
Movies that feel likeTo Live (1994)
If you loved To Live, the closest films we have are Legends of the Fall (1994), Battle for Sevastopol (2015) and The Flowers of War (2011). All three share To Live's contemplative and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ashes and Diamonds (1958).
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If To Live hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance
The difference: Sits closer to western than To Live does

Tender where it counts, bleak underneath
The difference: Trades the grit of To Live for an angle of its own

Both are Zhang Yimou's work, and they rhyme
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: 36 years apart, and the 1950s show

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

War built on grit, twice over

Tender drama, and it commits to that

Gritty romance in both cases

War with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Both lean on romance more than on romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on war
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