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Movies that feel likeThe Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

If you loved The Lighthouse, the closest films we have are Room (2015), Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Perfect Days (2023). All three share The Lighthouse's contemplative and lonely feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wall (2012).

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Robert Eggerscontemplativedreamliketenselonely
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Room
2015 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.1drama Β· thrillerMax

The same preoccupation in both: isolation

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than The Lighthouse

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

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Requiem for a Dream
2000 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 80%β˜… 8.3crime Β· dramaPeacock

One thread runs through both: hallucination

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Lighthouse does

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

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Perfect Days
2023 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9dramaRent or buy

The same mix in both: stillness, then loneliness

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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πŸ… 94%β˜… 8drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: isolation

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

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The Witch
2016 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7horror Β· fantasy Β· mysteryPrime Video

Robert Eggers directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into horror than The Lighthouse does

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

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Certain Women
2016 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.4dramaParamount+

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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Horns
2013 Β· dir. Alexandre Aja
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.4drama Β· fantasy Β· thrillerPrime Video

Dreamlike where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

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Suicide Room
2011 Β· dir. Jan Komasa
β˜… 6.6drama Β· mystery Β· thrillerRent or buy

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Lighthouse does

Moody, dark, and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school, after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based "suicide room," where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.

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Bronson
2009 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7drama Β· action Β· crime

Common ground: a true story

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

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Sleep Dealer
2008 Β· dir. Alex Rivera
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Lonely fantasy, and it commits to that

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

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Repulsion
1965 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thriller Β· horror

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.

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The Wall
2012 Β· dir. Julian PΓΆlsler
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· dramaPrime Video

Contemplative drama in both cases

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

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