Movies Like The Heart of the World (2000)

The Heart of the World is a 2000 comedy, romance, science fiction film from Guy Maddin with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Immigrant and The Impossible Voyage.

Comedy Romance Science Fiction

The Immigrant

1917

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

7.3

MagicScore

The Impossible Voyage

1904

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

7.2

MagicScore

Neighbors

1920

The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.

7.1

MagicScore

The Crazy Ray

1925

A night watchman on the Eiffel Tower wakes up to find the entire population of the city frozen in place.

6.7

MagicScore

Behind the Screen

1916

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

6.5

MagicScore

Sunnyside

1919

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

6.5

MagicScore

The Balloonatic

1923

Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.

6.2

MagicScore

The Conquest of the Pole

1912

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne.

6.2

MagicScore

Egged On

1926

Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of parts stolen from his neighbors. Rival egg companies want his invention, one of them stooping to sabotage to get it.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

1907

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

Excursion to the Moon

1908

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

Long Distance Wireless Photography

1908

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects a painting of three women onto a large screen; suddenly the women begin to move. The customers are impressed. First the women sits in the special seat: she's projected onto the screen, and her good nature comes out in the laughing image. Then it's the man's turn, but the machine discloses a vastly different nature in him. Will his reaction threaten our proprietor's inventions?

5.2

MagicScore

#13

Turn-of-the-Century Surgery

1900

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin de Siecle (1900) is more widely available. And it’s not one to watch the night before an operation. In this clinic, a sign pleads “On est prie de ne pas crier/Please do not cry”, and the doctors set about the patient with saws, cheerily hacking off limbs, and then slopping them into a bucket, all the while arguing ferociously with each other. They then reattach arms and legs from a bucket of “exchange pieces” (using glue) before re-animating their victim, I mean patient, with bellows. (from http://silentlondon.co.uk/2015/01/23/10-disgusting-moments-in-silent-cinema/)

4.9

MagicScore

#14

One Week

1920

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

A Trip to the Moon

1902

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

7.9

MagicScore

#16

The Scarecrow

1920

Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

A Dog's Life

1918

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

The Goat

1921

A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

The Four Troublesome Heads

1898

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

The Man with the Rubber Head

1901

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Heart of the World?

The top films similar to The Heart of the World by MovieMagicScore are The Immigrant (7.3), The Impossible Voyage (7.2), Neighbors (7.1). Each shares comedy/romance/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Heart of the World worth watching?

The Heart of the World holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 97 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Heart of the World?

The Heart of the World (2000) is a comedy, romance, science fiction film directed by Guy Maddin, starring Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Heart of the World?

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About movies like The Heart of the World

This ranked list pairs The Heart of the World (2000), a comedy and romance and science fiction film from Guy Maddin, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Leslie Bais take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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