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Movies that feel likeThere Will Be Blood (2007)

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

If you loved There Will Be Blood, the closest films we have are Summer Hours (2008), Blue Jasmine (2013) and The Hunt (2012). All three share There Will Be Blood's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is You Can Count on Me (2000).

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Paul Thomas Andersoncontemplative
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Summer Hours
2008 Β· dir. Olivier Assayas
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.1drama

Both are built on the same subject: brothers and sisters

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

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Blue Jasmine
2013 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: narcissism

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

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The Hunt
2012 Β· dir. Thomas Vinterberg
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.3dramaPrime Video

Common ground: father

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’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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Like Father, Like Son
2013 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama

The same preoccupation in both: father

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

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Chak De! India
2007 Β· dir. Shimit Amin
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1dramaNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?

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The Last King of Scotland
2006 Β· dir. Kevin Macdonald
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.6drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

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The Motorcycle Diaries
2004 Β· dir. Walter Salles
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.7dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Contemplative drama in both cases

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

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About Elly
2009 Β· dir. Asghar Farhadi
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.9drama

Both play drama straight

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

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A Separation
2011 Β· dir. Asghar Farhadi
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.3dramaHulu

Drama of the same temperament

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

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Seven Pounds
2008 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.6dramaPrime VideoHulu

Cut from the same drama cloth

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

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You Can Count on Me
2000 Β· dir. Kenneth Lonergan
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.5dramaParamount+

One thread runs through both: brothers and sisters

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.

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The Book Thief
2013 Β· dir. Brian Percival
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.5drama

Both are drama through and through

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

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