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Movies that feel like Treeless Mountain (2009)

If you loved Treeless Mountain, the closest films we have are Return (2011), The Second Mother (2015) and The Social Network (2010). All three share Treeless Mountain's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on OVID, YouTube TV and Philo and others, checked against today's data.

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.

πŸ… 86% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. So Yong Kimcontemplative

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) Β· Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Return
2011 Β· dir. Liza Johnson
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.1drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

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The Second Mother
2015 Β· dir. Anna Muylaert
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in SΓ£o Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

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The Social Network
2010 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

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Summer Hours
2008 Β· dir. Olivier Assayas
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.1drama

Both are drama through and through

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

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Flight
2012 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3drama

Drama approached the same way

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

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

The same drama instincts

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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The Passion of the Christ
2004 Β· dir. Mel Gibson
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.3drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

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If I Stay
2014 Β· dir. R.J. Cutler
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7drama

Drama approached the same way

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

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The Fighter
2010 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.8drama

Drama approached the same way

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

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Silent Heart
2014 Β· dir. Bille August
β˜… 7.1drama

Both are drama through and through

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

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 67%β˜… 8drama

Drama approached the same way

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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