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Movies that feel like Lilting (2014)

If you loved Lilting, the closest films we have are Babel (2006), The Whale (2022) and The Quiet Girl (2022). All three share Lilting'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 fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Hong Khaoucontemplativemelancholyromantic

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If Lilting hit the spot, these will too

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Babel
2006 Β· dir. Alejandro G. IΓ±Γ‘rritu
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.5drama

Grief sits at the heart of each

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

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The Whale
2022 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.6drama

Contemplative where it counts, melancholy underneath

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 Β· dir. Colm BairΓ©ad
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama

Drama built on romance, twice over

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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Nobody Knows
2004 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama

Grief is the engine of both

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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Magnolia
1999 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 82%β˜… 8drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

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Rain Man
1988 Β· dir. Barry Levinson
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8drama

Both trade on melancholy more than on being drama

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1980s show

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

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Places in the Heart
1984 Β· dir. Robert Benton
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4drama

Both run romantic where it counts

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

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The Danish Girl
2015 Β· dir. Tom Hooper
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.1drama

The same preoccupation in both: lgbt

The difference: Missing the romance of Lilting

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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Manchester by the Sea
2016 Β· dir. Kenneth Lonergan
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

Both keep circling back to 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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Rocky IV
1985 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.9drama

A streak of stillness through both

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face – a fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!

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Rocky Balboa
2006 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1drama

Both sit in the same romantic register

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history!

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Central Station
1998 Β· dir. Walter Salles
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8drama

Both work the same melancholy

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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