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Movies that feel like The Whales of August (1987)
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
If you loved The Whales of August, the closest films we have are The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Ulee's Gold (1997) and Summer Hours (2008). All three share The Whales of August's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988).
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If The Whales of August hit the spot, these will too
Contemplative drama in both cases
Both keep coming back to the same thing: brothers and sisters
Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft
Drama built on stillness, twice over
Both lean on stillness more than on drama
Drama of the same temperament
Products of the same few years
Sits closer to documentary than The Whales of August does
Contemporaries, and it shows
Same era, same wavelength
Both are built on the same subject: brothers and sisters
Both are drama through and through
A 1980s answer to the same itch
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The best-reviewed films that share The Whales of August’s defining feeling.
