Movies like Theorem
If Theorem's mix of italian, bourgeoisie and host family stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Theorem's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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mother!
2017 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 121 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: stranger, uninvited guest
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
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Saltburn
2023 · Directed by Emerald Fennell · 131 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: bisexual man, gay theme
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling…
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A Bronx Tale
1993 · Directed by Robert De Niro · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: italian
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
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Don't Be Bad
2015 · Directed by Claudio Caligari · 102 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run.
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The Consequences of Love
2004 · Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an atrocious routine, apparently without purpose.
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The Unknown Woman
2006 · Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 118 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
A Ukrainian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young…
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Fellini's Casanova
1976 · Directed by Federico Fellini · 148 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Europe, using his fluid sexuality to find his place in life amid a variety of eccentric and strange characters.
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Loro 1
2018 · Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010.
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Nostalgia
2022 · Directed by Mario Martone · 117 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
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Querelle
1982 · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane.
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Swallow
2020 · Directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis · 95 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: wealthy family
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new…