Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

Genres

ComedyDrama

OverView

Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

112 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

06 June 2002

Country

France

Cast

Wei Wei Zhao

Wei Wei Zhao

Bin Bin

Zhao Tao

Zhao Tao

Qiao Qiao

Qiong Wu

Qiong Wu

Xiao Ji

Feng Qing

Feng Qing

Yuan Yuan

Wang Hongwei

Wang Hongwei

Xiao Wu

Ru Bai

Ru Bai

Bin Bin's Mother

Xi An Liu

Xi An Liu

Xiao Ji's Father

Shou Lin Xu

Shou Lin Xu

Sister Zhu

Dao Xiao

Dao Xiao

Mr. Ren

Zi Ying

Zi Ying

Concubine

Zhubin Li

Zhubin Li

Qiao San

Ai Jun Ren

Ai Jun Ren

The Hairdresser

Wang Limin

Wang Limin

The Karaoke Customer

Jia Zhangke

Jia Zhangke

Man singing in street (uncredited)

Similar Movies

7.8

The Big Lebowski

March 1998 •English

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

7.8

Donnie Darko

January 2001 •English

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

7.8

Back to the Future Part II

November 1989 •English

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

8.1

La Haine

May 1995 •French

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

6.0

7 Virgins

October 2005 •Spanish

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts his neighborhood in a section of Sevilla.

7.4

Once Were Warriors

September 1994 •English

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

4.1

Home of the Giants

October 2007 •English

A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game?

4.7

The Curse of Downers Grove

August 2015 •English

The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?

4.9

Floundering

November 1994 •English

John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangsters, bungling bureaucrats, police fanatics, revolutionaries, and weirdos. All John wants is a little peace of mind and a little piece of the action, but in "Floundering" it wont come easy.

6.0

Shut Up When You Speak!

September 1981 •French

Giacomo has an idol: James Bond. When he dreams, he dreams of himself, his fabulous adventures, especially in Tunisia, and a beautiful wife, Belle. In reality he is unemployed, overwhelmed by an obsessive mother who continually called to see if he wore his woolen tank top and is treated by a doctor who thinks he is Einstein. Finally Giacomo is followed by bizarre characters, kidnapped and taken to Tunisia to live a wonderful adventure of her dreams, from the dangers of any kind ... and he met Beatrice

5.3

Married Too Young

January 1962 •English

Two high-school sweethearts get married, then find that married life isn't what they thought it would be. In their desperation, they get mixed up with a gang of car thieves.

4.4

Carnival Rock

September 1957 •English

An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.

3.8

The All-American Girl

January 1973 •English

Debbie's boyfriend Bobby has left for Guatemala for three months and Debbie is expecting a boring summer. But then she hasn't considered her neighbours and their 15-year old son Johnny.

5.8

Beat Girl

August 1960 •English

When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.

5.5

Dragstrip Girl

April 1957 •English

Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.

4.7

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

June 1957 •English

A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.

6.7

Summer of '42

April 1971 •English

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

7.5

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

June 2015 •English

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

6.3

Jolene

October 2010 •English

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.

6.0

No Place to Go

October 2022 •Japanese

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.