20 best movies like Melancholia (2011)


List of the best movies like Melancholia (2011): Every Thing Will Be Fine, Viral, The Divide, It Comes at Night, Thelma, The Living and the Dead, Hour of the Wolf, The Collapsed, Tideland, The House That Jack Built.

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genredrama
CountryGermany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway
Duration01:59

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryNorway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Duration02:16

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, drama
CountrySweden
Duration01:30

An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past on a windy island. Between midnight and dawn, he tells his wife about his most painful memories.

Markimdb: 3.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:22

In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:02

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryDenmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration02:43

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, adventure, family
CountryGermany, Italy
Duration01:55

A girl struggling with asthma is taken to a clinic in South Tyrol to be cured. After some time she decides to get out of this hell (that's how she feels about it) and soon she'll meet a new friend. Together they try to reach the peak of a mountain where, according to an old custom, she can be healed.

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: 4.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy, USA

In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryItaly, USA
Duration01:26

Robert Morgan is the last man on earth, as far as he can tell. A plague killed everyone else on the planet several years ago. He was immune to it, and can only guess why. Vampires that were formerly human attack Morgan's home every night

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryNorway, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration02:00

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryItaly, Luxembourg, Germany, Albania, Kosovo, France

Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, USA

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:27

What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Germany, USA
Duration02:25

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:47

1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryWest Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:19

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

    A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
    CountrySpain, USA, Hungary, France
    Duration01:53

    And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Italy
    Duration01:51

    When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryRussia, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:20

    Faust inhabits an earthy, 19th-century world of primitive autopsies and medical rituals. He becomes obsessed with the beautiful Margarete and desperately turns to a physically grotesque moneylender to conjure their union.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountrySweden, France, United Kingdom
    Duration02:22

    Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Denmark
    Duration01:53

    Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Italy, West Germany
    Duration01:59

    An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:28

    Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around them seems to be falling apart. A life-affirming look at what it means to love and be loved in turbulent times.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, drama, detective, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:52

    After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryItaly, Germany, France, USA
    Duration01:45

    Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy
    Duration01:50

    Laura and John, grieved by a terrible loss, meet in Venice, where John is in charge of the restoration of a church, two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountrySweden
    Duration01:16

    Caroline, a woman in her late thirties, has lost everything and is searching for a new beginning. She moves into an old apartment and starts to realize that she is not as alone as she thought she was. Just as she is searching for something new, something old is searching for her.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryTurkey, France, Germany, Qatar
    Duration01:58

    In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountrySweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Italy
    Duration02:00

    While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, USA, Mexico, Morocco, Japan
    Duration02:23

    Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryPoland, Hungary
    Duration01:50

    A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy drinker. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. He falls in love with a young girl (Julia Kijowska) and finally feels that he has got the person and the reason to live for. But soon he yields to his addiction.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, western
    CountryUSA, Germany, Japan
    Duration02:01

    On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

    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: 3.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:24

    Seven strangers wake up on the deserted streets of London with no knowledge of how they got there. Before long someone -or something - is picking them off, one by one....

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, drama, detective, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium

    A story exploring the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through a young couple scraping to get by in a casual jobs market. A hard-up delivery driver and his carer wife are pushed to breaking point as they struggle to keep their family afloat in a world of zero-hour contracts and gig work.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, France, Turkey
    Duration01:48

    A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes field recordings of artists who practice rare and unusual forms. Sumru is struggling with loneliness after the disappearance of her Kurdish boyfriend, and for her latest project, she sets out on a lengthy road trip recording the stories of Kurdish women who have survived the murder of their Turkish husbands or lovers, hoping she might track down her man in her travels. After making her first stop in the city of Diyarbaki, Sumru meets Ahmet, who makes a living selling black market goods and shares her love of music and history. The two become fast friends, and as Ahmet joins Sumru on her travels, their relationship grows deeper, though she also becomes more aware of the tragedy that has gripped her country and the consequences of the civil war.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada, France, Portugal, Italy
    Duration01:45

    Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.




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