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Movies that feel like Faust (1926)

If you loved Faust, the closest films we have are The Phantom Carriage (1921), Nosferatu (1922) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). All three share Faust's dreamlike and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. F. W. Murnaudreamlikecontemplativedreadunsettling
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If Faust hit the spot, these will too

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The Phantom Carriage
1921 Β· dir. Victor SjΓΆstrΓΆm
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

The same two preoccupations: death, and silent film

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

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Nosferatu
1922 Β· dir. F. W. Murnau
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8horror Β· fantasy

F. W. Murnau directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the stillness of Faust

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 Β· dir. Albert Lewin
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5drama Β· horror Β· fantasy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then stillness

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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The Phantom of the Opera
1925 Β· dir. Rupert Julian
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5horror

The same preoccupation in both: silent film

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Faust

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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The Mummy
1932 Β· dir. Karl Freund
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.9horror Β· fantasy

Both land dread and unease at once

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1960s show

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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November
2017 Β· dir. Rainer Sarnet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Faust does

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

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Viy
1967 Β· dir. Georgi Kropachyov
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

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Un Chien Andalou
1929 Β· dir. Luis BuΓ±uel
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6fantasy Β· horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: death

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis BuΓ±uel and Salvador Dali.

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I Walked with a Zombie
1943 Β· dir. Jacques Tourneur
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7mystery Β· horror Β· drama

Unsettling fantasy in both cases

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 Β· dir. Clyde Geronimi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8horror Β· fantasy Β· animation

Horror built on dream logic, twice over

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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Tumbbad
2018 Β· dir. Rahi Anil Barve
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.2fantasy Β· horror

Drama with a pulse of dread, in both cases

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

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