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Movies that feel like The Look of Silence (2014)

If you loved The Look of Silence, the closest films we have are The Act of Killing (2012), Life of Pi (2012) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). All three share The Look of Silence's epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joshua Oppenheimerepicmelancholyromantic
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The Act of Killing
2012 · dir. Joshua Oppenheimer
🍅 96%8.2documentary · history

Both are Joshua Oppenheimer films, and they rhyme

The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as The Look of Silence

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

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Life of Pi
2012 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 86%7.9adventure · drama

Both built around grief

The difference: Plays it as adventure more than The Look of Silence does

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

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🍅 78%7.5adventure · fantasy

Grief is the engine of both

The difference: Leans adventure where The Look of Silence does not

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 · dir. Thom Andersen
🍅 96%7.8documentary · history

History with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Missing the melancholy of The Look of Silence

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

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Apocalypto
2006 · dir. Mel Gibson
🍅 65%7.8action · drama · history

The same mix in both: melancholy, then romance

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

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The King's Speech
2010 · dir. Tom Hooper
🍅 94%8drama · history

Biography sits at the heart of each

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

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🍅 94%8.5documentary · crime

Both trade on melancholy more than on being documentary

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 93%8.1action · adventure · science fiction

Epic history in both cases

Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

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Les Misérables
2012 · dir. Tom Hooper
🍅 70%7.5history · drama

Documentary built on romance, twice over

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

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Night and Fog
1956 · dir. Alain Resnais
8.6documentary · history

The same preoccupation in both: torture

The difference: A 1950s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

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The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 · dir. Marc Webb
🍅 71%6.9action · adventure · science fiction

Epic history, and it commits to that

A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.

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Paris Is Burning
1991 · dir. Jennie Livingston
🍅 99%8.2documentary · history

History approached the same way

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

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