Movies like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013)
The best movies like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013) are Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), Knight and Day (2010) and Lying and Stealing (2019). If #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSeven Pounds (2008)7.6/10 from 7,465 votes
- NewestThe United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)Released 2021
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKnight and Day (2010)
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLying and Stealing (2019)
Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himself free.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisTop Secret! (1984)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBuster's Mal Heart (2017)
An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeven Pounds (2008)
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTaking Off (1971)
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAge of Consent (1969)
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Company You Keep (2012)
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Forger (2011)
While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like this15 Minutes (2001)
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhite Nights (1985)
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRansom for a Dead Man (1972)
A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe World of Suzie Wong (1960)
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWanda (1970)
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEddie and the Cruisers (1983)
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei?
The closest matches to #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei are Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), Knight and Day (2010) and Lying and Stealing (2019). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei?
Start with Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), the closest match to #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei.
What is the highest-rated movie like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei?
Seven Pounds (2008), rated 7.6/10 by 7,465 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei?
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei?
Yes: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), Knight and Day (2010) and Lying and Stealing (2019).
How are movies similar to #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.