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Movies that feel like To the Bone (2017)

If you loved To the Bone, the closest films we have are Big Eyes (2014), Burnt (2015) and It's Only the End of the World (2016). All three share To the Bone's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

🍅 69% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Marti Noxoncontemplative
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Big Eyes
2014 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 71%7drama

Common ground: artist

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

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Burnt
2015 · dir. John Wells
🍅 29%6.6drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: restaurant

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

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It's Only the End of the World
2016 · dir. Xavier Dolan
🍅 44%6.8drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

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Moonlight
2016 · dir. Barry Jenkins
🍅 98%7.4drama

The same preoccupation in both: restaurant

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

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The Commune
2016 · dir. Thomas Vinterberg
🍅 71%6.4drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

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Queen of Hearts
2019 · dir. May el-Toukhy
🍅 97%7drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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On My Skin
2018 · dir. Alessio Cremonini
7.3drama

Both are drama through and through

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

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Clergy
2018 · dir. Wojtek Smarzowski
7.3drama

Both working the same drama territory

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

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Rams
2015 · dir. Grímur Hákonarson
🍅 95%7.2drama

The same drama instincts

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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3096 Days
2013 · dir. Sherry Hormann
6.5drama

Drama in the same key

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

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Aquarius
2016 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 97%7.4drama

Both know what they want from drama

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

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Silent Heart
2014 · dir. Bille August
7.1drama

Drama approached the same way

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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