
Movies that feel like Ivan's Childhood (1962)
If you loved Ivan's Childhood, the closest films we have are Rome, Open City (1945), Lifeboat (1944) and Mirror (1975). All three share Ivan's Childhood's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If Ivan's Childhood hit the spot, these will too

Common ground in both: world war ii and 1940s
The difference: None of the dream logic Ivan's Childhood is built on

Common ground: black and white

Both are Andrei Tarkovsky's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Leans harder into history than Ivan's Childhood does

One thread runs through both: world war ii

Contemplative where it counts, bleak underneath
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white
The difference: Sits closer to action than Ivan's Childhood does

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Both are built on the same subject: spy

The same preoccupation in both: based on short story
The difference: 58 years apart, and the 2020s show

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 1940s

Both lean on bleakness more than on war

Contemplative drama in both cases
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