Highest-Rated Movies about 'Anthropology'

The Celebration (1998), The Man from Earth (2007), Nanook of the North (1922), Venus in Fur (2013), Sleeper (1973), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), Altered States (1980), Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Anthropology movies.

#1. The Celebration (1998)

Storyline: The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.—Jonas L.

Plot Keywords: family secret, speech, haunted by the past, incest, father son relationship, family relationships, birthday party ...

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#2. The Man from Earth (2007)

Storyline: An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.

Plot Keywords: storytelling, dialogue driven, reference to jack the ripper, reference to jesus christ, reference to moses, anthropologist, archeologist ...

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#3. Nanook of the North (1922)

Storyline: Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit), and his family. Describes the trading, hunting, fishing and migrations of a group barely touched by industrial technology. Nanook of the North was widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history.—<xaviermartin@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: canada, harpoon, quebec, winter, 1920s, docudrama, gramophone ...

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#5. Sleeper (1973)

Storyline: Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots.

Plot Keywords: dystopia, android, chase, conformity, death, dictator, disguise ...

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#7. Altered States (1980)

Storyline: It's the late 1960's. Just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad, conducts experiments with an isolation chamber, using himself as the subject. His experiences in the chamber cause him to hallucinate, much of the imagery being religious-based despite he not being a religious man. Seven years later, he is a respected full professor in the Harvard Medical School. Believing he has lost his edge and has fallen into an unwanted state of respectability, Eddie decides to resume his work with sensory deprivation, this time using hallucinogens, specifically untested ones used in mystical Mexican rituals, to enhance the experience of being in the isolation tank. After initial tests, he claims he entered an alternate physical and mental state. Although unbelieving of Eddie's claims, his colleagues Arthur Rosenberg and Mason Parrish, as well as Eddie's wife, Emily, who is in her own right a respected academic, are concerned for ...

Plot Keywords: hallucination, science, caveman, magic mushroom, x ray, male rear nudity, metamorphosis ...

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#8. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)

Storyline: Take a walk into the dreamlike world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisting ride. Four strangely symmetrical stories unfold involving love, lust, crime, and time.—Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>

Plot Keywords: death of mother, paris france, storytelling, dominatrix, husband wife relationship, champagne, bell ringing ...

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#10. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Storyline: When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

Plot Keywords: supernatural horror, demonic possession, based on true story, spiritualism, locket, spirit, drink ...

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#11. Friday the 13th (1980)

Storyline: One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys playing Kill the Counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe.

Plot Keywords: 1970s, surprise ending, mother, slasher, actual animal killed, bare chested male, machete ...

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#12. The Nanny Diaries (2007)

Storyline: After graduating from Montclair State, New Jersey Girl Annie can't make up her mind about what to do with her life. After saving a little boy from being run over in the park, she is quickly employed as a nanny for a rich Upper East Side couple. Mr X is occupied with his business, Mrs X loves shopping, and neither really likes to spend time with their little boy Grayer. Annie quickly learns that she has more than her hands full taking care of him. Her busy schedule doesn't give her much spare time. Mrs X fired her last nanny because she was dating and that gives Annie problems when Harvard Hottie who lives in the same building asks her out on a date.

Plot Keywords: female protagonist, class differences, dysfunctional family, self discovery, nanny, private plane, private school ...

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