
Movies that feel like La Jetée (1962)
If you loved La Jetée, the closest films we have are Never Let Me Go (2010), Bicentennial Man (1999) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). All three share La Jetée's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Philo and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If La Jetée hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance
The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Tender and cerebral in the same breath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Not nearly as bleak as La Jetée

The same preoccupation in both: time travel
The difference: Missing the bleakness of La Jetée

Black and white is the engine of both

Both trade on romance more than on being romance

Tender science fiction in both cases

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Science fiction built on bleakness, twice over

Romance built on stillness, twice over

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

Both built around black and white
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