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Movies that feel like Columbus (2017)

If you loved Columbus, the closest films we have are The Judge (2014), Sweet Bean (2015) and Diary of a Country Priest (1951). All three share Columbus's contemplative and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Kino Film Collection, Hulu and Starz Apple TV channel and others, checked against today's data.

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.

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The Judge
2014 Β· dir. David Dobkin
πŸ… 49%β˜… 7.4drama

Small town life runs into indiana, usa in each of them

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

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Sweet Bean
2015 Β· dir. Naomi Kawase
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.4drama

Both land stillness and comfort at once

The difference: Missing the dread of Columbus

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

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Diary of a Country Priest
1951 Β· dir. Robert Bresson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.7drama

Small town life sits at the heart of each

The difference: 66 years apart, and the 1950s show

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.

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Moonlight
2016 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

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If I Stay
2014 Β· dir. R.J. Cutler
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7drama

The same preoccupation in both: coma

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

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Joy
2015 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.6drama

Both keep circling back to candid

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

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Roma
2018 Β· dir. Alfonso CuarΓ³n
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

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Flight
2012 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3drama

The same drama instincts

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

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The Book Thief
2013 Β· dir. Brian Percival
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.5drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

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Marriage Story
2019 Β· dir. Noah Baumbach
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.9drama

Both are drama through and through

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

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Lion
2016 Β· dir. Garth Davis
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8drama

Drama approached the same way

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

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Our Little Sister
2015 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6drama

Drama approached the same way

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

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