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Movies that feel like Silence (2016)

If you loved Silence, the closest films we have are Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Lost City of Z (2017) and Labyrinth of Lies (2014). All three share Silence's contemplative and epic 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 Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Martin Scorsesecontemplativeepic

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Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5crime Β· history Β· drama

Martin Scorsese working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Silence does

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by oneβ€”until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

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The Lost City of Z
2017 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· drama Β· history

Both land stillness and scale at once

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

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Labyrinth of Lies
2014 Β· dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3drama Β· history

Drama built on stillness, twice over

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 Β· dir. Janus Metz
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.9drama Β· history

History with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The Swedish BjΓΆrn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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The Walk
2015 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3history Β· drama Β· adventure

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

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The Two Popes
2019 Β· dir. Fernando Meirelles
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6drama Β· history

Both lean on scale more than on history

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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Steve Jobs
2015 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history

Cut from the same drama cloth

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

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King Richard
2021 Β· dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history

Both play history straight

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

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The Post
2017 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history

Drama in the same key

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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The Founder
2016 Β· dir. John Lee Hancock
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history

Both are history through and through

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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The Girl with the Needle
2024 Β· dir. Magnus von Horn
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history

The same drama instincts

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

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Throne of Blood
1957 Β· dir. Akira Kurosawa
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8drama Β· history

Both are working the same pair: japan, betrayal

The difference: 59 years apart, and the 1950s show

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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