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Movies that feel like Silenced (2011)

If you loved Silenced, the closest films we have are 3096 Days (2013), Short Term 12 (2013) and Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (2011). All three share Silenced's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Hwang Dong-hyukcontemplative
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If Silenced hit the spot, these will too

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3096 Days
2013 Β· dir. Sherry Hormann
β˜… 6.5drama

Two things both keep coming back to: child abuse and rape

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

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Short Term 12
2013 Β· dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.9drama

Both are built on the same subject: child abuse

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl
2011 Β· dir. Marcus Baldini
β˜… 6.2drama

The same preoccupation in both: a true story

Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.

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About Elly
2009 Β· dir. Asghar Farhadi
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.9drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

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The Fool
2014 Β· dir. Yury Bykov
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

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Evil
2003 Β· dir. Mikael HΓ₯fstrΓΆm
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.7drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at StjΓ€rnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.

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The Celebration
1998 Β· dir. Thomas Vinterberg
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8drama

Drama in the same key

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.

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Chak De! India
2007 Β· dir. Shimit Amin
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1drama

Both know what they want from drama

A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?

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The Second Mother
2015 Β· dir. Anna Muylaert
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8drama

Both working the same drama territory

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in SΓ£o Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

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Our Little Sister
2015 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

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Treeless Mountain
2009 Β· dir. So Yong Kim
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7drama

Drama of the same temperament

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.

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Summer Hours
2008 Β· dir. Olivier Assayas
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.1drama

Both play drama straight

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

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