
Movies that feel likeThe Handmaiden (2016)
If you loved The Handmaiden, the closest films we have are Match Point (2005), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) and Carol (2015). All three share The Handmaiden's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011).
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If The Handmaiden hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: lust
The difference: Easier on the play than The Handmaiden

Park Chan-wook working the same nerve twice
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Handmaiden does

One thread runs through both: lesbian relationship

Common ground: lesbian relationship

The same preoccupation in both: lgbt

Both land stillness and romance at once

Tense and tender in the same breath

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lgbt

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The same preoccupation in both: jealousy
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

Both lean on tenderness more than on thriller
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