Movies like Pale Sun
If Pale Sun's drama and romance stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pale Sun's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Return to Dust
2022 · Directed by Li Ruijun · 133 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Chinese drama
Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive.
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Mountains May Depart
2015 · Directed by Jia Zhangke · 127 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Chinese drama
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
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Gabriel's Inferno
2020 · Directed by Tosca Musk · 122 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso romance and drama
An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the…
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Gabriel's Inferno: Part III
2020 · Directed by Tosca Musk · 102 min8.3
Why you'll like itAlso romance and drama
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
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Life in a Year
2020 · Directed by Mitja Okorn · 107 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and romance
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.