
Movies that feel likeCitizen Kane (1941)
If you loved Citizen Kane, the closest films we have are Le Corbeau (1943), The Return (2003) and Winter's Bone (2010). All three share Citizen Kane's twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is And Then There Were None (1945).
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If Citizen Kane hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: black and white
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Citizen Kane does

Twisty and contemplative in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Mystery built on twists, twice over

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The same hand behind both of them: Orson Welles
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Citizen Kane does

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Contemplative drama in both cases

One thread runs through both: black and white

Two things both keep coming back to: newspaper and journalist

Mystery in the same key

Drama approached the same way

Both play mystery straight
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Citizen Kane
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