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Movies that feel like The Commune (2016)

If you loved The Commune, the closest films we have are The Hunt (2012), The Celebration (1998) and Silent Heart (2014). All three share The Commune's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

๐Ÿ… 71% Rotten Tomatoesโ˜… 6.4 IMDb โ†—TMDB โ†—dir. Thomas Vinterbergcontemplative
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The Hunt
2012 ยท dir. Thomas Vinterberg
๐Ÿ… 92%โ˜… 8.3drama

The same hand behind both of them: Thomas Vinterberg

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his sonโ€™s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

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The Celebration
1998 ยท dir. Thomas Vinterberg
๐Ÿ… 91%โ˜… 8drama

Thomas Vinterberg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

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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Silent Heart
2014 ยท dir. Bille August
โ˜… 7.1drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill motherโ€™s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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Clergy
2018 ยท dir. Wojtek Smarzowski
โ˜… 7.3drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuล‚a also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

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Treeless Mountain
2009 ยท dir. So Yong Kim
๐Ÿ… 86%โ˜… 7drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

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

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Rams
2015 ยท dir. Grรญmur Hรกkonarson
๐Ÿ… 95%โ˜… 7.2drama

Both play drama straight

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the countryโ€™s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddiโ€™s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi donโ€™t give up so easily โ€“ and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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Summer Hours
2008 ยท dir. Olivier Assayas
๐Ÿ… 94%โ˜… 7.1drama

Drama in the same key

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

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Il Divo
2008 ยท dir. Paolo Sorrentino
๐Ÿ… 92%โ˜… 7.2drama

Common ground: 1970s

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.

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Fidelity
2019 ยท dir. Nigina Sayfullaeva
โ˜… 5.7drama

Both know what they want from drama

A successful obstetrician living a seemingly stable married life begins to question her relationship when emotional and physical intimacy fades. Suspecting her husband of betrayal, she seeks connection elsewhere, stepping into a hidden world that offers desire, control, and escape. As she navigates this parallel existence, the boundaries between loyalty, loneliness, and self-discovery slowly begin to blur.

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The Overnighters
2014 ยท dir. Jesse Moss
๐Ÿ… 97%โ˜… 7.4drama ยท documentary

Drama approached the same way

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

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Queen of Hearts
2019 ยท dir. May el-Toukhy
๐Ÿ… 97%โ˜… 7drama

The same drama instincts

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in societyโ€™s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anneโ€™s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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The Fool
2014 ยท dir. Yury Bykov
๐Ÿ… 93%โ˜… 8drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

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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