Movies like Five Seconds
If Five Seconds's drama stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Five Seconds's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Human Capital
2013 · Directed by Paolo Virzì · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Paolo Virzì · With Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Also a Italian drama
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
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Euphoria
2018 · Directed by Valeria Golino · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Valerio Mastandrea · Also a Italian drama
Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from.
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On My Skin
2018 · Directed by Alessio Cremonini · 100 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
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.
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The Children's Train
2024 · Directed by Cristina Comencini · 106 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2020s)
In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
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Vermiglio
2024 · Directed by Maura Delpero · 119 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2020s)
In the last days of the Second World War, a deserting soldier disrupts a tranquil and isolated mountain community. For one family, his arrival brings excitement and romance, but tragedy lies in wait.
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Oedipus Rex
1967 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed.
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Mia Madre
2015 · Directed by Nanni Moretti · 106 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.