allegory movies page 2

The Castle (1997)
5.9 / 10

Drama, Mystery

Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish...

No Greater Glory (1934)
6.643 / 10

Drama

A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.

The Son of Joseph (2016)
6.7 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works...

Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
5.7 / 10

Drama, Music

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations....

Life Is Beautiful (1985)
7.6 / 10

Drama

After a train breaks down and the passengers are forced to spend a day at a remote country tavern, the mix of seasonal farm workers, transients,...

The Glass Harmonica (1968)
5.6 / 10

Animation

A craftsman builds a glass harmonica that enlightens him. He travels to a town where the people are obsessed with money. A bureaucrat smashes the...

The Plot Against the President (2020)
6.3 / 10

Documentary

Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.

Dawgtown (1969)
0 / 10

Adventure, Animation, Drama, Action

As a competitor in the most well funded pit-fighting organization in the world, a young Pitbull leads a revolt in a dangerous break for freedom.

They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
6.6 / 10

Mystery, Horror

A mid-level automotive company employee is summoned to the mountain villa of owner Giovanni Nosferatu, only to discover a glossy netherworld where...

Gospel According to Harry (1994)
5.2 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband any more - the sand has managed to get...

Le Franc (1994)
6 / 10

Comedy

A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his...

Weirdo (2022)
0 / 10

Fantasy

Alma walks timidly with friends on a lovely summer's day. As one of them warmly takes a selfie of the whole group, Alma looks at the phone screen and...

The Odyssey of Destiny (2014)
5 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama

The world is cloaked in winter. Christian Adkins is a Renegade soldier longing for peace and the son of the famed Liberator. Jen is an orphaned nurse...

Ten (1971)
6.2 / 10

Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Family

The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose...

Lost Son (2021)
6 / 10

Thriller, Drama

A modern retelling of the parable of the prodigal son.

The Widow (1990)
6 / 10

Horror, Romance

A gothic allegory reinventing horror movie conventions while exploring the cyclical nature of life expressed through the romantic relationship...

Las Nogas (2023)
0 / 10

Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama

500 years into the future, the earth is a dry wasteland destroyed by humans. Doctor Alma, a fluffy, brilliant Vulkeet (a cross between a parakeet and...

End (1992)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a...

Ten (1991)
3 / 10

Drama, Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, TV Movie

Reviver (2022)
0 / 10

Drama, Fantasy