fond Kiss ... (2004)

8.9/10 Romance, Drama

A young man (Atta Yaqub) upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher (Eva Birthistle).

Stream Full Movie
Persepolis (2007)

Persepolis (2007)

8.0/10 War, Drama, Animation, Biography, History

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Stream Full Movie
Four Friends (1981)

Four Friends (1981)

7.8/10 Drama

A Yugoslav emigrant (Craig Wasson), his two buddies and their girlfriend (Jodi Thelen) grow up in the 1960s.

Stream Full Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7.7/10 Drama

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

Stream Full Movie
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

6.8/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Stream Full Movie
Miss Mary (1986)

Miss Mary (1986)

6.4/10 Drama

A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a popular movement is preparing to install itself in power.

Stream Full Movie
The Souvenir (2019)

The Souvenir (2019)

6.4/10 Romance, Drama

A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Stream Full Movie
Flirting (1990)

Flirting (1990)

9.6/10 Comedy, Drama

A white preppie (Noah Taylor) loves a Ugandan girl (Thandie Newton) in 1965 Australia in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke."

Stream Full Movie
Nothing But a Man (1964)

Nothing But a Man (1964)

8.0/10 Drama

A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

Stream Full Movie
To Sir, with Love (1967)

To Sir, with Love (1967)

7.7/10 Drama

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

Stream Full Movie
Bandit Queen (1994)

Bandit Queen (1994)

7.6/10 Crime, Drama, Biography

The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.

Stream Full Movie
What Will People Say (2017)

What Will People Say (2017)

7.4/10 Drama

The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.

Stream Full Movie
Wajma: An Afghan Love Story (2013)

Wajma: An Afghan Love Story (2013)

7.3/10 Drama

It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must de...Read all

Stream Full Movie
Fish Tank (2009)

Fish Tank (2009)

7.3/10 Drama

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Stream Full Movie
Bar Bahar - In Between (2016)

Bar Bahar - In Between (2016)

7.3/10 Drama

Three Arab-Israeli women share an apartment in Tel Aviv and try to balance their traditions with the modern world.

Stream Full Movie

Related Movie List


Movie Tags