
Movies that feel like Bombshell (2019)
If you loved Bombshell, the closest films we have are Godland (2022), Farewell My Concubine (1993) and On My Skin (2018). All three share Bombshell's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Bombshell hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

One thread runs through both: biography
The difference: Not nearly as dread-soaked as Bombshell

Both are built on the same subject: a true story
The difference: Sits closer to history than Bombshell does

Drama with a pulse of dread, in both cases
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a true story

Dread-soaked drama in both cases


The drama is handled with the same confidence

Both are drama through and through


Drama of the same temperament
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