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Movies that feel like Come and See (1985)

If you loved Come and See, the closest films we have are Stalingrad (1993), Videodrome (1983) and The Tin Drum (1979). All three share Come and See's bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Elem Klimovcontemplativebleakdreadunsettlingepicdreamlike
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Stalingrad
1993 · dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
7.5drama · history · war

The same two preoccupations: world war ii, and horrors of war

The difference: Not nearly as dread-soaked as Come and See

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

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Videodrome
1983 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 83%7.2horror · science fiction · mystery

Common ground in both: insanity and surrealism

The difference: None of the stillness Come and See is built on

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

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The Tin Drum
1979 · dir. Volker Schlöndorff
🍅 84%7.4drama · history · war

Common ground: nazi

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

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Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · dir. Konstantin Buslov
6.6war · history · drama

One thread runs through both: world war ii

The difference: 35 years apart, and the 2020s show

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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Das Boot
1981 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 98%8.4drama · history · war

Both land stillness and bleakness at once

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 · dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
7.2fantasy · horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Come and See does

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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T-34
2018 · dir. Alexey Sidorov
6.8drama · history · war

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nazi

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

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Kwaidan
1965 · dir. Masaki Kobayashi
🍅 91%7.9horror · fantasy · drama

Dreamlike drama, and it commits to that

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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Hour of the Wolf
1968 · dir. Ingmar Bergman
🍅 92%7.5drama · horror

Both are built on the same subject: insanity

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

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Patton
1970 · dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
🍅 92%7.9war · drama · history

War with a pulse of scale, in both cases

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

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Army of Shadows
1969 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
🍅 97%8.1war · drama · thriller

Contemplative history in both cases

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
🍅 71%5.8horror · drama

Both lean on dread more than on horror

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

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