
Movies that feel like Lolita (1962)
If you loved Lolita, the closest films we have are The Blue Angel (1930), Places in the Heart (1984) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). All three share Lolita's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Lolita hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: sexual obsession
The difference: None of the melancholy Lolita is built on

Common ground in both: grief and widow
The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1980s show

Common ground: small town life
The difference: Sits closer to western than Lolita does

The same preoccupation in both: small town life

One thread runs through both: grief

Contemplative where it counts, melancholy underneath

Both keep coming back to the same thing: depression

Stanley Kubrick directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Romantic drama in both cases

Both lean on comfort more than on drama

A streak of melancholy through both
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