Movies like The Greasy Pole (1960)
The best movies like The Greasy Pole (1960) are Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), La vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église (1998) and The Circus (2010). If The Greasy Pole hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Greasy Pole
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAsterix and the Big Fight (1989)6.3/10 from 694 votes
- NewestHome Sweet Home (2019)Released 2019
- In FrenchAsterix and the Big Fight (1989)Also in French
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)
Due to an unfortunate accident involving Obelix throwing a menhir, Getafix the druid not only loses his memory, but goes completely mad. Now deprived of the wisdom of their beloved druid and the protection provided by his magic potion, the Armorican village falls prey to a proclaimed soothsayer who comes with ominous predictions and overweening ambitions. It's up to Asterix to keep his villager friends within reason and hopefully get Getafix to remember the magic potion's recipe before the impending Roman attack.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLa vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église (1998)
A farmer has computerised his farm but hasn't counted on bugs in the system ... and the cow wants to jump over the church.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Circus (2010)
In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Little Seed (2015)
A little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. Every night, ants move her house from one field to the next. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Home Sweet Home (2019)
An old lady’s house is full of boxes filled with memories. Every Wednesday, along with her cockroach friends, she tells her granddaughter wonderful stories. But as the little girl grows bigger, they start running out of space inside the house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Mauvais temps (2006)
An unlucky driver gets a flat tire in a particularly bad neighborhood. No sooner had he stepped out of his car than he was approached by menacing strangers holding a knife to his nose. The man fled and took refuge in a building, blocking the front door. The siege of the building begins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Inn (2012)
1862. A high altitude inn at the foot of a glacier in the Swiss Alps Each winter the snow isolates the inn rendering it totally inaccessible.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Le premier cigare (1897)
Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Solar Beats (2008)
Walking towards the fire. In a ceaseless stream of light, people, landscapes and objects lead us to mysterious regions. French filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski’s work is hard to classify - and all the richer for it. Together with his wife Michèle, whose musique concrète compositions form the basis of the sound design, Bokanowski offers a prolonged, dense and visually visceral experience of the kind that is rare in cinema today. Difficult to define and locate, its strangeness is quite unique.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Greasy Pole?
The closest matches to The Greasy Pole are Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), La vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église (1998) and The Circus (2010). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Greasy Pole?
Start with Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), the closest match to The Greasy Pole.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Greasy Pole?
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), rated 6.3/10 by 694 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Greasy Pole?
Home Sweet Home (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like The Greasy Pole?
Yes: Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), La vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église (1998) and The Circus (2010).
How are movies similar to The Greasy Pole chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Greasy Pole, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.