20 best movies like Goodbye to Language (2014)

List of the best movies like Goodbye to Language (2014): Mood Indigo, The Royal Exchange, Our Music, Sleeping Beauty, Holy Motors, The Plague at the Karatas Village, Les Visiteurs du soir, Rough Magic, After Life, Mars and April.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration02:05

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, history
CountryFrance, Belgium, United Kingdom

After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Luxembourg

Jean-Luc Godard's poetic meditation on war, violence and defeat. The film is structured in three parts. The three segments are "Hell", "Purgatory", and "Heaven". The first segment is a montage of war images from documentary and fictional sources. The second concerns two young Jewish women attending a European arts conference in Sarajevo. The final segment concerns the after life.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryFrance
Duration01:22

A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
Duration01:55

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryKazakhstan
Duration01:30

A new mayor comes to the remote village Karatas. A very strange illness reins over here. However somebody is used to live with it and says this is a simple flu.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration02:00

At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love : they are sent by the Devil to desperate people. But Ann is so pure that Gilles is caught to his own trap... How will they fight against the Devil ?

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
Duration01:44

A sleazy politician sends an agent after his ex-fiancee, who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryJapan

After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
CountryCanada

In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom
Duration02:17

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration02:07

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, drama
CountrySweden, Germany, Norway, France

Inspired by “One Thousand and One Nights,” the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern and Indian folk tales, “About Endlessness,” in its juxtaposition of tableaux capturing moments in life, explores the preciousness and beauty of our existence, awakening in us the wish to maintain this eternal treasure and pass it on.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama
CountryLuxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration01:38

Along with her husband and three children, Marthe lives in an eden of her own creation, nearly isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of a construction vehicle, however, pierces their tranquil, hermetic existence—before long a disused highway has been re-opened, and the family finds their home situated in the midst of rush-hour traffic. While the privileges of clean air, quietude and privacy are thus denied them, Marthe remains determined to stay no matter the cost.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, drama, biography
CountryChile, France

In the nineteenth century, a French adventurer sets off to establish a kingdom in the inhospitable South of Chile, uniting the feared Mapuche under him. The response of the Chilean army is devastating.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryItaly, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration01:28

An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Italy

A chamber drama about a widow and her son who live in an antique shop in Boulogne. The widow invites a man whom she loved twenty-two years earlier to visit. Her son is haunted by Muriel, a young woman whose death he may have caused while serving as a soldier in Algeria. As in Resnais' earlier films, memory is deflected, fragmented, enshrined, and imagined.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:18

    Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:25

    God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Germany, Luxembourg
    Duration02:04

    A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration03:10

    Filmed during the German occupation, this French milestone centers around the theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan and the four men who love her. Voted the “Best French Film in History” by the French Film Academy in 1990.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountrySpain, France
    Duration01:31

    Set in 2041, humans of planet Earth now live side-by-side with androids. A well-known cybernetic engineer, Alex Garel, is tasked with an assignment to create a robot in the form of a human child. He returns home to begin his work and finds that his childhood love Lana has married his brother David. Their daughter Eva seems to possess a superior intelligence and powerful charisma that immediately captivates Alex. Looking for inspiration, Alex asks Eva to be the muse of the new robot, which challenges everything Alex ever thought he knew about robots and humans alike.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryNew Zealand
    Duration02:32

    New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob, she takes her friend Drosophila's advice and starts to try and make Rob angry. But she tends to go too far. Admiring her ring while driving a lonely road, she has a run-in with an older woman that sets off a chain of events that begins with her quilt being stolen

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada, United Kingdom
    Duration01:55

    After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France
    Duration01:58

      A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, drama
      CountryThailand, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain
      Duration01:54

      Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryItaly, France, Luxembourg

      In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she descends into the dark world which has swallowed him up and which has a lake as its mysterious entrance.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:27

      An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryFinland, France, Germany
      Duration01:33

      Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel's path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa, who needs Marcel's help to hide from the police.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Germany
      Duration01:50

      A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrefantasy, drama, biography
      CountryChile, France, United Kingdom, Japan
      Duration02:01

      A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
      Duration02:52

      A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

        Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
        Duration02:30

        Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
        CountryFrance, China, Canada
        Duration02:25

        A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective, music
        CountryFrance, Poland, Norway
        Duration01:38

        Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, drama, history
        CountryItaly, France
        Duration02:09

        An adaptation of Petronius' satire about the decadent life in ancient Rome. "If you like the Fellini version, you should definitely see this one, too. It's every bit as good and in some ways better."

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryItaly, Luxembourg, France, Germany
        Duration01:42

        Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:42

        A girl is approached by a strange boy outside her high school. He asks her to follow him to hear stories where gods fall in love with human beings.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, drama, detective
        CountryThailand, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
        Duration01:10

        In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be cured, and forms a telepathic bond with one of them.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUSA, Belgium
        Duration01:36

        A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Austria
        Duration01:34

        A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryItaly, France

        Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama
        CountryFrance, Taiwan
        Duration00:56

        A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes a calming influence in the midst of the town’s goings-on.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military
        CountryFrance, Canada
        Duration01:46

        In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountrySpain
        Duration01:31

        Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure which will take over their lives. Animals is a story of teenage love, of sacrifice, of the tragedy of two clashing worlds. A Tale in which the power of imagination blurs it´s borders with reality and where death turns out to be an ending as tempting as inevitable.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Italy, USA
        Duration01:45

        A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.




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