
Movies that feel likeAndrei Rublev (1966)
If you loved Andrei Rublev, the closest films we have are Serpico (1973), True Grit (1969) and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). All three share Andrei Rublev's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Man from Hong Kong (1975).
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If Andrei Rublev hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: biography
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Andrei Rublev does

Contemplative and epic in the same breath

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases


Both are built on the same subject: rape

Gritty history, and it commits to that
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Andrei Rublev does

Epic drama in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

One thread runs through both: biography
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on stillness more than on history

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Both keep coming back to the same thing: teacher

History built on grit, twice over
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