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Movies that feel likeLoving Vincent (2017)

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.

If you loved Loving Vincent, the closest films we have are Labyrinth of Lies (2014), Borg vs McEnroe (2017) and The Post (2017). All three share Loving Vincent'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 Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014).

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. DK Welchmancontemplativeepic
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Labyrinth of Lies
2014 Β· dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3drama Β· history

The same preoccupation in both: the investigation

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 Β· dir. Janus Metz
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.9drama Β· historyNetflixParamount+

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath

The Swedish BjΓΆrn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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The Post
2017 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· historyMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: grave

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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The Two Popes
2019 Β· dir. Fernando Meirelles
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6drama Β· historyNetflix

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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King Richard
2021 Β· dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· historyRent or buy

History built on scale, twice over

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

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Air
2023 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4drama Β· historyPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on animation

Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.

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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 Β· dir. Aaron Sorkin
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.7drama Β· historyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of scale, in both cases

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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The Girl with the Needle
2024 Β· dir. Magnus von Horn
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5drama Β· historyRent or buy

Both play history straight

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

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Silence
2016 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.2drama Β· historyRent or buy

The same drama instincts

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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Milk
2008 Β· dir. Gus Van Sant
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5history Β· drama

History approached the same way

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.7documentary Β· historyPrime Video

History in the same key

The difference: Sits closer to documentary than Loving Vincent does

In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.

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The Walk
2015 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3history Β· drama Β· adventure

Both working the same drama territory

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

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