Are there any other films like Match point?

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violet_spotlight — 14 years ago(March 23, 2012 04:04 PM)

I'm not so sure if my recommendation is any close to match point or even similar, but Match point just remind me of Revolutionary Road. maybe because of the bitter and dark ending.
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gamertrav — 14 years ago(March 28, 2012 08:58 PM)

If you haven't already seen it, Cassandra's Dream had a lot of the same "feel" as Match Point. I think Match Point is a slightly better movie, but I think you'll like it if you like Match Point.

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rachelbd — 13 years ago(April 11, 2012 05:05 AM)

A Place in the Sun with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. it's an excellent movie with a very similar story line as Match Point.

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barbarossa4188 — 12 years ago(February 26, 2014 10:00 AM)

I love "A Place in the Sun' . Match Point doesn't even come close , in fact I did not like it at all.
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wellsjt1 — 13 years ago(June 14, 2012 05:33 AM)

I loved Match Point. Great movie. It reminded me of Friday the 13th part 3. The 3D version that is.

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whineycracker2000 — 12 years ago(September 26, 2013 09:47 AM)

I can see the comparison. The scene at the beginning of Friday 3-D when the woman with curlers is yelling at her husband for eating too much is very dramatic, and IMO, Oscar-worthy.

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KrystelClaire — 13 years ago(August 23, 2012 07:08 AM)

This is a masterpiece, and an instant classic. I would say that American Beauty or the Man with the Golden Arm are masterpieces and instant classics in their own way. The former has been mentioned before, but nobody has mentioned the second one.
I love the way everything is explained and twisted in Match Point. The story begins even before the characters meet each other. I specially like the fact that Allen never went to the clumsy love-at-first-sight plot which all the films introduce in their plots. I won't say that it doesn't exist in real life, but in films, it's a lazy way of creating love affairs which don't make any sense or have no point at all besides creating the same boring bedroom scene of two making love.

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LightningLad — 13 years ago(September 06, 2012 11:53 PM)

Strangers on a Train - got the tennis player thing going in it.
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filmmekker — 12 years ago(April 11, 2013 01:29 AM)

As another poster pointed out, it's practically a remake of Woody's own film Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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SparklingNugs — 12 years ago(May 15, 2013 01:38 AM)

Dial M For Murder
Rope
The Man Who Wasn't There
Fargo

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hmguk90 — 12 years ago(May 15, 2013 03:33 PM)

I loved both Match Point and Closer. It's hard to find similar movies, but The Talented Mr Ripley gives me the same vibe. The wealthy family drama and a plot that suddenly turns dark.

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AssetsonFire — 12 years ago(July 24, 2013 06:41 PM)

To me it felt very much like a Chabrol film: upper classes, murder, infidelity, conscience, hypocrisy, dry satire, close attention to the methodical planning and execution of the crime. The Chabrol film I'd say it has most in common with would be The Unfaithful Woman. Too old? Tough luck.
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krispy_123 — 12 years ago(August 04, 2013 05:05 AM)

A lot of Hitchcock mentioned here and yeah, this film has quite a Hitchcock feel. I know you said not too old but Rebecca comes to mind for me.
Bit of "film noir" to it like Woody's Crimes and Misdemeanors. Out of the Past, Angel Face, Shadow of a Doubt etc. A genre to explore.
the guy in the $600 banana suit - COME ON!

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MurfTO — 12 years ago(August 12, 2013 09:40 AM)

A Kiss Before Dying (1956 or 1991)
Eva (1962) (by Joseph Losey)
Nothing But the Best (1964)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Masquerade (1988)

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ted-161-659070 — 12 years ago(September 29, 2013 11:13 AM)

I don't know about other films, but the novel by Theodore DreiserAn American Tragedyis the same story line except that in the movie he gets away with murder.

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gnogueiras — 12 years ago(January 30, 2014 01:06 AM)

A Place in the Sun with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Is based on the book 'an american tragedy" but they change the name because there was a 1931 movie which was a failure.

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habul — 12 years ago(September 29, 2013 11:16 AM)

Hi, if you haven't seen it yet, check out Woody Allen's Crime and Misdemeanors. There are two story lines: a comic one with Mr Allen at it's centre and a serious, tragic story which is , essentially, the same as Match Point. Match Point, I think, allowed Allen to delve deeper into our morality and the whole darn thing. Still, Crimes is a dynamite movie, has aged well and the two plot lines mesh nicely.
Oh, and it has a killer cast and a fab soundtrack.

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Missyrocks — 12 years ago(November 12, 2013 06:13 PM)

Yes, the movies are very similar in that they explore similar themes, albeit one is more of a comedy.

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gav_mcf — 11 years ago(May 04, 2014 07:12 AM)

Certain aspects of this film remind me of Eyes Wide Shut and American Psycho. Like that scene where the guy bumps into them all the restaurant and says he seen Chris hailing a cab (presumably around where Nola lived) and he panicked and insisted it wasn't him. The whole mis-identity thing and the feel of the scene reminded me of American Psycho

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estocade — 11 years ago(November 01, 2014 01:37 PM)

Not much American Psycho for me, check out Barry Lyndon, very similar in tone. From the most recent ones maybe the Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal.