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Movies that feel likeTo the Bone (2017)

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

If you loved To the Bone, the closest films we have are Big Eyes (2014), It's Only the End of the World (2016) and Bombshell (2019). All three share To the Bone's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Clergy (2018).

🍅 69% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Marti Noxoncontemplative
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Big Eyes
2014 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 72%★ 6.9dramaStarz

Common ground: artist

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

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It's Only the End of the World
2016 · dir. Xavier Dolan
🍅 44%★ 6.8dramaRent or buy

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

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Bombshell
2019 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 67%★ 6.8dramaPrime Video

Contemplative drama in both cases

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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The Commune
2016 · dir. Thomas Vinterberg
🍅 71%★ 6.4dramaNetflix

Drama built on stillness, twice over

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

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Queen of Hearts
2019 · dir. May el-Toukhy
🍅 97%★ 7drama

Both play drama straight

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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Fences
2016 · dir. Denzel Washington
🍅 92%★ 7.2dramaParamount+

Both are drama through and through

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

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Burnt
2015 · dir. John Wells
🍅 29%★ 6.6drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: restaurant

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

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Concussion
2015 · dir. Peter Landesman
🍅 58%★ 7.1dramaNetflix

Cut from the same drama cloth

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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On My Skin
2018 · dir. Alessio Cremonini
★ 7.3dramaNetflix

Drama approached the same way

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

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Clergy
2018 · dir. Wojtek Smarzowski
★ 7.3drama

Both working the same drama territory

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

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Rams
2015 · dir. Grímur Hákonarson
🍅 95%★ 7.2drama

The same drama instincts

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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Beautiful Boy
2018 · dir. Felix van Groeningen
🍅 67%★ 7.4dramaPrime Video

Drama in the same key

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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