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Movies that feel like Godland (2022)

If you loved Godland, the closest films we have are Bombshell (2019), Farewell My Concubine (1993) and Honeyland (2019). All three share Godland's dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hlynur Pálmasoncontemplativedread
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Bombshell
2019 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 67%6.8drama

Both land stillness and dread at once

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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Farewell My Concubine
1993 · dir. Chen Kaige
🍅 90%8.1drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1990s show

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

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Honeyland
2019 · dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
🍅 100%8documentary

Both lean on dread more than on drama

The difference: None of the stillness Godland is built on

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

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Columbus
2017 · dir. Kogonada
🍅 96%7.2drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

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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Lincoln
2012 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 90%7.3history · drama

One thread runs through both: cultural conflict

The difference: Sits closer to history than Godland does

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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November
2017 · dir. Rainer Sarnet
🍅 93%7.1drama · fantasy · romance

Both run dread-soaked where it counts

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Godland 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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La Llorona
2019 · dir. Jayro Bustamante
🍅 96%6.6thriller · horror · drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
2010 · dir. Wagner de Assis
6.5drama

Both play drama straight

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

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Clergy
2018 · dir. Wojtek Smarzowski
7.3drama

Drama approached the same way

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

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Colonia
2016 · dir. Florian Gallenberger
🍅 29%7drama · history

Both working the same drama territory

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

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Silent Heart
2014 · dir. Bille August
7.1drama

Drama in the same key

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
2021 · dir. Maurício Eça
5.9crime · drama · thriller

Both know what they want from drama

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

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