Highest-Rated Movies about 'Begins With Narration'

The Departed (2006), Arrival (2016), Badlands (1973), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Shape of Water (2017), Layer Cake (2004), Jerry Maguire (1996), Theeb (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Begins With Narration movies.

#16. While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Storyline: Lucy's life consists of constant loneliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begins to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events.

Plot Keywords: loneliness, mistaken identity, secret admirer, single woman, holiday season, family gathering, kiss ...

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#17. John Carter (2012)

Storyline: John Carter, a Civil War veteran, who in 1868 was trying to live a normal life, is "asked" by the Army to join, but he refuses so he is locked up. He escapes, and is pursued. Eventually they run into some Indians, and there's a gunfight. Carter seeks refuge in a cave. While there, he encounters someone who is holding some kind of medallion. When Carter touches it, he finds himself in a place where he can leap incredible heights, among other things. He later encounters beings he has never seen before. He meets a woman who helps him to discover that he is on Mars, and he learns there's some kind of unrest going on.

Plot Keywords: arizona desert, virginia, gladiator, american civil war, arizona territory, alien, princess ...

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#18. Crimson Peak (2015)

Storyline: Edith Cushing's mother died when she was young but watches over her. Brought up in the Victorian Era she strives to be more than just a woman of marriageable age. She becomes enamored with Thomas Sharpe, a mysterious stranger. After a series of meetings and incidents she marries Thomas and comes to live with him and his sister, Lady Lucille Sharpe, far away from everything she has known. The naive girl soon comes to realize not everything is as it appears as ghosts of the past quite literally come out of the woodwork. This movie is more about mystery and suspense than gore.

Plot Keywords: ghost, incest, loss of mother, gothic, haunted house, ghost story, knife ...

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#19. Road to Bali (1952)

Storyline: Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: monkey, climbing a tree, hanging upside down, crocodile, animal attack, cameo appearance, woman wears a one piece swimsuit ...

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#20. City of Ember (2008)

Storyline: When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however, the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young adults to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out.

Plot Keywords: teen angst, apocalypse, end of the world, warehouse, dystopia, inventor, robot ...

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#21. The First Wives Club (1996)

Storyline: After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three wives have been dumped for newer, curvier models. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts, in the wallet. Sit back and watch the sparks fly as The Wives get mad, get even, and get it all. Justice has seldom been so sweet. Or so much fun.

Plot Keywords: friendship between women, three friends, friendship, marital separation, divorcee, implied sex, year 1969 ...

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#22. Gemma Bovery (2014)

Storyline: Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.—Toronto International Film Festival

Plot Keywords: cheating wife, next door neighbor, neighbor, englishwoman abroad, unfaithful wife, husband wife relationship, adultery ...

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#23. The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Storyline: Sheila Bennet returns to New York from Cuba carrying $40,000 worth of smuggled diamonds - and smallpox, which could start a devastating epidemic in the unprotected city. Treasury agent Johnson loses her but keeps doggedly on the trail, while Public Health Doctor Wood searches in vain for the unknown person spreading the deadly disease far and wide. Meanwhile, the increasingly ill Sheila is concerned only with her faithless husband Matt, who plans to abscond with the diamonds.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: epidemic, suicide, smuggling, sickness, rooftop, police officer, photographer ...

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#24. The Shack (2017)

Storyline: After the abduction and presumed death of Mackenzie Allen Phillips' youngest daughter, Missy, Mack receives a letter and suspects it is from God, asking him to return to The Shack where Missy may have been murdered. After contemplating it, he leaves his home to go to The Shack for the first time since Missy's abduction and an encounter that will change his life forever.

Plot Keywords: guilt, loss of daughter, death of daughter, based on novel, apple pie, god, garden ...

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#25. Dracula Untold (2014)

Storyline: At the turn of the century, the young lord Vlad and his family live a peaceful life ruling over their small kingdom, but when a Turk warlord demands from Vlad a thousand boys and his son to create an army Vlad seeks a terrible power that will allow him to protect his kingdom and family from the Turks at a terrible cost.

Plot Keywords: death of wife, character name in title, silver, impalement, burned alive, burned to death, spider ...

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#26. Tomb Raider (2018)

Storyline: Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of twenty-one without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father's global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can't understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes ...

Plot Keywords: hard body, feminine hair, long hair, long haired woman, based on video game, woman with long hair, female protagonist ...

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#27. 47 Ronin (2013)

Storyline: While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako. The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting Lord Kira of Nagato, and is punished into committing seppuku by the Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and the half-breed sets out for revenge against the Shogun's order.

Plot Keywords: samurai, japan, seppuku, based on true story, dishonor, revenge, half breed ...

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#28. Manhattan Night (2016)

Storyline: Based on Colin Harrison's acclaimed novel Manhattan Nocturne (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), MANHATTAN NIGHT tells the story of Porter Wren (Adrien Brody), a New York City tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy and anything that passes for the truth. At home he is a model family man, devoted to his loving wife (Jennifer Beals). But when a seductive stranger (Yvonne Strahovski) asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon (Campbell Scott), he can't resist. In this modern version of a classic film noir, we follow Porter as he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail - one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life. MANHATTAN NIGHT will be released by Lionsgate Premiere in theaters and On Demand May 20, 2016. Lionsgate Premiere, Grindstone Entertainment Group and 13 Films present in association with Sparkle Roll Media Corporation and Big Indie Pictures a production of Fable House, Untravelled Worlds and DeCubellis Films.—Lionsgate Premiere

Plot Keywords: female masturbation, excavation, sexual obsession, older man younger woman sex, bare chested male, prostitute, male rear nudity ...

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#29. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Storyline: Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Plot Keywords: incantation, teenage hero, gothic, tunnel, sorcery, secret laboratory, vintage car ...

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#30. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)

Storyline: In the eighteenth century, a Spanish expedition is looking for seven cities of gold in a territory now known as California. A very difficult task due the opposition of the aborigines, but perhaps a divine intervention could help the Spaniards to save the life.—Luis Carvacho <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>

Plot Keywords: whispering, flaming arrow, body paint, death, ammunition, holy water, crying man ...

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