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Movies that feel like Jackie (2016)

If you loved Jackie, the closest films we have are Nomadland (2021), Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Lilting (2014). All three share Jackie's contemplative and melancholy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Pablo Larraíncontemplativemelancholy

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If Jackie hit the spot, these will too

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Nomadland
2021 · dir. Chloé Zhao
🍅 93%7.3drama

Both are built on the same subject: death of husband

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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Manchester by the Sea
2016 · dir. Kenneth Lonergan
🍅 96%7.8drama

The same preoccupation in both: grief

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

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Lilting
2014 · dir. Hong Khaou
🍅 82%7.2drama

Common ground: grief

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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The Danish Girl
2015 · dir. Tom Hooper
🍅 66%7.1drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then melancholy

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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Drive My Car
2021 · dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🍅 97%7.5drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

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Central Station
1998 · dir. Walter Salles
🍅 94%8drama

Drama built on melancholy, twice over

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

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Wild
2014 · dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
🍅 88%7.1drama

One thread runs through both: biography

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Hostiles
2017 · dir. Scott Cooper
🍅 71%7.2drama · western · history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: widow

The difference: Sits closer to western than Jackie does

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

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I'm Still Here
2024 · dir. Walter Salles
8.2drama · history

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into history than Jackie does

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

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City of Men
2007 · dir. Paulo Morelli
🍅 74%7.2drama

The shared currency is melancholy

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 · dir. Colm Bairéad
🍅 97%7.7drama

Drama of the same temperament

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Still Alice
2014 · dir. Wash Westmoreland
🍅 85%7.5drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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