
Movies that feel likePerfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
If you loved Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the closest films we have are Tony Takitani (2004), Border (2018) and Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013). All three share Perfume: The Story of a Murderer's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Crumb (1995).
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The same preoccupation in both: obsession
The difference: Reviewed even better

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural
The difference: Less obsessive, more its own thing

Both land stillness and obsession at once

Both are built on the same subject: obsession
The difference: 30 years apart, and the 1970s show

Common ground: small town life
The difference: Played as mystery first


Gritty drama in both cases

One thread runs through both: supernatural


Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: daughter

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over
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