
Movies that feel like Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
If you loved Meshes of the Afternoon, the closest films we have are Ugetsu (1953), Vampyr (1932) and The Uninvited (1944). All three share Meshes of the Afternoon's twisty and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Meshes of the Afternoon hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: twists, then dream logic
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Meshes of the Afternoon does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dreams
The difference: Sits closer to horror than Meshes of the Afternoon does

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

The same preoccupation in both: dreams
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases
The difference: 73 years apart, and the 2010s show

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

Mystery of the same temperament

Both play mystery straight
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both working the same mystery territory

Cut from the same fantasy cloth

The mystery is handled with the same confidence
The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Meshes of the Afternoon
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