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Movies that feel like Footprints on the Moon (1975)
Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the locals seems to know her. Is she who she thinks she is? And what significance does her dream of an astronaut abandoned on the moon have?
If you loved Footprints on the Moon, the closest films we have are Next of Kin (1982), The House That Screamed (1969) and Long Weekend (1979). All three share Footprints on the Moon's twisty and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968).
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If Footprints on the Moon hit the spot, these will too
Both are built on the same subject: dreams
Easier on the tension than Footprints on the Moon
The same mix in both: tension, then twists
Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The same preoccupation in both: dreams
Contemplative mystery in both cases
Tense thriller, and it commits to that
Both lean on dream logic more than on horror
Sits closer to fantasy than Footprints on the Moon does
Drama built on twists, twice over
Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft
Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
Both lean on dread more than on drama
Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that
Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that
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The best-reviewed films that share Footprints on the Moon’s defining feeling.
