
Movies that feel likeThe Virgin Spring (1960)
If you loved The Virgin Spring, the closest films we have are Red River (1948), The Outfit (1973) and Lady Snowblood (1973). All three share The Virgin Spring's contemplative and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Shogun Assassin (1980).
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If The Virgin Spring hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge
The difference: Leans harder into western than The Virgin Spring does

Common ground: revenge
The difference: Trades the scale of The Virgin Spring for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: rape and revenge
The difference: Easier on the scale than The Virgin Spring

Relentless and gritty in the same breath

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: 57 years apart, and the 2010s show

Contemplative history, and it commits to that

Both are built on the same subject: rape

Drama with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Both lean on scale more than on history

Relentless drama in both cases

Gritty history in both cases

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