Movies like Andrei Rublev
If Andrei Rublev's mix of rape, christianity and monk stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Andrei Rublev's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Silence
2016 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 161 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: christianity, torture · Also drama and history
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
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Medieval
2022 · Directed by Petr Jákl · 126 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: middle ages (476-1453), 15th century · Also drama and history
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Directed by Kirk Wise · 91 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: cathedral, bell, 15th century
Isolated in the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo longs to experience the world beyond the cathedral walls, despite the wishes of his stern guardian, the Judge of Paris Claude Frollo.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Directed by Kevin Reynolds · 131 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: torture · Also drama and history
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Directed by Sergio Leone · 139 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: rape, torture
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Directed by D.W. Griffith · 197 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: massacre · Also drama and history
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Belfast
2021 · Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 98 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: black and white · Also drama and history
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance.
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At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Directed by Julian Schnabel · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: painter · Also drama and history
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
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The Railway Man
2013 · Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky · 116 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: torture · Also drama and history
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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Goya's Ghosts
2006 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 114 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: rape · Also drama and history
Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo,…
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The Danish Girl
2015 · Directed by Tom Hooper · 119 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: artist, painter
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe.